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How many times do you need to vote to make sure it counts?
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FreshParsnip lemmy.ca FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
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deadbeef79000 lemmy.nz deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
Joined: 2023-06-17
#2 · (edited) Quote Reply

Assuming you're in the US apropos of the proximal elections.

Several times it turns out.

  1. Because y'all for some reason elect sheriffs, vote for the sheriff who won't steal your ballot boxes.
  2. Vote for whatever aldermen/councillors/bureaucrats that run your village/town/area that won't just appoint a bunch of partisans to (mis)count the votes, should the ballot box still exist or use the "hanging chads" technique
  3. Vote for your senators
  4. Vote for your representative/Congress people
  5. Vote in party primaries
  6. Vote for electoral college people

Apologies for the terrible errors above, I don't know that much about how it all works and all 51 states.

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WhoIzDisIz lemmy.today WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-04-27
#3 · Quote Reply

Depends. How many charges do you feel like facing in court?

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Today lemmy.world Today@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-14
#4 · Quote Reply

Every time.
Vote early; vote often.

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Mulligrubs lemmy.world Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-08-11
#5 · (edited) Quote Reply

Haha look at this guy, he thinks his vote counts

(It's a poll, at best)

I vote every election, and you should too! It's funny

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Speiser0 feddit.org Speiser0@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-06-27
#6 · Quote Reply

An odd number of times, otherwise the arrow greys out again.

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DudleyMason lemmy.ml DudleyMason@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-03-19
#7 · Quote Reply

If you are a billionaire? Once. And it doesn't matter which team wins, your policy preferences will still control what happens next.

If you aren't? It doesn't matter your vote simply doesn't count for anything except which puppet of the ruling class you'll be seeing on TV for the next four years.

https://act.represent.us/sign/usa-oligarchy-research-explained

That's not hyperbole, that's the actual answer.

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lemmygarden lemmy.today lemmygarden@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-07-29
#8 · Quote Reply

Haha look at this guy, he thinks his vote counts (It's a poll, at best) I vote every election, and you should too! It's funny

Are you the guy writing in Mickey mouse every election?

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yuki_gassen lemmy.ml yuki_gassen@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-06-28
#9 · Quote Reply

Depends on who you are voting for

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