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summerintx Donating Member (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-26-10 11:16 PM
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6. Hey, here in Texas we really CAN
vote early AND vote often! Don't forget, we'd have probably ended up with a different nominee and lost the election without our Texas Two-Step.
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  -Texas Democratic Party votes to keep two-step delegation process derby378  Jun-26-10 03:17 PM   #0 
  - Caucuses should be banned anyway.  Skink   Jun-26-10 03:41 PM   #1 
  - Texas continues to play the 'fool' with their Texas Two Step...  hayu_lol   Jun-26-10 06:55 PM   #2 
     - Hey, it's worked for over 20 years here...  CapnSteve   Jun-26-10 11:30 PM   #7 
     - Welcome to DU!  boppers   Jun-27-10 12:29 AM   #9 
     - Welcome!  blogslut   Jun-27-10 12:35 AM   #10 
     - On the other hand....  Braulio   Jun-27-10 11:09 AM   #20 
        - Excellent. You said it all much better than I did below. n/t  UTUSN   Jun-27-10 11:15 AM   #21 
  - Anybody willing to offer a succinct explanation of what this process is?  boppers   Jun-26-10 07:46 PM   #3 
  - Caucuses favor smaller #s of intense supporters over real numbers.  UTUSN   Jun-26-10 09:22 PM   #4 
  - So, it's a caucus system, where the voting portion is a formality, with no actual weight?  boppers   Jun-26-10 09:50 PM   #5 
  - It's BOTH primary (popular vote) AND caucus, 2/3 and 1/3 - see post #11  UTUSN   Jun-27-10 09:26 AM   #12 
  - Whoa thar...  derby378   Jun-27-10 09:29 AM   #13 
     - Precinct organization is absolutely necessary & fine for party organization  UTUSN   Jun-27-10 09:43 AM   #14 
  - I'm probably wrong but I think in order to Caucus you had to vote in the primary..  Skink   Jun-27-10 12:13 AM   #8 
     - "Not absolutely necessary ... Rules followed loosely"  UTUSN   Jun-27-10 09:18 AM   #11 
        - I guess to show proof you voted in the primary you produce that receipt they gave you.  Skink   Jun-27-10 10:22 AM   #15 
           - No, they have the voter rolls  tammywammy   Jun-27-10 10:35 AM   #16 
           - Re: your "half of the primary votes ... from early voting" - But withOUT going to the caucus on  UTUSN   Jun-27-10 10:38 AM   #17 
              - looking your vote up on the primary rolls probably causes a huge delay.  Skink   Jun-27-10 11:02 AM   #18 
                 - "Caucuses disenfranchise": That says it all. Thanks. Well, besides "ALL" I'll add:  UTUSN   Jun-27-10 11:07 AM   #19 
  - Hey, here in Texas we really CAN  summerintx   Jun-26-10 11:16 PM   #6 
 

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