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[Ian Meyer <ianmeyer AT gmail.com>]

yeah, there's also the fact that since the NC primary is so late, the
votes for convention delegates for the national presidential ticket
for the dems was decided months ago...

i wasn't thinking along the lines of only voting for other
independents/unaffiliateds in the primary, but the opposite, if you're
not registered in a party, then your ballot should be all inclusive.
just because I want to vote for a democrat for one of the offices to
be decided in the primary doesn't mean i shouldn't be able to vote for
a (gasp) republican or libertarian for another seat.

also, i think that the multiple candidates from one party running for
an unopposed seat should be in the general election, the fact that I
would have no say in which of the candidates are running for, say, a
commission seat, because they're all republicans is nonsense.

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 13:13:08 -0400 (EDT), Sil Greene <quack AT ibiblio.org> 
wrote:
> 
> ian wrote:
> > the weird, unsettling, wrong part is how you have to pick a ballot, be
> > it dem or republican.
> >
> > IMHO, if you're independent, your primary ballot should have everyone on
> > it.
> 
> 
> Actually, I find that making perfect sense.  I do like that
> independents/unaffiliateds/whatevers may choose to participate in a party
> primary.  What I'm not sure that I like is the concept of a primary at
> all, in a fashion supported (read: paid for) by my tax dollars.  I'm not
> sure I'll explain this well, but I feel like a Demo primary probably ought
> to be held (and paid for) by the Demo party, and likewise for Republican
> or Lib or whatever primaries.
> 
> If a local race is unopposed outside of a single party, but the single
> party is fielding multiple candidates, move the damned choices to the real
> election and let everyone vote in them.  It just seems like what you'd get
> by applying some common sense.
> 
> *shrug*
> --s
> 
> 
> 
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