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Did you vote today?
| Response | Percent | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes. | 55% | 378 | |
| No. | 44% | 303 | |
| Total | 681 | ||
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- City commissioner wants state to revoke nightclub's liquor license May 21, 2013 · 86 comments
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- Senate Republicans approve sales tax increase, cuts in income tax rates, lower food sales tax May 23, 2013
- Former Lawrence resident Sri Srinivasan confirmed for prestigious D.C. Court of Appeals May 23, 2013
- CEO Gene Meyer honored for leading Lawrence Memorial Hospital to success May 23, 2013
- No consensus on McLemore's draft position after lottery May 23, 2013
- 40 years ago: Liquor-by-the-drink banned on trains passing through Kansas May 17, 2013
- Basketball notebook: UNC hires son of ex-KU athletic director May 24, 2013
- KU football adds Miami Ohio wide receiver Nick Harwell May 22, 2013
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Comments
jackpot 2 years, 9 months ago
Advance Voted in July.
riverdrifter 2 years, 9 months ago
Forgot. Diehard vs. Moron has numbed my mind into inertia. Along with the heat.
hitme 2 years, 9 months ago
I voted in this poll
dudedog12 2 years, 9 months ago
All of you nuts that don't vote can't complain about anything.. hope your happy ... voting is about the only right you have left..
Velcrow 2 years, 9 months ago
Too bad you have to identify with one of the two major parties in order to vote today. Personally I would rather not have any affiliation with them and save my vote for November.
Jonathan Kealing 2 years, 9 months ago
Not true! Independents can vote in the Democratic primary without changing their status. They can vote in the Republican primary by registering as a Republican at the poll, and then restating their independence with the county clerk's office after the election.
Velcrow 2 years, 9 months ago
I stand corrected for the Dems for those that are independents. As for the Republicans I would still rather not wear a mask for the day and desplay that they have a greater following then they really do. I still ask for open elections so that if I'm a libertarian I can still participate.
Akreed 2 years, 9 months ago
Yeah, us Republicans wouldn't want you "desplaying" that you were one of us. Lol.
beatnik 2 years, 9 months ago
i voted early, they make it really easy and it's painless.
newmedia 2 years, 9 months ago
Don't vote, don't complain..
krich 2 years, 9 months ago
Since it is a primary and not an 'election vote", you can complain. I voted but you can refrain and still offer your opinion.
madameX 2 years, 9 months ago
Isn't this a primary? I'll vote in the general, but as I understand it if you're not registered as a member of the party holding the primary you can't vote in it.
Ricky_Vaughn 2 years, 9 months ago
Yeah, we're not all yellow dog Republicans and Democrats...
rhd99 2 years, 9 months ago
I'm getting ready to hit the road & vote in this primary. By the way, let me be very clear: If YOU don't vote, you don't have the right to complain. Our rights are being taken away all over the place. Voting is one of our last rights. What's happened in recent years, well, I'm not going to sit down, shut up & accept where our country is heading. So, those who complain & don't vote, you will get NO SYMPATHY from me.
Velcrow 2 years, 9 months ago
If you really want everyone to be involved and vote you should advocate for your party to have open primaries so that non party members can put their vote in for your candidate. Otherwise save the hype and your scorning.
grammaddy 2 years, 9 months ago
So, what rights have been taken away?I'm not missing any of mine.
vertigo 2 years, 9 months ago
Still waiting for you to name one right that has been taken away from you.
Elrond 2 years, 9 months ago
I'm not voting. Why bother the nation is lost. Everyone on the ballot, regardless of party, is concerned only with acquiring and holding POWER. Making rational decisions for the GOOD is the last thing on a politicians mind.
overthemoon 2 years, 9 months ago
Wrong! get out and vote!!! Its thinking like this that is hastening our demise as a country.
Reaper2K 2 years, 9 months ago
I'm registered Independent. The primaries mean nothing to me.
wmathews 2 years, 9 months ago
Independents can vote in the Democratic primary or register as a Republican at their polling location and re-register as an Independent after the primary. So if you see a Republican or Democrat you'd like to vote for, but you're Independent, it is still possible for you to participate.
Whitney Mathews Online Editor
JJE007 2 years, 9 months ago
We'd still have a two party system, which is inherently corrupt. The system is flawed and fighting it on its own terms is futile. It's ridiculous. Kill the parties. Let's stop making it easy to be foolish in our support of legislators.
labmonkey 2 years, 9 months ago
My wife and I would have probably forgot about the primary today....then I received 3 robocalls on behalf of Patricia Lightner and she a robocall from Sarah Palin on behalf of Tihart. Needless to say, Moran and Yoder received two more votes thanks to the robocalls.
labmonkey 2 years, 9 months ago
Tihart and Moran are the same, and yes, I like my Republicans a little more moderate than Lightner.
RoeDapple 2 years, 9 months ago
Yesterday Mrs Roe said "Do you realize you just hung up on Sarah Palin?"
I've told her repeatedly. Private message only.
none2 2 years, 9 months ago
That wasn't Sarah Palin. Rather it was Tina Fey.
hail2oldku 2 years, 9 months ago
Even better.
Cappy 2 years, 9 months ago
Tom Shewman: A consensus of one.
grammaddy 2 years, 9 months ago
It will be a lot more fun watching you eat yours. Or maybe you'll throw another fit and disappear yourself for another 96 hours.That will be fun,too.
overthemoon 2 years, 9 months ago
It is a completely ridiculous and offensive notion to ascribe 'real American' status to one ideology. In fact, doing so is damn near the single most unpatriotic position one can take. I am a moderate...that's right, not a radical lefty, as you would like to believe..and I stand for the value of a two party system and honest and productive debate that those good ol' founding fathers exemplified. I believe we should realize our common goals and work out the details in a manner which best represents the American system.
he_who_knows_all 2 years, 9 months ago
Vote Obama out now.
The_Big_B 2 years, 9 months ago
Needs a third button for "advanced voted"
overthemoon 2 years, 9 months ago
and a fourth for 'not yet, but will in a while'
blindrabbit 2 years, 9 months ago
Voted! But wish we had something other than the following right wing BS on the ballot: Tiahrt, Moran, Jenkins, Brownback, Herrington. No doubt about "What's The Matter With Kansas".
blindrabbit 2 years, 9 months ago
Must be loosing my mind; how did I leave Herr Kobach off of my previous post> Sieg Heil.
madameX 2 years, 9 months ago
Once again, people, this is a primary. This is not to vote someone into office, it to vote for who is going to run for office. If you're registered as independent you can't vote in it, and as far as I know the only races that are really contested are the Republican ones anyway.
I feel like there should be a button for "can't participate in primary"
chic 2 years, 9 months ago
What about those Unaffiliated?
madameX 2 years, 9 months ago
I did not know that. Useful info. Now, do you happen to know if there are any Democratic primaries that are contested? I was under the impression that for the most part they were not. (I mean that in a polite, asking someone who seems to know what they are talking about kind of way, not in a "I'm just gonna sit on my butt while you do all the fact-finding" kind of way)
bwilson 2 years, 9 months ago
It's true, there are more things to vote for on the GOP ballot.
On the Democratic side, there's the Secretary of State race, the Senate race, and either the 2nd or 3rd district U.S. House race, depending on where you live. The governor's race isn't contested, and the only state house primary in the area is a Republican contest.
Puggy 2 years, 9 months ago
Wait, does this poll count?
Did_I_say_that 2 years, 9 months ago
I will vote. However, for those that keep saying, "If you don't vote, you can't complain".... there is the George Carlin perspective:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIraCc... (Warning: Language is, well... George Carlin.)
Liberty275 2 years, 9 months ago
Libertarian. I'm not allowed to vote in the primary, so that saves me from the stench of republicans and democrats for today. I'll be with the republicans in November though, while holding my nose. They stink less.
Agnostick 2 years, 9 months ago
Open primaries. It's the only real solution for voters that want to choose people... rather than parties.
http://www.independentvoting.org/
distant_voice 2 years, 9 months ago
Why vote when every candidate's primary goal in office is to spend more than their government takes in.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 2 years, 9 months ago
Ag, I assume by open primaries, you mean blanket or jungle primaries where on would being able to vote on an office-by-office basis. The blanket primary was struck down in 2001 by the Supreme Court.
Agnostick 2 years, 9 months ago
Huh???
independant1 2 years, 9 months ago
early and often
Agnostick 2 years, 9 months ago
Okay, I think I found what R_I was trying to say...
Open primary:
Nonpartisan blanket primary:
Foster v. Love (presumably the court case R_I is referring to):
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/96-670.ZO.html
http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/06/16/louisiana-legislature-passes-november-december-system-for-congressional-elections/
This is... interesting.
http://southerncrown.blogspot.com/2010/06/california-open-primary.html
Agnostick 2 years, 9 months ago
Okay, if I understand things correctly... the beef that SCOTUS had with Louisiana's system was that if a single candidate received a simple majority (as little as 50.001%) of all votes cast in the "primary" election, then the November general election was cancelled. I would agree with this decision.
Let's say you have a blanket primary in which you have 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats, and 3 independent candidates vying for one position. Even if the top two vote-getters garner 90% of all votes cast, and they both happen to be Republicans... you *still * have that 10% of primary voters who now have another important decision to make. Just because the top two vote-getters are of the same party, doesn't mean that they're clones. One will likely be more moderate than the other, they could still hold different opinions on certain issues, one could have more "personal issues" than the other... the list is endless.
I think California and the state of Washington solved this problem by simply requiring that a contest be held during the general election, regardless what happens during the primary.
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