# I live in the US, but I don't vote. Never have, never will. Ask Me Anything if you want. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 8, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-live-in-the-us-but-i-dont-vote-never-have-never-will-ask-me-anything-if-you-want/771059 "2016-11-08T13:49:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 196
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-live-in-the-us-but-i-dont-vote-never-have-never-will-ask-me-anything-if-you-want/771059/196 "2016-11-08T23:45:23Z")
Because it seems relevant, I will share my own experience of voting today. I havealways voted, in every election since I was eligible. As the election season unrolled this year, some of you may know that although I am not a fan of Mrs. Clinton, and believe her presidency will be a horrible one, I had nonetheless resolved to support over her main opponent, whose presidency I believe would be a more horrible one. So I got my ballot and sat down. In my jurisdiction, we are handed paper ballots, mark them, and then they are ingested by a scanner. I started to mark the ballot. I couldn’t. I passed over the presidential electors, marked my choice for US Representative, chose my options for various bond issues… and then stared at the president’s choice again. Finally I marked it for Trump. I couldn’t vote for Clinton. I stood up and walked towards the scanner… and then I couldn’t put it in the scanner; I couldn’t vote for Trump. I marked my ballot VOID and requested a new one. Sat back down. Filled out all the other spots again. Finally I marked Clinton, stood up again. Sent the ballot into the scanner before I could change my mind again. Outside some guy named Buridan had a donkey for sale. The point of this little oversharing is to suggest that it’s not always irrational to refuse to vote. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-live-in-the-us-but-i-dont-vote-never-have-never-will-ask-me-anything-if-you-want/771059)._