Slog - Comments on One Person, One Vote...and One Hell of a Trek

Comment by nbc

nbc — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:19:57 -0800

At least she didn't have to cross Lake Washington at rush hour. Talk about a journey!

Comment by rod in beijing

rod in beijing — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:21:28 -0800

OMG that's 27 miles a day. I once walked 50 miles in a day, but couldn't get out of bed until noon the following day that I got done.

I couldn't imagine doing what amounts to a marathon a day for 14 days straight.

This could be more than just a record for voting.

Comment by John

John — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:36:29 -0800

My great great grand mother drug all her kids who could walk with her to the polls when women first got the vote in America. They had a two day walk of many miles in rural Arkansas.

I have heard the story many times. It is true. She was an arch Republican, (slavery) but of course the Great Depression changed the family history on that and the fact they all moved to the Northwest and joined unions and achieved relative prosperity.

Yes, even today I miss no elections - taboo in my extended family.

Bless these women. Was there a woman running for high office? Would be amusing to watch Bhutan elect a lot of women, before America.

Comment by Mike

Mike — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:43:04 -0800

One word: Dramamine

Comment by Sargon Bighorn

Sargon Bighorn — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:09:13 -0800

What is news worthy about this? The walk? The vote? She being 65? The voter being a woman? It being Bhutan? Are we now supposed to upset our comfortable lives and get out and vote? Is that the purpose of bringing this to our attention. Well for the record 50%+ of Americans can not be bothered with voting, their lives are comfy thank you and let's not rock the boat shall we? So THEY over there might walk days to vote, but we just can't be bothered.

Comment by drewl

drewl — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:44:21 -0800

Thank Jebus for snark.

Comment by unPC

unPC — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:39:38 -0800

one person one vote -- that sucks and we hate it in america.

1. superdelegates violate it.

2. delegate allocation rules violate it.
(allocations among states eg ny and tx -- it's not based on population)

3. the whole us senate violates it. wyoming voters have way more voting power than ca nj ma voters, etc.

4. exlcluding fl and mi means millions of people, no votes. pretty blatant violation of the one person one vote principle.

5. DC.

6. other territories, aliens, etc.

so......who are we to celebrate some other nations having one person one vote?

I'd bet money that we are pretty low down on the scales compared to most other democracies because of our quaint nonequal us senate which enshrines voter inequality.

Comment by Mr Fuzzy

Mr Fuzzy — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:07:09 -0800

I'm not exactly sure why people are saying this isn't awesome.
This is awesome. If everyone respected their opinion and stake in the future of the country (or, in the case of the US, the world) that much, that would be a very good thing. That even one person on earth cares that much cheers me immensely.

Comment by dbell

dbell — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:30:08 -0800

@7, or anyone; how much or little say does US law has in Dem and Rep primaries? Since a primary in and of itself isn't a real election to public office, do they even have to follow the voting rights act, or could each party just have a coronation if they wanted?

Comment by Greg

Greg — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:46:37 -0800

The Wangchuck dynasty? You let that pass without comment?

Comment by SDizzle

SDizzle — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:00:40 -0800

UnPC @ 7... I'm not sure I quite understand what you mean by #6... "Other territories, aliens, etc."? Aliens... as in space aliens? Since when are the martians able to vote?

Oh, did you mean immigrants? Pardon my ignorance, but since when is someone without documentation allowed to vote? Any why would they try, if they were risking deportation to do so?

Anyway, I have to agree that this is awesome, and that I wish we had this much voter enthusiasm in the US.