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So my local Board of Elections was kind enough to send me a postcard informing me that there were no non-partisan elections coming up next month for the primary, and therefore I wouldn't need to come to the polls, as I can't vote in them.
In other words, I'm in a closed primary state, where only the Democrats vote for their ilk, the Fasc^H^H^H^HRepublicans vote for theirs, and the winners of each go on to meet each other in the General in November. In other words, the playoffs, but for politics.
Which is how it should be, really, if parties are to mean anything. Of course, I do not vote like seemingly everyone else around me votes - they treat it like it's Survivor, apparently - so several states have, to my feelings, weirder ways of doing it. As an example, I think California has something called the "jungle primary" where literally everyone gets on the same ballot and they take the top two for a runoff, which is so mindbogglingly stupid that the person responsible should be beaten with a stick.
Of course, I also know about election methods, and wish that we could have Mixed Member Proportional for the legislature and maybe a Condorcet for single member seats (I'd accept AV or STV), but I'm in such a vanishingly small minority in that respect - as I discovered during my political career - that I soon realized that staying quiet about things was for the best. (I'm certainly not going to join up with the Republican or Democratic Parties for what should be obvious reasons.)
Side note: There's also Delegative, or "Liquid" Democracy, which I really find innovative, and we have the technology to pull it off, but again, we'd need to come to some sort of understanding about what #democracy is actually designed to do, and considering we're still having the "debate" about the Electoral Fucking College, I have no illusions of anything guided by a modicum of reason penetrating into the public consciousness in the foreseeable future.
#uspol #USElections #PrimaryElections #VotingMethods #cynicism #blathering #OldManYellsAtCloud
In other words, I'm in a closed primary state, where only the Democrats vote for their ilk, the Fasc^H^H^H^HRepublicans vote for theirs, and the winners of each go on to meet each other in the General in November. In other words, the playoffs, but for politics.
Which is how it should be, really, if parties are to mean anything. Of course, I do not vote like seemingly everyone else around me votes - they treat it like it's Survivor, apparently - so several states have, to my feelings, weirder ways of doing it. As an example, I think California has something called the "jungle primary" where literally everyone gets on the same ballot and they take the top two for a runoff, which is so mindbogglingly stupid that the person responsible should be beaten with a stick.
Of course, I also know about election methods, and wish that we could have Mixed Member Proportional for the legislature and maybe a Condorcet for single member seats (I'd accept AV or STV), but I'm in such a vanishingly small minority in that respect - as I discovered during my political career - that I soon realized that staying quiet about things was for the best. (I'm certainly not going to join up with the Republican or Democratic Parties for what should be obvious reasons.)
Side note: There's also Delegative, or "Liquid" Democracy, which I really find innovative, and we have the technology to pull it off, but again, we'd need to come to some sort of understanding about what #democracy is actually designed to do, and considering we're still having the "debate" about the Electoral Fucking College, I have no illusions of anything guided by a modicum of reason penetrating into the public consciousness in the foreseeable future.
#uspol #USElections #PrimaryElections #VotingMethods #cynicism #blathering #OldManYellsAtCloud
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RonSupportsYou"Trump Blasts 'Disloyal' Senator Who Voted To Impeach Him, Urges Votes For Challenger On Morning Of Republican Party Primary. Trump wrote: 'Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana is a disloyal disaster'.":
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-bill-cassidy-julia-letlow-primary_n_6a089472e4b0ee716972ed0d?origin=home-latest-news-unit
Especially if Sen. Bill Cassidy loses his primary, he should vote against Trump every chance he gets until he leaves in January.
#politics #advice #primaryelections
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-bill-cassidy-julia-letlow-primary_n_6a089472e4b0ee716972ed0d?origin=home-latest-news-unit
Especially if Sen. Bill Cassidy loses his primary, he should vote against Trump every chance he gets until he leaves in January.
#politics #advice #primaryelections
Tadonic the FlautulentDC Voter Guide from Ward 3
https://ward3vote.com/
#DC #WashingtonDC #VoterGuide #vote #RCV #RankedChoiceVoting #elections #primary #PrimaryElections #IRV
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Rob CarlsonDid a ton of research around the referendum in Lower Salford Township to increase the earned income tax to purchase a 66 acre property in town for open space. Feel free to share this with anyone you know that lives in or around the town so that everybody has good information on the process and outcomes. https://vees.net/local/pa/montco/lowersalford/allebach/ #LowerSalford #Pennsylvania #MontCoPa #PrimaryElections #Allebach
eVOTErraIt's Wednesday afternoon in #Arizona, where we have just 90 days before our Primary Election Day. Do you have a #votingPlan?
Both #Nebraska and #WestVirginia have #PrimaryElections in 13 days. In 2024, about 70% of the registered voters in those states couldn’t be bothered to cast votes in their primary election, effectively letting a small minority of people make decisions for them. And how's that working out for you?
#Vote in the Primaries. Make a difference. Spread the word.
FinchHaven sfba"Trump said Sunday that #ICE agents will be sent to #US airports Monday, with border czar Tom “Bag of Cash” Homan leading the effort"
And here it is: the gloves are finally, formally off
#ICE is nothing less than #Trump's personal #Gestapo
To be deployed and unleashed and inflicted upon the #USPublic at Trump's whim for work that has nothing to do with ICE's formal role:
#Immigration and #CustomsEnforcement
The vast majority of airport travelers are *not* new #Immigrants coming into the #UnitedStates for the first time
And #International air travelers have already been vetted at their points of departure for #Identification and #Passports
This a deliberate act of pure intimidation
This is #DonaldTrump previewing his personal military force in preparation for the upcoming #2026 #PrimaryElections and ICE assignment to #Democrat-district voting polls nationwide
Which Trump and the #Republicans intend to steal by any and all available methods
Period
Full stop
"Trump said Sunday that #ICE agents will be sent to #US airports Monday, with border czar Tom “Bag of Cash” Homan leading the effort"
And here it is: the gloves are finally, formally off
#ICE is nothing less than #Trump's personal #Gestapo
To be deployed and unleashed and inflicted upon the #USPublic at Trump's whim for work that has nothing to do with ICE's formal role:
#Immigration and #CustomsEnforcement
The vast majority of airport travelers are *not* new #Immigrants coming into the #UnitedStates for the first time
And #International air travelers have already been vetted at their points of departure for #Identification and #Passports
This a deliberate act of pure political intimidation
This is #DonaldTrump previewing his personal military force in preparation for the upcoming #2026 #PrimaryElections and ICE assignment to #Democrat-district voting polls nationwide
Which Trump and the #Republicans intend to steal by any and all available methods
Period
Full stop
"Trump said Sunday that #ICE agents will be sent to #US airports Monday, with border czar Tom “Bag of Cash” Homan leading the effort"
And here it is: the gloves are finally, formally off
#ICE is nothing less than #Trump's personal #Gestapo
To be deployed and unleashed and inflicted upon the #USPublic at Trump's whim for work that has nothing to do with ICE's formal role:
#Immigration and #CustomsEnforcement
The vast majority of airport travelers are *not* new #Immigrants coming into the #UnitedStates for the first time
And #International air travelers have already been vetted at their points of departure for #Identification and #Passports
This a deliberate act of pure intimidation
This is #DonaldTrump previewing his personal military force in preparation for the upcoming #2026 #PrimaryElections and ICE assignment to #Democrat-district voting polls nationwide
Which Trump and the #Republicans intend to steal by any and all available methods
Period
Full stop