Misssissippi, like my state, has an open primary system. You choose the primary you want to vote in that day.
Apparently, Mississippi law states that, having already voted DEM on the initial primary, you’re not legally entitled to vote in a GOP runoff, which would make sense. Proving it happened is another matter.
Again, though, it’s not obvious that the photo everyone is getting worked up about actually “proves” that a particular voter voted DEM on June 3rd. It might just indicate that they usually vote DEM, and did in fact vote on June 3rd, but not which ballot they chose. In fact, I doubt that information is recorded, although aggressive poll watchers will no doubt do their best to see that “their voters” vote the way they want them to vote.
Thank you. I just cannot believe we have fouled up this system so badly — AND we advise other countries on how to vote in a democracy — just laughable — do they end up taking their results to courts and judges also?
The problem with what you wrote is that there wasn’t a DEM runoff on 6/24 - only a Republican one. This page clearly shows a DEM voter - voting on 6/24 in the REP runoff? Understand? It means these people are registered DEMS voting in the REP runoff - not voting DEM on 6/24.
Dude, I’ll say again...”That’s not the way it works, that’s not the way ANY of this works”.
What the picture shows is a logbook to record the issuance of ballots to registered Hinds County voters. There are two books that are identical (have ALL the same information except for the “header” information. THIS book is the version that has recorded information for folks who WERE ISSUED A DEMOCRAT BALLOT IN THE JUNE 3RD PRIMARY. All the names ON THIS PAGE are on the same page in the corresponding REPUBLICAN version. Folks who were given a Republican primary ballot on June 3rd are annotated in the Republican version. Some of the names that are not marked as “voted” on this Democrat version of this page WILL be marked as voted on the Republican version (if they requested and received a Republican ballot on 6/23). Folks who are registered voters on this page who did NOT vote on 6/23 will not be annotated as having voted ON EITHER version. It’s done this way to comply with and enforce Mississippi law—which is DIFFERENT from the law and electoral processes in YOUR state. Don’t conflate the two states’ processes—it will cause confusion.