Comments on: Your Last Day to Register to Vote: October 6! http://detroit.metblogs.com/2008/09/20/your-last-day-to-register-to-vote-october-6/ Thu, 21 May 2009 21:13:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sarcasm http://detroit.metblogs.com/2008/09/20/your-last-day-to-register-to-vote-october-6/comment-page-1/#comment-3973 Sarcasm Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:06:19 +0000 http://detroit.metblogs.com/?p=2286#comment-3973 That's funny, Scotter, my father also just registered within the last few years. He's been in the states for over fifty years, but he never became a citizen until this last president, and he did it just so he can vote for change... That’s funny, Scotter, my father also just registered within the last few years. He’s been in the states for over fifty years, but he never became a citizen until this last president, and he did it just so he can vote for change…

]]> By: Scotter http://detroit.metblogs.com/2008/09/20/your-last-day-to-register-to-vote-october-6/comment-page-1/#comment-3972 Scotter Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:52:56 +0000 http://detroit.metblogs.com/?p=2286#comment-3972 That's a valid question. I think an important thing to remember is that a lot of people have been the victim of bad policies of the Bush Administration. Foreclosures, the inability to get student loans or home loans, the impact of the war on local communities--these are issues that people don't need to think about. They experience them in their daily lives. And McCain supports all of these bad policies. The drive is for new voters, people who've never felt like taking a part in the electoral process because they thought they couldn't make a difference, or that it was BS. But when things are as bad as they are now, a lot of people will become activated <em>because they now experience the effect of politics in their lives</em>, and someone needs to help them register to vote if they've never done it before. My dad registered for the first time in his life in 2004 (to vote for Kerry) and I definitely needed to guide him a little. That’s a valid question. I think an important thing to remember is that a lot of people have been the victim of bad policies of the Bush Administration. Foreclosures, the inability to get student loans or home loans, the impact of the war on local communities–these are issues that people don’t need to think about. They experience them in their daily lives. And McCain supports all of these bad policies.

The drive is for new voters, people who’ve never felt like taking a part in the electoral process because they thought they couldn’t make a difference, or that it was BS. But when things are as bad as they are now, a lot of people will become activated because they now experience the effect of politics in their lives, and someone needs to help them register to vote if they’ve never done it before.

My dad registered for the first time in his life in 2004 (to vote for Kerry) and I definitely needed to guide him a little.

]]> By: jasper http://detroit.metblogs.com/2008/09/20/your-last-day-to-register-to-vote-october-6/comment-page-1/#comment-3971 jasper Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:24:36 +0000 http://detroit.metblogs.com/?p=2286#comment-3971 If someone isn't registered to vote by two months before the election, do you think they're the type of person that's up on "the issues"? Do you think they follow politics and would make educated voters? I often wonder about this. If someone isn’t registered to vote by two months before the election, do you think they’re the type of person that’s up on "the issues"? Do you think they follow politics and would make educated voters? I often wonder about this.

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