Jury duty

[Doktor Howl]

I recently learned that in some jurisdictions, jury duty calls are selected by voting frequency.

Yet another excellent reason not to vote.

I don't mind jury duty.  Everyone deserves a fair trial, and if you aren't willing to sit on a jury and actually consider the facts, who will?  Oh, yeah.  Some teabagger.

However, you are self-employed, and jury pay just doesn't make the nut.  Most judges will release you based on that, as far as I've seen.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Oh, it's not the ONLY reason to not vote, or even the MAIN reason to not vote. It's just a side bonus... means I wouldn't have to deal with the paperwork, right?

No, the main, and in my case only, reason not to vote is so I can post on Facebook that I didn't vote, thereby pissing off 700+ fervent voting evangelists.

[Thurnez Isa]

Paperwork in voting?

Just out of curiosity how does the voting work in US. I mean when you go to the voting office do you just give them ID then go to a little booth with a ballet and pencil, check the party you want then put it in the little box and leave, or is it more elaborate then that?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Paperwork in voting?

Just out of curiosity how does the voting work in US. I mean when you go to the voting office do you just give them ID then go to a little booth with a ballet and pencil, check the party you want then put it in the little box and leave, or is it more elaborate then that?

No.

Paperwork in petitioning to be relieved of jury duty, should you get tapped for it. You get three "free passes", and after that you have to petition.

[Cain]

I suspect I will never have to do jury duty because

a) I'm on a government watchlist, or was
b) while at secondary school, I took part in mock trials, where our team made it to the national level, and so the Sheriff knows my name and that I know a little too much about the court system for any judge to be comfortable
c) the government, both past and present, have a long-standing hatred of trial by peer, and want magistrates to do everything.

All of which is fine by me, except for the being spied on and hatred of trial by your peers part.

[Doktor Howl]

Oh, it's not the ONLY reason to not vote, or even the MAIN reason to not vote. It's just a side bonus... means I wouldn't have to deal with the paperwork, right?

No, the main, and in my case only, reason not to vote is so I can post on Facebook that I didn't vote, thereby pissing off 700+ fervent voting evangelists.

I'd vote, and then tell them I didn't.

But I have an incredible range of fruitcakes to choose from, and the notion that I might be the deciding vote on ensuring the screwiest person gets into office makes me really, really want to vote.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Oh, it's not the ONLY reason to not vote, or even the MAIN reason to not vote. It's just a side bonus... means I wouldn't have to deal with the paperwork, right?

No, the main, and in my case only, reason not to vote is so I can post on Facebook that I didn't vote, thereby pissing off 700+ fervent voting evangelists.

I'd vote, and then tell them I didn't.

But I have an incredible range of fruitcakes to choose from, and the notion that I might be the deciding vote on ensuring the screwiest person gets into office makes me really, really want to vote.

That's usually my M.O., too... or someone I know is running, so I vote for them. My friend is my state rep now.

I am more likely to vote on ballot measures than people. Half the time, they're all a bunch of stupid, useless fucks, and I don't care.

The putative lawyers on the lawyer forum are still arguing about how juries are selected in various jurisdictions.   According to the most credible poster so far, in most states they pull the jury duty roster from both the voting and driver's license databases.

Interesting on so many levels! They obviously don't rely on DMV records in Oregon, as I didn't get a license until I was 28 but was tapped for jury duty a number of times before then.

[Pope Lecherous]

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