I VOTED
July 11, 2022 8:50 AM Subscribe
Votey McVoteface?
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 9:11 AM on July 11, 2022 [14 favorites]
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 9:11 AM on July 11, 2022 [14 favorites]
I voted even though I don't live in the county; I voted for one of the other options that was showing 0% of the votes because I didn't want another 13-year-old to feel bad that her work got shafted. (Also I liked it better.)
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 9:41 AM on July 11, 2022 [9 favorites]
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 9:41 AM on July 11, 2022 [9 favorites]
I like that the election commissioner is totally down with this. There's no air of "oh god the joke option got a zillion votes from bored people well outside our community and we are gonna have to try and retroactively figure out which votes should actually count, or just accept that we will be running Bumpy Stumbles Stadium for the next twenty years".
posted by egypturnash at 9:44 AM on July 11, 2022 [8 favorites]
posted by egypturnash at 9:44 AM on July 11, 2022 [8 favorites]
WANT.
posted by tiny frying pan at 9:45 AM on July 11, 2022
posted by tiny frying pan at 9:45 AM on July 11, 2022
This post caused me to vote. I went for one of the unpopular ones because I am boring.
posted by Whale Oil at 9:51 AM on July 11, 2022
posted by Whale Oil at 9:51 AM on July 11, 2022
Is that a caricature of Rudy Giuliani?
posted by TedW at 9:56 AM on July 11, 2022 [6 favorites]
posted by TedW at 9:56 AM on July 11, 2022 [6 favorites]
Votey McVoteface?
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 9:11 AM
My exact thought!!!!
posted by bluesky43 at 10:24 AM on July 11, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 9:11 AM
My exact thought!!!!
posted by bluesky43 at 10:24 AM on July 11, 2022 [1 favorite]
I am not in Ulster county, but I could still vote.
Vote early and often.
posted by freakazoid at 10:38 AM on July 11, 2022
Vote early and often.
posted by freakazoid at 10:38 AM on July 11, 2022
Yeah, Ulster County! Can't wait to get my I voted sticker this November :)
posted by silverstatue at 10:55 AM on July 11, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by silverstatue at 10:55 AM on July 11, 2022 [1 favorite]
Hooray, Ulster County! We have quite a few pockets of weird and fun and generally not as stuffy as across the river.
posted by Glomar response at 11:21 AM on July 11, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by Glomar response at 11:21 AM on July 11, 2022 [2 favorites]
A nice starting point. Now imagine City Hall replaced with Enterprise Resource Planning Software. The people vote, and the software dispassionately implements and administers.
This is the way.
posted by Fupped Duck at 11:25 AM on July 11, 2022 [1 favorite]
This is the way.
posted by Fupped Duck at 11:25 AM on July 11, 2022 [1 favorite]
I was expecting Voty McVoteface, but I actually really like the entry. I don't know if it's a timeless teenage edgelord style or a intentional throwback to the early aughts, but it looks a lot like some of the doodles my artistically-inclined friends used to make in middle school. Very charming!
posted by grandiloquiet at 11:31 AM on July 11, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by grandiloquiet at 11:31 AM on July 11, 2022 [2 favorites]
I voted for Melissa's sticker, because I really liked it, and it'll probably upset the kind of people I like upsetting.
posted by Spike Glee at 11:39 AM on July 11, 2022
posted by Spike Glee at 11:39 AM on July 11, 2022
Online voting available for the non-online voting system's accouterment and decor better have some pretty great content ...
... yeah that's pretty, pretty, pretty good, Melissa. Although I do like the eagle's snappy side-eye.
And I like that Shafil added "TODAY" where the other's fell short on this important touch. Although it does render the meaning troubling short lived in realism after that day but before the next public election.
posted by NoThisIsPatrick at 11:54 AM on July 11, 2022
... yeah that's pretty, pretty, pretty good, Melissa. Although I do like the eagle's snappy side-eye.
And I like that Shafil added "TODAY" where the other's fell short on this important touch. Although it does render the meaning troubling short lived in realism after that day but before the next public election.
posted by NoThisIsPatrick at 11:54 AM on July 11, 2022
a timeless teenage edgelord style
Vaguely curious as to how many "deez nuts voted today" entries there were.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 12:22 PM on July 11, 2022
Vaguely curious as to how many "deez nuts voted today" entries there were.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 12:22 PM on July 11, 2022
Is that a caricature of Rudy Giuliani?
posted by TedW
Can not unsee. :)
posted by Splunge at 1:05 PM on July 11, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by TedW
Can not unsee. :)
posted by Splunge at 1:05 PM on July 11, 2022 [1 favorite]
I'm in Ulster and I very much cannot wait to get my sticker. It's got 93% of the vote at this point.
posted by exlotuseater at 1:58 PM on July 11, 2022 [3 favorites]
posted by exlotuseater at 1:58 PM on July 11, 2022 [3 favorites]
Let's get Phoebe over 1000 votes!
posted by zompist at 2:51 PM on July 11, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by zompist at 2:51 PM on July 11, 2022 [1 favorite]
(This has been a day where, for boring work-related reasons, I've sat down at a bunch of different computers. Each time I do, I pull up the Ulster County site and then vote for whichever kid currently has the least votes.)
posted by box at 2:54 PM on July 11, 2022 [8 favorites]
posted by box at 2:54 PM on July 11, 2022 [8 favorites]
That sticker portrays exactly how I, an introvert, feel after I get home from voting.
posted by Horkus at 3:35 PM on July 11, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by Horkus at 3:35 PM on July 11, 2022 [1 favorite]
I voted for one of the other options that was showing 0% of the votes because I didn't want another 13-year-old to feel bad that her work got shafted. (Also I liked it better.)
I went for one of the unpopular ones because I am boring.
(This has been a day where, for boring work-related reasons, I've sat down at a bunch of different computers. Each time I do, I pull up the Ulster County site and then vote for whichever kid currently has the least votes.)
And people wonder why politicians are against voting reform.
posted by dannyboybell at 3:40 PM on July 11, 2022
I went for one of the unpopular ones because I am boring.
(This has been a day where, for boring work-related reasons, I've sat down at a bunch of different computers. Each time I do, I pull up the Ulster County site and then vote for whichever kid currently has the least votes.)
And people wonder why politicians are against voting reform.
posted by dannyboybell at 3:40 PM on July 11, 2022
Absolutely LOVE the thought that this will increase voter turnout because people are going to want that sticker
posted by mcstayinskool at 3:58 PM on July 11, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by mcstayinskool at 3:58 PM on July 11, 2022 [1 favorite]
Some years ago I took my utilitarian I Voted sticker and turned it into a button pin. Then I took a black Sharpie and wrote FOR HER at the bottom and wore it for four years.
posted by TWinbrook8 at 5:26 PM on July 11, 2022 [7 favorites]
posted by TWinbrook8 at 5:26 PM on July 11, 2022 [7 favorites]
Hey, dannyboybell, I'm just voting for what I believe in!!! And I believe in stickers that don't have giant spiders on them!!!!!!!
[I voted for Shafil Shabir's; I actually like it but it is what a spider-endorser might characterize as stodgy. Just say no to spiders.]
posted by Whale Oil at 7:08 PM on July 11, 2022
[I voted for Shafil Shabir's; I actually like it but it is what a spider-endorser might characterize as stodgy. Just say no to spiders.]
posted by Whale Oil at 7:08 PM on July 11, 2022
> imagine City Hall replaced with Enterprise Resource Planning Software. The people vote, and the software dispassionately implements and administers.
For the majority of business-as-usual functions, the ERP system would be plumbed directly into the city's infrastructure, to directly sense and regulate operations. The system supports task dispatch to bureaucrats and technicians over SMTP, and exposes usable web interfaces to streamline task-specific data entry.
For abnormal situations, such as discussions with local political figures and lobbyists, disciplinary hearings, etc, the ERP system's long term planning / strategy / negotiation plugin would come into play. In these situations, to interface more naturally with human stakeholders, and help increase the likelihood of outcomes that are favourable to the city, the ERP system can listen, gesture, speak, chitter and hiss using its impressively lifelike and hypnotically colourful humanoid head. To maximise the number of face-to-face meetings per day that can be attended, the system's head is equipped with six legs for independent autonomous navigation between meeting rooms, according to its schedule (microsoft outlook calendar integration is recommended). Navigation is limited by the length of installed hybrid-spinal-coaxial cabling between the base of the head and the ERP system's primary mainframe.
posted by are-coral-made at 9:51 PM on July 11, 2022 [2 favorites]
For the majority of business-as-usual functions, the ERP system would be plumbed directly into the city's infrastructure, to directly sense and regulate operations. The system supports task dispatch to bureaucrats and technicians over SMTP, and exposes usable web interfaces to streamline task-specific data entry.
For abnormal situations, such as discussions with local political figures and lobbyists, disciplinary hearings, etc, the ERP system's long term planning / strategy / negotiation plugin would come into play. In these situations, to interface more naturally with human stakeholders, and help increase the likelihood of outcomes that are favourable to the city, the ERP system can listen, gesture, speak, chitter and hiss using its impressively lifelike and hypnotically colourful humanoid head. To maximise the number of face-to-face meetings per day that can be attended, the system's head is equipped with six legs for independent autonomous navigation between meeting rooms, according to its schedule (microsoft outlook calendar integration is recommended). Navigation is limited by the length of installed hybrid-spinal-coaxial cabling between the base of the head and the ERP system's primary mainframe.
posted by are-coral-made at 9:51 PM on July 11, 2022 [2 favorites]
Man, I’m a total kill joy but this really brings me back to trying really hard for something and having it overlooked because the class clown put little to no effort in and then receives general acclaim. (Especially because “women aren’t funny” so it was always the girls/women working hard and the guys coming in with the fart jokes.)
Anyway, I voted for Phoebe’s.
posted by raccoon409 at 6:00 AM on July 12, 2022 [2 favorites]
Anyway, I voted for Phoebe’s.
posted by raccoon409 at 6:00 AM on July 12, 2022 [2 favorites]
What! Little to no effort? I think the spider drawing is really good art. Not lying.
posted by tiny frying pan at 6:30 AM on July 12, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by tiny frying pan at 6:30 AM on July 12, 2022 [5 favorites]
Where I live in Washington State, we've been vote-by-mail only for quite a while now. For the most part, I like it, because it's super easy to vote, and I can take as much time as I want researching the issues and candidates while filling out my ballot. I did miss the "I Voted" stickers we used to get at the polling places, and so I was thrilled when I found a sticker enclosed in my most recent ballot! I think all the entries are great, but I love the chaos of Hudson's entry. It's like looking in a mirror.
posted by xedrik at 7:20 AM on July 12, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by xedrik at 7:20 AM on July 12, 2022 [1 favorite]
I don't know if it's a timeless teenage edgelord style or a intentional throwback to the early aughts, but it looks a lot like some of the doodles my artistically-inclined friends used to make in middle school.
I'm going with timeless. The style reminds me of EC horror comics, the monster craze, "Big Daddy" Roth, and album covers by The Misfits. I don't think it was intentional, just an adolescent boys' aesthetic passed down from generation to generation.
posted by jonp72 at 6:52 PM on July 12, 2022
I'm going with timeless. The style reminds me of EC horror comics, the monster craze, "Big Daddy" Roth, and album covers by The Misfits. I don't think it was intentional, just an adolescent boys' aesthetic passed down from generation to generation.
posted by jonp72 at 6:52 PM on July 12, 2022
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