Voting Process Quotes

The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do.

It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.

I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how.

The people who cast the votes decide nothing; the people who count the votes decide everything.

One-man-one-vote is a most difficult form of government.. Results can be erratic.

In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process.

“Vote early and vote often,” the advice openly displayed on the election banners in one of our northern cities.

Brian Stann is a great guy. I voted him in for the President of the United States in 2008, and I will write him in again in 2012.

Millions of people walk into the voting booth and vote for someone they like.

I make a living off (politicians), so I can't knock 'em. Every time we elect some fellow we think he's terrible and then when we get another one in he's worse. So, I am always in favor of keeping the one we've got and let the other go.

If you don't know, your labor unions and community organizations, there's somebody you can ask to guide you. A lot of people, especially in the Latino community, they have this big ballot and all these names and propositions on it, and they say 'Oh my God'. They don't know which of these to vote for, so they don't vote.

[As the minority] you vote for the legislation that’s presented to you. That’s sometimes a very difficult choice to make.

Guys get voted into the Hall of Fame who don't belong, who lack the numbers. I'm very upset at the Hall of Fame for that. It's not fair to the people who went in early.

I want to elect the next president.

I don't do jokes about elections so that's probably why it went okay for me, except for the crazy people that are hate-crime people.

Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process.

I believe same-day registration has to be part of comprehensive reform of our voting systems that will also restore pre-clearance, shorten lines at polls, and ensure that no one who wants to vote is denied their constitutional right.

We have got to lose the primary in order to win the general.

I've never voted, no.

Based on the number that they found, The New York Times reported that Hillary [Clinton] had basically clinched the primary 'cause you added the superdelegates to the number of delegates you'd already gotten. But this was on the eve of the California and New Jersey primary.

What is the value of bringing a bill to the floor without the members having an opportunity to read it.

I vote in the Academy, so I get all the screeners. I'm so often disappointed by all the material and especially by what wins. I find myself never voting for the winner.

I think the elections have gone well, although there is so much insecurity in Iraq. So far during the counting of ballots, there has not been a significant complaint. We have to wait to see what the outcome of the counting is.

I'm not interested in politics, or being a part of them. I definitely do my homework and make sure that I know what's going on, and I'm responsible enough to be able to vote for people that I respect. But other than that, I've never been a part of the political world.

First of all, it was such an honor to be chosen. You had to be voted in by players and coaches that time. But having it in Hawai'i was a brilliant idea.