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06-10-2010, 10:17 PM | #16 |
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There are several states that allow the opposing party to vote in primaries. There were several instances where the Dems were importing voters from all over to tip Republican primaries toward weak candidates. If memory serves me, New England was one area that happened in the past. Business as usual.
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06-10-2010, 10:49 PM | #17 | |
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I'm not aware of what you suggest happened in New England. Im not aware of any New England state with an open primary. |
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06-11-2010, 05:26 PM | #19 | |
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BTW, love your sig line. Check out this link: Products to buy from Arizona http://www.examiner.com/x-35976-Cons...roducts-to-buy And this is from the San Francisco Examiner. Only the nutters in SF are boycotting AZ. |
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06-11-2010, 05:31 PM | #20 |
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06-15-2010, 03:51 PM | #21 | |
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Whaaaaaaaaaaat?????? So because most of them CHOSE not to vote we have to change the system?
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06-15-2010, 04:12 PM | #22 | |
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Cumulative voting has been used as a remedy for Voting Rights Act violations in the past. When a city/town that is majority white but may have one or more districts (or high population neighborhoods) that are non-white majority AND elects all of its council members on an at-large basis (rather than by district), it puts minorities at a distinct disadvantage and those minority voters can (and often will) be underrepresented on the governing body. The judge choose the option of cumulative voting over changing to voting by district, which is what the DoJ evidently proposed. added: Not that you are reading this (right!), but for others to see the issue from another perspective. |
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06-15-2010, 04:20 PM | #23 |
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I guess they are trying to hide the fact they are about to soak the taxpayers for another boondogle of a failed jobs stimulus since they have wastes so many billions to date.
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06-15-2010, 04:22 PM | #24 | |
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06-15-2010, 04:54 PM | #25 | |
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Using at-large elections to increase or maintain the influence of the White majority or conversely, decrease or discourage the representation of minorities in a community has been a long-standing violation of the Voting Rights Act under all administrations since it was enacted (well, except for Bush). Last edited by Redux; 06-15-2010 at 05:00 PM. |
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06-15-2010, 05:41 PM | #26 |
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06-15-2010, 05:58 PM | #27 |
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Where are all the conspiracy theorists hiding ...
Wasn't this the ideal "proof-of-principle" experiment for re-wiring the touch-screen voting machines with no paper trail ? I'm not usually among the CT crowds, but it seems more credible than multitudes of Republicans agreeing ahead of time that they should cross their votes over to this particular candidate. |
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06-15-2010, 07:16 PM | #29 |
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06-15-2010, 07:43 PM | #30 | |
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Perhaps an education on Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act will help...but I doubt it.
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