Can’t tell if you’re being for real lol

I was trying to explore it more and talk about it more. I was getting ready to concede because it was looking like I was going to be 100% wrong

You wouldn't be calling it easier if you saw the lines to park and get to the voting stations, vote and get out of there. It took me more than an hour to get that all done and that's not even taking into account my commute there and I went outside peak hours. Plus i was lucky and had a car, could you imagine those who had to take the bus, or request off work, or those who couldn't get off work and had to go during peak times and wait in those lines, or those with kids?

I read up on every candidate before I go vote. Most read very very similarly.

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Dawnstar in scott’s addition hosts game (dnd and more) nights at various breweries.

You would be absolutely amazed.Worked with TSA for a few years. Highlights;

1. White lady yells at me and demands to know why she can't have her bowie knife on the plane because "I don't even look like a terrorist. I'm not Muslim!"

2. Man vehemently argues that carrying his pistol on the plane is a second amendment right and I'm an "agent of the gestapo"

3. Pat down a man who opts out of the body scanner. Feel a gun on his side while patting him down. Immediately shit myself and call for my supervisor. He goes "I think now I'm supposed to let you know I'm a cop. It's okay!"

> I was trying to say ok well since a majority voted for the Democrat candidate, shouldn't we just hold a Democrat election?

I understood what you were saying. What you don't seem to get here is that another commenter pointed out the same thing and you refused to accept that, continuing to dig your hole deeper.

> So why don't we do that when a representative passes? Why don't we have a deputy representative or something to take over in case the worst happens?

Why would we elect alternative representatives to takee over in the event of the death of an elected representative before they take office when it is VASTLY simpler and cheaper to hold a new election in those very rare circumstances?

> the current people running for the Democrat seats are all very similar with all similar views (other than the topic of the main post) that it just felt like I was voting for the same person but with different names.

I don't think that you have visited either candidates web sites or looked at their positions because if you had then you would not say this.

/u/iWannaCupOfJoe is right. Short answer: Those neighborhoods are "walk around and call the number on the sign" typically where as Scotts has newer housing stock and actual management. Scotts will also have similar options in the neighborhood.

Shame on you for not voting because you saw a line and a sign.

She a HER000

From his work as a delegate.

Didn’t he have cancer for ten years?

I didn't think I'd have to explain myself. I thought we were having a friendly conversation.

I agree, we should not have to disenfranchise folks but just not how it was said. You made it seem like that was my intention but it was not. My point I was trying to Make was that both parties held primaries allow voters to pick their people. They voted then they put one person from each of the 2 big parties and the independents on the ballot for people to vote for. The Democrat got over 60% of the vote, won then passed away. I was trying to say ok well since a majority voted for the Democrat candidate, shouldn't we just hold a Democrat election? We don't even do that when the president passes, it goes to the VP but if the VP passes too, it goes to the speaker of the house who the vast majority of Americans did not even vote for (since it's a Rep from a state chosen by other Reps). So why don't we do that when a representative passes? Why don't we have a deputy representative or something to take over in case the worst happens?

On the earlier earlier point about people voting for the people and not the party that's not entirely true. 2020 showed us that people didn't JUST vote for Biden because he was Biden. I saw a lot of reasons from "he's not Trump" to "he's not republican ".

Also, the current people running for the Democrat seats are all very similar with all similar views (other than the topic of the main post) that it just felt like I was voting for the same person but with different names.

UR admissions must've been very impressed by your writing samples. UR is definitely keeping their standards high. UR is definitely not rubber-stamping useless graduate degrees for rich morons with low literacy skills

People dying in office is not a new thing. Having contingency plans in place is part of responsible governance.

Glad I saw this recommendation this week…went and it was super fun, hardly anyone in there, fun Christmas drinks, and they have FRITO PIESSS. Friday they have live music with a big band playing Vince Guaraldi’s Charlie Brown Christmas Music on the patio. All ages and family appropriate.

> See other than your last paragraph, your whole reply was the conversation I was looking for.

If this was the case then why did you not say so when the first commenter to your complaint noted it? You proceeded to go into lala land. And received appropriate replies.

As to my last paragraph, I do not understand your complaint. Would you care to elaborate? Do you disagree that it is unfair to disenfranchise people? Do you disagree that the thread went down hill for you after this comment of yours and the reply to it that you totally ignored?

No not yet.

See other than your last paragraph, your whole reply was the conversation I was looking for. Then we would go back and forth and exchange ideas and I would realize I was wrong or I would realize maybe a few ideas of mine are misguided are something.

But no, that didn't happen. That's how new ideas are formed. You take different people with different view points and experiences and put them together to come up with solutions to satisfy everyone or that area ethically correct... or both.

You stated:

> .... that the Republicans get to join in it again even though they lost. I don't get it (Emphasis mine).

To which a commenter explained:

> If someone dies in office, it should be the voice of the people that decides who replaces them. That's democracy.

> I think Republicans should have a chance just like Democrats should have a chance if a Republican dies in office. I don't like Republicans, but that's only fair. Everyone gets their shot in a democracy. ....

Right there in the very first reply to your complaint that you "don't get it" is the explanation. If a publicly elected official dies before they take office then a new election is held. Because it is a different election than the previous one every voter gets to express their opinion. It is not a difficult concept but you seem to have trouble accepting it.

Democrats did not win the election. Donald McEachin, a Democrat, won the election and died before he could take office. It is entirely plausible that some Republicans voted for him in the first election. It is also entirely plausible that any who did might decide in the run off that neither Democratic candidate is a suitable replacement for McEachin and want to vote for someone else in the new election.

You can't disenfranchise people like that, it is unfair. The rest of the thread goes downhill from there....

/p isn’t actually a thing. I was just being pedantic about your incorrect use of the word “sarcasm”

His face

Typo my bad. Was typing with one good eyeball at the moment

"I almost told him to my face"? huh???