I fear you're falling into the mistakes I made in this thread: letting your frustrations and emotions get the better of you. I have already apologized in several places which perhaps you have not seen. So, again, I should have abstained from this thread earlier. I wasn't able to give a proper account of my perspective and was not at my best. I'm sorry for that.

To your point, briefly, I would argue that you are playing like checkers. It is an old adage in the USA that we have three boxes to maintain our rights and freedoms: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box. We're past the ballot box, and voting does nothing but harm, in my opinion, until 2020 and all other fraud/rigging is thoroughly addressed. I will not participate in rigged games, be they checkers or nth-dimensional chess. God willing, we still have opportunity to address the treason and tyranny via the jury box, probably military tribunals. Further, there is precedent in law which basically indicates that by continuing to participate in something you are implying that your grievances have already been addressed. At this point, taking local control, hoping for the best, and preparing for the worst sends the right message. Continuing to vote in rigged elections communicates that you are a willing participant in the rigged, fake voting.

You're entitled to a different opinion, and I might at a later date make a more substantive post on the matter, which may or may not convince you.

I might add that, in a sense, you cannot vote until the elections are secured and the previous fraud/rigging is addressed. The very definition of voting does not allow for pretending to vote while someone/something else actually decides and your "vote" means absolutely nothing. Anything to gain from showing strong in a rigged election was already gained. Doing it over is a fool's errand, in my opinion. Frankly, I thought that so obvious that it provoked me to misbehave earlier.