Free Talk Live - voting

The Majority That Wasn't: When 50% of the Vote Just Isn't Good Enough

RottingNation — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:26:40 +0000

A man won - or so he thought - an election with 52 percent of the vote. But city bureaucrats won't let him take his seat because of the strange way they define a majority.

Woman ran over husband with Jeep for not voting

thefatalepic — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:44:54 +0000

"Police say a woman who was upset over the outcome of the presidential election ran over her husband because he didn't participate in his civic duty."

Mathematical analysis the odds of a TIE in the presidential election

ADamo — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:19:26 +0000

In most states, a popular vote tie is broken by a coin toss or drawing names from a hat. The odds of a many-state tie are slimmer than the odds of the hat being hit by a bale of cocaine dumped from a drug-smuggling airplane. But since it’s Election Day, let’s apply his question to the current contest. What will happen if there's a tie? Math geeks, enjoy.

Sandy and Government Abuse

porcupous — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:34:42 +0000

Sandy's aftermath demonstrates (again) how the use of force helps no one. If the storm demonstrates anything, it's how government force is not the correct response to any situation; especially natural disasters.

47 of your pro-voting arguments

ecigarettes — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:08:13 +0000

Here's a list of 47 reasons to vote. Reasons include: the drug-dealer's argument, the secessionist's argument, the anti-time-zone argument, the empathy argument and more. If you disagree with any of them, please post a comment explaining why.

Oklahoma Bans Political Dissent

CryptoFreak — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 15:57:46 +0000

Using overly burdensome ballot access laws, Oklahoma has effectively banned political dissent at the polls.

The Real Lesson of Ballot Access Battles

libertyevolution — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 04:05:56 +0000

The duopoly-the Republican and Democratic Parties-claim to not agree on much, but they certainly agree on one thing: Only Republicans and Democrats are permissible candidates for election to public office.