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Name: Graham
Location: Oakland, California, United States

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November 7, 2006

Poll - Why are you NOT going to vote?

I have voted already, and what my choices were is not relevant to this question. I would like to find out what the issues are that keep people from voting? People in other countries fight, die and are killed, trying to vote or even just to get the right to vote the first time. I heard a statistic that we are looking at maybe 55% voter turnout for this election. My question to you, and please leave them anonymously if you would like, is why are you not voting in this election?

I just got this idea on the way in to work today, and I would like to do something for the next election. I want to have a table with a microphone, probably outside of a BART station, and ask people to record a quick statement about why they are not going to vote. I would edit the recording into something that I could sent to politicians that actually want some issues to address. The totals will be posted here as well. Why do we not take advantage of what is probably the single biggest privilege/right that we have in this country?