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by ssmoot 3691 days ago
> To me, if you don't care enough to take time to vote as it is, you probably don't know the issues, and you probably shouldn't vote.

Or maybe you live in a state where your vote doesn't matter because it's not a swing state.

Or maybe neither two-party candidate is on the right side of the issues you care most about.

Don't want to go to war? Do you pick Hillary or Trump? Who knows? Want to see Criminal Justice reform? Which candidate do you pick: The one that backed mandatory minimums helping shift the scales to the prosecution and making judges largely irrelevant for a majority of cases or the "not liberal" one? Want to see domestic spying scaled back and transparency introduced? Which candidate?

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Oh, I agree with all of that. I amended my post to mention that too. Usually I've vote for a 3rd party though, but I agree that choosing to not vote is just as legitimate as voting. I don't agree with the sentiment of "you can't complain if you didn't vote." That's total nonsense.