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- Nov 07, 2020
Vote Quotes
On ballots, principle, and voting against.
These vote quotes look skeptically at the mechanics of voting — parties softening their stance just to court votes, and a claim that populations say they care about corruption without acting on it at the ballot box. One line recalls a voter from another century who would have proudly backed Henry Clay, connecting to Election quotes on this site.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Force
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nine years ago on September 14, 2001, I placed the lone vote against the 'Authorization for Use of Military Force' - an authorization that I knew would provide a blank check to wage war anywhere, at any time, and for any length.
- Constitution
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- Nov 07, 2020
I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.
- Matters
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The basic idea behind a paper trail is that you take one of these electronic systems and you augment it with a printer that prints out people's vote as they vote.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm asking people to vote for me because I'm an activist leader and a problem solver.
- Right
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you ever, ever, ever want to complain about what's going on in the U.S., you should vote because then you have a right to. If you want to complain, you should vote.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Congress has historically played covert communal politics in order to create what in India we call vote banks where you pit one community against another and so on in order to secure votes.
- Independent
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a political independent, I would gladly vote for any political party dedicated to limited government and entrepreneurship.
- Election
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- Nov 07, 2020