I’ve voted or will vote…2024 Presidential Election

I voted already

  • Yes - Voted

    Votes: 132 56.9%
  • Yes - But, haven’t yet [Will Early Vote]

    Votes: 47 20.3%
  • Yes - But, General Election November 5th

    Votes: 38 16.4%
  • No - Don’t plan on voting

    Votes: 11 4.7%
  • Absentee Ballot

    Votes: 10 4.3%

  • Total voters
    232
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Blacks who take voting for granted -- don't vote -- dishonor the sacrifices of many Blacks and whites who made the ultimate sacrifice fighting for Black voting rights. Viola Luizzo, Goodman, Schwerner, (white), Chaney, Medgar Evers, Vernon Dahmer, thought that Black voting rights were important enough to sacrifice their lives. John Lewis & Fannie Lou Hammer bravely stood up to rednecks fighting for Black voting rights. Blacks who know their history -- know how hard is was to gain the right to vote -- how precious the right to vote is and act accordingly.

Well said!! Unfortunately, it's a mindset that's growing the further away we get from the Civil Rights era. So many black folks in this country have come of age in a time when they've never really experienced direct, blatant, in your face racism that they don't take these blessings we have seriously.

For example, I work in downtown Houston, and I use the Metrorail train to go downtown and avoid the parking fees. I started to notice that a lot of black folks (mostly men, for some reason) always sit in the very back seat of the train, even when there may be very few people on the train. Out of curiosity, I asked one of the brothers who worked as a train operator if I was making too much out of nothing, and he assured me that I wasn't. He told me he had previously been a Metro bus driver, and he noticed that a majority of the black men on his route routinely sat at the very back seat of the bus, even when there was literally no one else on the bus but them. And what makes it worse, is that in Houston, every Metrorail train or Metro bus has a single yellow seat at the front in honor and memory of Rosa Parks and her sacrifice. Yet, they will go past that monument to run headlong to the very back seat of the bus. After hearing what he said, I started looking in Metro buses to see for myself, and damn if he wasn't right. I'm hoping it's simply a Houston thing, but I wouldn't be surprised if it isn't. If this election goes the wrong way, a whole lot of folks who have enjoyed a lot of things they've always had in their lives and taken for granted, like voting, living where they want, seeing accurate expiration dates on their milk or meat at the store, having accurate hurricane warnings from the National Weather Service, and so many other things, are going to suddenly find themselves living in a harder, colder, much more vicious world than they or their parents have ever known, and their lack of interest and unwillingness to simply vote will be part of the reason.
 
I actually don’t usually like lines, but I used to look forward to seeing my neighbors and friends on election days. It was a great way to catch up with them. I worked outside the polls for many years. But most of the people I knew have moved away or passed on. I’ll probably still work the polls for Angela Alsobrooks and Kamala, but it’s not just one long day anymore.

I gotta volunteer for voting one of these days. Was it difficult?
 
I gotta volunteer for voting one of these days. Was it difficult?
Not at all. Pick a candidate that you believe in and start visiting their headquarters. Another aspect is that there's a bunch of jobs that many candidates have a direct or indirect say in. I showed up to support a US Senate candidate once and wound up running his election day operation. Later I got a call from "White House Personnel" and wound up with a couple of nice options for jobs because I had shown the candidate and his chief of staff that I was reliable, literate and loyal.
 
Not at all. Pick a candidate that you believe in and start visiting their headquarters. Another aspect is that there's a bunch of jobs that many candidates have a direct or indirect say in. I showed up to support a US Senate candidate once and wound up running his election day operation. Later I got a call from "White House Personnel" and wound up with a couple of nice options for jobs because I had shown the candidate and his chief of staff that I was reliable, literate and loyal.

I've volunteered for candidates (but not as well as you apparently very impressed) but never an actual voting day location. I'm assuming they are vetting those people closely.
 
Everyone was expecting this guy to be the next president. It was a master class how Trump eviscerated his political career.
To be fair, his career was killed long before trump. The leopards came out strong attacking his Spanish wife. Then the dumb brother gets the job which didn't help.

By the time Trump came around, he was picking Jeb's bones at that point.
 
To be fair, his career was killed long before trump. The leopards came out strong attacking his Spanish wife. Then the dumb brother gets the job which didn't help.

By the time Trump came around, he was picking Jeb's bones at that point.
Bush was done long before he even decided to run, his brother was hated by alot of GOP folks, alot of yall don't remember when Ron Paul ran but that's when IMO the social media political discourse began to pop off, Ron Paul was huge online back in the day and alot of GOP hated how moderate the party was and Bush was exactly that a moderate.

Even if Trump didn't decide to run i doubt Bush would have even made it far he would have been kicked out a long time ago.
 
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