What is your with obsession with getting "I voted" stickers after you have voted? People complain when they don't get one. Furthermore, what is with your obsession with posting a picture of yourself with the sticker on social media?
shareThey usually give me one when I vote. Not a big deal if I get one or not.
The bigger question for me is why do people need to post anything on social media?
Posting pictures on social media is part of the "look at me, I'm so special" attitude. Everything is about me, me, me.
shareBut why even hand out stickers? It's like they're kids.
shareI think they expect some sort of "pat on the back" as you suggested above. It's not enough that they are performing what is considered a civic duty. They demand some sort of recognition for it. Like I said... me, me, me.
Then there's bragging rights... which is more "all about me."
Resist the Sticker Bullies!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iV8X8ubGCc
Better than dying from licking stamps.
sharethis is barely related, but one of the things that's always puzzled me about american elections is the reports of endless lines & people waiting for hours to get their ballot cast.
i can understand that happening this year, but it seems like every presidential election i hear these news reports stating areas where people have to wait and wait and wait for hours to get into the station.
why on earth does that happen?
i'm basically a lapsed voter, and don't really bother with it anymore, but every time i've voted in canada, whether provincial, federal, municipal, i don't think it's ever taken me more than 10 minutes to get in and out of there.
is it because election days often cover state, municipal & federal votes on the same day? plus ballot questions? even if there are 3 or 4 or 5 votes to cast rather than 1, it still shouldn't take that long, should it?
It's because us fat americans take so long to get in and out of the voting booths. We usually get stuck at some point, thus holding up the process for everyone behind us in line.
shareI don't understand long lines either. It takes one minute to vote.
shareThe polling place near me had printer problem this year and three volunteers were waiting for our named ballots, which held up the line. Other cities shut down polling centers because they didn't have enough volunteers during the primary.
Most states have limited voting hours, so many people get stuck waiting.
To answer your original question, the "I voted" posts are more of a call to action than a boast, maybe with a bit of healthy peer pressure. This is especially true in early voting states. Since voting isn't mandatory, people may need more motivation.
Maybe just a "vote" sticker would be better, than "I voted". "I voted" makes it sound like they got a lollipop at their doctor for being a good patient.
shareThere were hundreds of items on the ballot here, although a lot of people skip most of them. There are all sorts of problems that lead to long lines, funding, machines, volunteers, and of course, if you're voting in person during COVID with the distance requirements, they can't cram people as much as they usually do, so it gets worse even before the turnout gets high as it seems to be for this election.
shareMaybe they just like to stick around.
https://youtu.be/EXjfvx-k1Ms
Get out. I make the bad jokes around here.
shareMorons like to virtue signal a lot.
shareI have no obsession with getting the sticker. This year is the first time I ever got one and I've been voting in every election for 29 years. It's still on the backing laying with a stack of mail I got to go through and will likely end up in the trash without a second thought.
I see people on social media complaing that they didn't get one and that they don't vote by mail because they're guaranteed not to get one.
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