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Clinton's Broken Promise | 32 comments (32 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: I want a new primary. (4.00 / 2)

Well, since the do-over would be only on the Democratic side, it would seem the most fair way to do it would be (assuming they still have the voter rolls) to not allow anyone who voted in the Republican primary in January to vote in the do-over. It might disenfranchise a few people who crossed over to vote for Mittens because they didn't want to vote 'uncommitted', but I can't think of a better way.

And I totally agree regarding the earlier results. They are a traveshammockery.

Tengo un sueño.

by ejmw (ewitham (at) umich (dot) edu) on Thu Mar 13th, 2008 at 12:02:06 PM EST
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Re: I want a new primary. (none / 0)

Are you saying that only the people who voted in January should be allowed to vote again? What about the people who stayed home because they knew the primary didn't count?

If they're going to do this by mail, then I think the ballots should go out to all registered Democrats (regardless of how they voted in January) and Independants who chose to vote Democratic in January. At that point in the campaign, I don't know how many crossover Republican votes there were but I'm guessing not enough to make a difference. Any Dems who crossed over to vote in the Repub primary should just be forgiven considering the circumstances.

Just joking but maybe the new ballot should only have Obama, Edwards, Biden and Dodd on it so Hillary people have to choose "uncommitted." har

by sjct on Thu Mar 13th, 2008 at 12:21:55 PM EST
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Re: I want a new primary. (4.00 / 2)

No, I'm saying everyone should be able to vote except the people who voted in the January Republican primary. So anyone who voted in the Democratic primary, or didn't vote at all, would be eligible.

Tengo un sueño.

by ejmw (ewitham (at) umich (dot) edu) on Thu Mar 13th, 2008 at 12:33:27 PM EST
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Re: I want a new primary. (4.00 / 2)

I think the idea is that people who have already voted in the Republican primary should not be allowed to vote in any Democratic do-over, precisely to avoid the kind of chicanery that Rush is trying to stir up. Everyone else who's eligible, including those who voted in the unsanctioned Democratic primary, should be allowed to vote this time.

I think this is a good approach, personally; the only problem I can see is if there is a situation similar to that here in Washington. Most of the Democrats here didn't bother to vote in the primary because only the caucus votes counted toward delegate selection on the Democratic side. If you did vote in the primary, though, you had to sign an oath stating that you did not participate in any other primary or caucus in February. One of my favorite local bloggers (Goldy over at horsesass.org) did some fact-checking and found that although the law mandating the oath is on the books, there appears to be no punishment for violating that law, so he reasoned that Democrats who had caucused could vote in the Republican primary and screw around with the vote count, literally with impunity. So if there's going to be a revote and anyone who voted in the Republican primary would be excluded, there needs to be some kind of teeth to the exclusion (e.g. prosecution for vote fraud).

When you're up to your ass in alligators, it's hard to remember that your primary objective was to drain the swamp.

by Omir the Storyteller (omir.the.storyteller -CAT- gmail -DOG- com) on Thu Mar 13th, 2008 at 12:41:27 PM EST
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