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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: If Bernie/Hillary folks can't find common ground on *Electoral Reform* then we're in big trouble [View all]Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)119. If your earlier statement is true, then apparently not much of a motivator. Nt.
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If Bernie/Hillary folks can't find common ground on *Electoral Reform* then we're in big trouble [View all]
HerbChestnut
Jun 2016
OP
I will never go against the wishes of the congressional black caucus on voting rights EVER
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2016
#38
I recognize what you are saying about the CBC, disenfranchisement and voting rights.
avaistheone1
Jun 2016
#52
But the CBC has smarter priorities- getting rid of onerous voter ID laws and
bettyellen
Jun 2016
#55
You just called the Congressional Black Caucus "SACRED COWS" on Democratic Underground.
Maru Kitteh
Jun 2016
#74
There are many who believe in "all or nothing" and would (apparently) rather have nothing ...
NurseJackie
Jun 2016
#58
But both candidates agreed on a $15 minimum wage and it was voted down. How does that
floriduck
Jun 2016
#76
I hear ya but Hillary did state in one of the later debates she, too, was for $15. She is or she
floriduck
Jun 2016
#137
Open primaries suck! Why should a Republican or Indy be able to vote for the Dem candidate?
kerry-is-my-prez
Jun 2016
#116
Why would I want open primaries, so those who aren't Democrats can decide who the Democratic nominee
still_one
Jun 2016
#126
automatic registration is an answer to getting people to vote without disenfranchisement
swhisper1
Jun 2016
#2
Fuck open primaries, that's as easy as it gets... I've seen little need to reform what has worked in
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#5
Many poor, PoC, gay, religious minorities are "establishment" democrats, tbh everytime I see that
uponit7771
Jun 2016
#30
Get out of my head, lol. Yeah, FUCK OPEN PRIMARIES X1,000,000,000,000 to the 10th
Maru Kitteh
Jun 2016
#72
You want election reform, change the caucus's to primaries. I don't want someone who isn't a
still_one
Jun 2016
#128
I disagree on open primaries. I don't want trouble makers voting for the worst
The Second Stone
Jun 2016
#6
As a resident of West Virginia who witnessed this behavior first-hand at the polls
Lyric
Jun 2016
#24
Primaries are held at state expense. That makes them the business of all voters in the state.
merrily
Jun 2016
#106
Sorry, no. State expense makes primaries the business of all voters in the state.
merrily
Jun 2016
#110
Sorry, your position makes no sense to me. It's about who pays, not whether it's a primary or a
merrily
Jun 2016
#113
I disagree. It is not just about who pays. It is about election integrity.
AgadorSparticus
Jun 2016
#133
Then have each party pay for its own exclusionary primary and its own party integrity.
merrily
Jun 2016
#135
We live in a post cold war world where everything is confused a major nexus in time.
gordianot
Jun 2016
#47
Why? Don't we want candidates that appeal to as many voters as possible? When Independents outnumber
Vincardog
Jun 2016
#78
If your earlier statement is true, then apparently not much of a motivator. Nt.
Amimnoch
Jun 2016
#119
we have an open primary...it's called the GENERAL election where you can write in your fave
msongs
Jun 2016
#16
I'm not as sure as you that all Democrats want to increase democratic access to the process
Vote2016
Jun 2016
#18
Have you seen the laws in some of these closed primary states? They prevent people from registering.
w4rma
Jun 2016
#94
And none of the problems in the article were because of closed primaries themselves
LongtimeAZDem
Jun 2016
#100
All of the problems had to do with the closed primaries themselves. Registering for them is hard and
w4rma
Jun 2016
#101
I'm not at all a fan of open primaries; party members should get to decide candidates
Recursion
Jun 2016
#33
The problem is that you're envisioning reform as one side as being completely and utterly right
Blue_Adept
Jun 2016
#40
No to Open Primaries, get rid of Caucus instead. And it's not necessary to be in complete agreement
Lil Missy
Jun 2016
#44
Curious, How much of that can be done without a state legislature and governors.
Agnosticsherbet
Jun 2016
#53
You can't have automatic registration without open primaries. It is either both or neither.
w4rma
Jun 2016
#102
When people say automatic registration they mean the general election
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2016
#121
autovoter registration, OK, but we don't need open primaries and ending superdelegates
ericson00
Jun 2016
#134