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To: Starstruck

I was never a fan of open primaries. Terrible idea. Part of the problem as I see it is that another party can really mess up the primary.


4 posted on 08/08/2014 9:11:31 PM PDT by waxer1 (A Republic if you can keep it--Benjamin Franklin. Well we lost it.)
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To: waxer1
I was never a fan of open primaries. Terrible idea. Part of the problem as I see it is that another party can really mess up the primary.

I think what would be interesting is a semi-open primary.
By this I mean that all the parties's candidates are listed and every voter may vote for one, and only one, person.
This means that there couldn't be the vote in one primary, change parties, vote in another — but it also offers more freedom than your voter registration says 'independent', you can't vote in any primary.

35 posted on 08/08/2014 10:33:52 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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