Posted on 02/07/2022 12:56:24 PM PST by absalom01
Democrats registered in the 3rd Congressional District are being asked to change their voter registration to “unaffiliated” in a growing campaign to unseat U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert in the Republican primaries in June.
Indivisible Durango, which bills itself as a nonpartisan organization but promotes progressive ideals, floated the idea to members who are registered Democrats in a Feb. 1 newsletter.
“If you are a Democrat or a Libertarian, you can change your party affiliation to ‘unaffiliated’ in order to vote (on) the Republican primary ballot,” the newsletter read. “If you are already unaffiliated or a Republican, we encourage you to consider voting for a reasonable, centrist Republican in the Republican primary.”
The newsletter identified state Sen. Don Coram, Boebert’s strongest Republican opponent, as the politician whom “some believe (creates) the best chance of having a different representative in U.S. Congress.”
Mario Nicolais, a columnist for The Colorado Sun, posited a similar strategy benefiting Coram.
The strategy comes five months before the Republican primaries, a victory to which unaffiliated voters undoubtedly hold the key. According to the Colorado Sun, 40% of the 3rd District’s 513,000 active voters are unaffiliated. Registered Republicans account for 32% of voters, while 27% are registered as Democrats. Unaffiliated voters gained the right to vote in the primaries with Proposition 108, a 2016 ballot measure approved by voters and enacted by the state Senate.
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That said, in low turnout elections, there's a risk. Just a reminder that these people are out for power, and they never rest, never stop, and will never have enough power.
With election controls gone, all you need is a cover story for why Boebert might lose and then pull a standard issue election fraud. Double the usual turnout? Must have been a successful campaign.
In other words, the Democrats are urging dirty tricks to circumvent voting laws.
FYI ping
Republicans who allow anyone but Republicans to vote in the primary are just members of the party of collusion. They are beyond being just the stupid party. If they are in a state with a blue legislature maybe they cannot help it. Otherwise Republicans stop allowing people who are not Republicans to vote in their primaries. I realize that people could change to Republican for the primaries but most Democrats will not do that.
Voters in NH have long done this.
-PJ
Historically, the communists never, never miss any opportunity to advance their cause...
The GOP will respond with “crickets” as usual...
Particularly in this case when there’s a chance to get rid of a Republican who is both a patriot and a Constitutional originalist...
Yep.
(And by extension, they don't have especially high regard for voting Citizens.)
It seems to me that state political parties could, if not stop this, then enact internal rules to lessen it. Political parties are effectively private organizations, but with a public purpose, that have some control over their membership for the purpose of primaries.
Since the mentioned hanky panky takes place during the primary, a solution needs to involve selecting who can be a primary candidate.
Colorado, following other blue states, “opened” their primaries, by law, to unaffiliated voters. When this happened in California, the state party sued, and lost.
It’s just an endless accumulation of changes always favoring the left, or disfavoring the right.
Boebert is the object of their hatred because she’s steadfast in representing her constituents and the constitution.
Fourteen years ago Rush Limbaugh was calling it "Operation Chaos" and advocating Republicans cross over to vote for Clinton in some of the Democrat presidential primaries. I guess that was dirty tricks too?
Dems: “if it’s not explicitly illegal, it’s not cheating”.
Colorado Ping ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)
“Marxists/progressives/Democrats just HATE free and fair elections.
(And by extension, they don’t have especially high regard for voting Citizens.)”
From observation, many of them don’t really care if they are subsurviant to the elite hard core because they are willing to accept it rather than live in harmony with the despised “deplorable” types.
Why would a libertarian be against Boebert? Her stance on RKBA alone ought to cement that deal with the LP types.
It's politics. Play to win or don't play at all.
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