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After more than a year of controversy, discussions, arguments, outlandish claims and false news stories Election Day 2016 has arrived.
I was at my local polling location at 6 AM, voted and out the door in 3 minutes.
I’ve done my part, if you a US Citizen living in the USA go do yours.
Not registered to vote? Most states allow same day voter registration.
If you don’t vote today, your complaints after the election are not worth reading, you had your chance to make a difference.
So have I.
CTL, polls only open at 6. How’d you manage to vote, get home and post about it by 6:06, considering you only carry a flip phone?
So who did everyone vote for?
joseph, arent you forgetting he is a democrat
#voteearlyvoteoften
“If you don’t vote today, your complaints after the election are not worth reading, you had your chance to make a difference.”
Cmon thats nonesense, and it surprises me when otherwise inteeligent people repeat that.
you very well know that as a New York Resident I dont “have a chance to make a diference” so much so, that the candidates never bothered campaigning in the largest city in the country
That said this time I did vote, so I can tell my kids if R”l The Donald gets elected and my kids asked me what I did to stop it I can tell them I tried.
That said this time I did vote, so I can tell my kids if R”l The Donald gets elected and my kids asked me what I did to stop it I can tell them I tried.
You call that trying? I’m gonna eat breakfast, so I can say I tried to stop Hillary.
Ubiq that was a low blow CT has proven himself to be an honorable man, Joseph why couldn’t he vote then go outside and post from his phone?
DY
Lol
The Goq
In case you havent read many of my posts, Im a Democrat too. IT was a joke
Ok sorry.
CT, surprised at you!
Your comments always seem wise and fair, even if I might not agree with your viewpoint.
But, as ubiq already told you, saying you can’t complain if you didn’t vote is utter nonsense, especially in the US.
In a parliamentary system you might have a point. With our electoral college system putting power over the military and the economy in the hands of one person who possibly did not even receive the majority of the votes of the electorate in his country- you are just plain wrong.
To misquote a famous person, the canard of every man’s vote counting is the opiate of the masses.
(For those who don’t quite get it, I’m not suggesting anybody with the legal right to vote should not vote. Vote, but do so with your eyes open.)
I live in NY and I looked at all the relevant candidates. I would like to vote but honestly, the selection of people…most I haven’t heard of. No one of any note is running against Schumer, and we lose no matter if it’s Trump or Clinton. I do agree that if we don’t vote, it will look as if we don’t care. But I don’t recall seeing or hearing about single candidate for any office coming to my neighborhood or evne surrounding ones. SO seems candidates don’t care.
CTLAWYER
so i guess you approve toaiva & not doing brissim or shechita & many other things that hillary is against that are mitzvos in the torah. How will you answer your father Hashem when he asks you why you went against the torah by voting hillary? you may want to start doing teshuva ASAP
It is of up-most importance to vote no matter if you think “your” candidate has a shot where you live or not. Regardless of who wins this go around, the politicians see (with exceptions) which areas/demographics vote.
If they see certain areas of the city have a higher voter turnout they will more readily listen to such areas.
GET OUT AND VOTE!!
I am just reporting my experience here in Brooklyn. Because of lack of campaigning, I know nothing about the candidates on the ballot, so I should just pull a lever for anyone as long as a I pull a lever? I am not alone in not researching candidates especially if no one brings to our attention who is running. So you are in politics? I for one think frum people should stay out of politics.
flatbusher: I am not sure when was the last time you voted but NYC hasn’t used the lever machines for a number of years. We know use paper ballots that then scanned into a computer.
As for voting, there are still local elections that are important such as the state senate and state assembly.
CTL, polls only open at 6. How’d you manage to vote, get home and post about it by 6:06, considering you only carry a flip phone?
Jaguar E-Type
CTLAWYER: Politics in NYC is different then other locations. The incumbents are generally so entrenched that they do not find it necessary to campaign or they are unopposed (such as Simcha Felder). Our local elections (Mayor and City Council) are in 2017.
I have voted in every election, major or otherwise, since I was old enough to vote. It seems to absurd to vote for names without knowing what they stand far and who show no interest in know me.
CT: I am not talking about SHabbos issues, but you need to represent all people and there can be issues where the issue is contrary to your belief. But I know there is no way of convincing a person bent on being a politician that he shouldn’t, espcially since you seem to enjoy pressing the flesh.
7:07 pm… I already voted.
I walked.
Also, I’m back from Ma’ariv.
“Also, I’m back from Ma’ariv.”
That did more for Am Yisrael than all the votes in the world! Thank you!
I usually vote early in the day. However since my wife and kids have taken a strong interest in this election we went to vote together.
YON who did your kids vote for?
FWIW, Jaguar hasn’t been British-owned since 1990, when Ford took it over. Ford sold it to Mumbai-based Tata Motors in 2008. So your Jaguars may not be German or Japanese, but they’re not strictly British either (unless they’re pre-1990).
I also live in an area where my vote didn’t count. It’s a given that Hillary will get NY’s electoral votes. U.S. senator and congressman face token opposition, state assembly unopposed. There are eight people unknown to me running for seven slots on the state supreme court. Rather than voting for one of the two deplorables at the top of the major party tickets, I did my first-ever write-in.
I just davened Maariv. DY, thanks for the reminder that I had to daven Maariv (2X) before Alos since I missed Mincha. I might have forgotten otherwise.
Your welcome (certainly unintentional).
I believe that’s the only time a woman is mechuyeves to daven Ma’ariv.
“That said this time I did vote, so I can tell my kids if R”l The Donald gets elected and my kids asked me what I did to stop it I can tell them I tried.”
ubiquitin: Amen. Me too!
True. Although a friend of mine told me that her husband’s Rav (Rav Shmuel Kaminetzky) says that she has to daven Maariv on Shabbos in order to avoid the problem of her husband not being able to be motzi her in Kiddush since he already davened Maariv so it’s D’Rabbanim for him and D’Orasia for her (if she didn’t daven Maariv).
That was the only time I have ever heard anyone give that as a solution though. And it is possible that he meant it as a chumra.
Even to keep that chumra, she can just say “Boruch m’kadesh Hashabbos” or similar, without davening Ma’ariv.
I think that most people say that you have to say something (good Shabbos or whatever). The chumra was to actually daven Maariv, which solves the problem more than just saying “good Shabbos” or “Boruch m’kadesh HaShabbos”.
But again, I’m not sure that he meant it as a chumra (and not a chiyuv)- that is just my guess, since I don’t think that anyone else says that, and it would be the obvious solution to the problem.
Goq: My kids voted for Trump. We have been discussing elections since June. (Thank you YWN for doing an amazing job keeping us informed throughout!). We spoke about different policies and character traits and behaviors. It was a great learning experience. They were very excited to come along and press the buttons in the voting booth.
The local polling station was filled with families coming to vote!
The election officials were very impressed and said it’s so nice that parents bring their kids along.
Markets dropped day after Obama’s election too.
Markets often drop the day after pres election.
Tell your trust clients they don’t need to “go nuts”. Surely they have experienced market fluctuations before. And know that the purpose of hiring a good investment manager is to help get them safely through the market’s recurring ups and downs.
(Not that I’m running for position of CR investment analyst/ financial whiz or anything. I don’t drive a Jaguar. But I once saw one at the zoo.)
The stock market went up the first day following President-Elect Donald Trump’s electoral victory.
Noticed that, Joseph.
And the Dow started today at a record high.
And now the Dow closed at a record high on Day 2 after the Trump victory.
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