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ONE love, blood, life
By Joel Tanner
Chief Elvis
2004.08
Normally I try to discourage any political articles for Interference.com. This, however, is an exception.
I have come in contact with many eligible voters here in the United States who are seriously considering either not voting, writing-in a vote or voting for a minority party candidate for the presidential election in November. Recently I, and a number of others, received an e-mail from an Interference.com reader urging voters to write-in a vote for Bono for president. The author makes the following claim about Bono, "This guy, who is not at all eligible to run for this office, would be so far superior to our current choices that the point has to be made and the protest vote has to be lodged. Consider joining me in the ultimate protest vote in 2004 and vote Bono for president.?
I love the idea but the problem I see with calling people to action to write-in someone like Bono is that they will be wasting critical votes that will be needed in what is to be another tight race. Every vote counts. As was seen in the last election, the country's president was decided on by less than 1,000 votes.
As a U2 fan, and a voter, I urged this author not to pursue his "protest" actively and to indicate to his site visitors that they should use their vote wisely and not to waste it on a vote that will not be counted toward one of the two major parties.
I'm worried not because of who will be the next elected president but how American voters use their voice, and when they use it. This race for the presidency has been going on for months, the first line of candidates long since gone from the evening news. The time to decide, and influence, who will run for president has passed. The primaries are over. If you want to protest who our candidates are, I urge you to get involved in the political process and dedicate your efforts toward the following election.
Now is the time, even if you think you'll be voting for the lesser of two evils, to make your vote count.
For more information on the presidential election and candidates, please visit: http://www.moveon.org, http://www.rockthevote.org, http://www.georgewbush.com, and http://www.johnkerry.com.
Chief Elvis
2004.08
Normally I try to discourage any political articles for Interference.com. This, however, is an exception.
I have come in contact with many eligible voters here in the United States who are seriously considering either not voting, writing-in a vote or voting for a minority party candidate for the presidential election in November. Recently I, and a number of others, received an e-mail from an Interference.com reader urging voters to write-in a vote for Bono for president. The author makes the following claim about Bono, "This guy, who is not at all eligible to run for this office, would be so far superior to our current choices that the point has to be made and the protest vote has to be lodged. Consider joining me in the ultimate protest vote in 2004 and vote Bono for president.?
I love the idea but the problem I see with calling people to action to write-in someone like Bono is that they will be wasting critical votes that will be needed in what is to be another tight race. Every vote counts. As was seen in the last election, the country's president was decided on by less than 1,000 votes.
As a U2 fan, and a voter, I urged this author not to pursue his "protest" actively and to indicate to his site visitors that they should use their vote wisely and not to waste it on a vote that will not be counted toward one of the two major parties.
I'm worried not because of who will be the next elected president but how American voters use their voice, and when they use it. This race for the presidency has been going on for months, the first line of candidates long since gone from the evening news. The time to decide, and influence, who will run for president has passed. The primaries are over. If you want to protest who our candidates are, I urge you to get involved in the political process and dedicate your efforts toward the following election.
Now is the time, even if you think you'll be voting for the lesser of two evils, to make your vote count.
For more information on the presidential election and candidates, please visit: http://www.moveon.org, http://www.rockthevote.org, http://www.georgewbush.com, and http://www.johnkerry.com.
