are opting out of the farce. I've been sorely tempted to do so myself, the last several cycles. This time out, I was torn between filling my ballot out with a Hershey bar, or simply leaving it blank.

I will always "vote", because otherwise, my parents will burst out of their urns and throttle me in my sleep. Besides, the state mails me my ballot, and I drive directly by the county lockbox (located in the parking lot of the local cop-shop) practically daily. But "casting a ballot" could include leaving it entirely blank and simply stuffing it into the barcoded tracking envelope, so that might be enough to defend me against nocturnal asphyxiation.

Besides, my parents will have to get in line behind the white-flash nightmares. Take a number, Mom.

Here in CO, turnout thus far appears to be 67.54%: 2,729,122 votes cast against 4,040,683 active voters. I voted Green again, and the greens have amassed a whopping 0.45% of the vote, or 12,101 votes. This is insignificantly significant, since it is about 40% higher than last time around, where they were almost as few as the Kanye West vanity ticket. This is closer to being on a par with the Libertarian ticket, which is currently at 0.63%, or 16,916 votes.

But they are "still counting", as always.

The execrable Lauren Boebert won to continue her grift, and that's all I'll say about that.

Now, I'm just waiting for the inevitable 2028 fundraising emails to start coming in. Won't be long- and my email spam filters are just waiting for new things to trash unread. If I could just do something about the text messages...

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...in Federal Presidential Elections. I consider this a giant step in the right direction.

Among Democracies, high rates of non-voting are considered "No Confidence" votes. Don't you want to say "I have No Confidence that voting will change things in my government that are important to the People"? "I have No Confidence in the political choices that are forced upon the People in US elections."

If USians can drop the vote count to below 50 percent in our Federal elections, it will represent a total rejection of our rigged democracy. Rule by minority is opposite of democracy. The world will take notice that the American People are rejecting Neocon and Plutocrat rule — which pushes unilateral policies that create misery and violence throughout the world, and predatory capitalism that is destroying the environment. The lack of a majority vote in a Presidential election is a red flag at the UN, and it elicits calls for a new election. Meanwhile, other countries may refuse to recognize the US election results. Never vote if you don't have a real choice. You are wasting the years of your life and dragging the country deeper into a failed state. Overcome your life-long conditioning to conform.

Communal action will alert people and leaders around the world that your Democracy has failed. You do have a powerful voice. Use it.

is on fire on this topic, by the way. This makes for some interesting, thought-provoking reading.

https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/election-aftermath-notes-on-the-grand