VotePlz – The Easiest Way to Vote

Re:VotePlz – The Easiest Way to Vote by pyre on Thursday September 08, 2016 @02:23PM (#12455706)

If you vote for Candidate B just so that Candidate A doesn't get into office does that make me culpable for all of the bad things that Candidate B does in office?

Do I "lose my right" to complain about Candidate B's bad choices in the same way that it's claimed I lose my right to complain about Candidate A being a sociopath when they get elected if I don't "vote against" them?

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Re:VotePlz – The Easiest Way to Vote by jhugg on Thursday September 08, 2016 @02:42PM (#12455953)

I don't think so, no.

You always have the right to complain that both choices suck and the two party system hurts our democracy. But the best way to do that is not to vote for someone else; a symbolic, but possibly harmful act.

Petition the government to support rank voting (the best solution to this issue).

Vote for a third-party candidate in a local election that they might win.

Run for local (or national) office.

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