Heads up .. Operation Chaos is targeting South Carolina

[Peacetrain]

This:

South Carolina utilizes an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary. Voters must take an oath affirming that they have not voted in another party's primary.


We have the right and their cohorts the russians trying to tip our selection process.. I have no idea how we fight this if it is true you just have to take an oath you have not voted in another primary.

[W_HAMILTON]

1. Closed primaries is a start.

[Peacetrain]

2. I just looked it up out of curiosity.. 21 states have open primaries??

yikes!

[2naSalit]

7. Yikes is right!

[Celerity]

24. Only 12 have open primaries for POTUS

https://www.ncsl.org/documents/Elections/Primary_Types_Table_2017.pdf

South Carolina is one

[guillaumeb]

3. Illinois also has an open primary.

But one can only vote once. Each voter is asked which ballot they want.

[Peacetrain]

4. I think this is where they could really get us this year.. The republicans are not voting..

Trump.. Weld is no challenge for Trump.. so the Republicans can screw around with our selection process.. Hey look what they did last week jamming our phone lines so we could not get our numbers in from the Iowa caucus.. they have no moral center

[brer cat]

5. This is how they pushed Cynthia McKenney out

in GA. She had no serious republican opponent so they crossed over and voted for her democratic opponent in the primary.

[guillaumeb]

8. In 2018, Dan Lipinski (D) was challenged bby a much more progressive woman,

Marie Newman. Many GOP voters voted in the Democratic primary so Lipinski narrowly won. So yes, this can happen in open primary states.

[Cha]

6. We need a blooming miracle!

[Gothmog]

29. Bernie is attracting lots of GOP support!

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[Cha]

30. Yeah.. like I said we need karma to Blowback on the gop.

[MichMan]

9. Nothing new; happens all the time when there is an incumbent running

Lots of people from the opposing party cross over in primaries when there is an incumbent running from their side.

There is always the concern over crossover sabotage, but that can sometimes backfire.

In 2010, the primary for Michigan Governor had only one viable D candidate and a whole field of R candidates. There appeared to be a lot of crossover from Dems into the R primary.

A surprise candidate, Rick Snyder, with no previous government experience won over several better known R politicians. I believe
that it was Democratic voters that assumed a "no name" just had to be better than the others that allowed him to win the primary. Unfortunately he won easily in the General Election and enacted many damaging policies during his two terms.

Same thing probably happened in 2012 in the Republican primary since President Obama was unopposed.

[Rhiannon12866]

11. Thanks for the heads up, Pete!

And welcome to DU!

[Hiawatha Pete]

13. Thanks!

Thanks! Been meaning to join for a while, always a pleasure to converse with like-minded folks. Cheers, Pete

[WePurrsevere]

12. Welcome & thanks for the warning...

Since I live on the border in northern NY and have lots of close family in Ontario, a few even think Doug Ford is awesome ::shudder::, this doesn't surprise me at all. Dismays yes, surprises, no.

[Hiawatha Pete]

14. Thanks!

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Thanks!

I love reading DU, lots of smart people and intelligent conversation here. A little off topic but yeah, I've been really disappointed with the last election here, but on the bright side people are starting to wake up. There is a real push to rid ourselves of that festering pimple of a premier, with almost non-stop protests & strikes.

Cheers, Pete

[rockfordfile]

15. They should kick that S.O.B out

[Hiawatha Pete]

17. Absolutely!

Absolutely!

Do you guys have a deportation catapult like the one in the Simpsons?
https://gfycat.com/flickeringblissfulgoldfinch-rex-banner-catapult-simpsons

Problem is we don't really want him back up here. Maybe Russia?

Cheers, Pete

[MustLoveBeagles]

18. Thanks for the heads up

And welcome to DU

[Hiawatha Pete]

20. No Problem!

No Problem! My pleasure & thanks for the warm welcome.

[Retrograde]

16. "Voters must take an oath affirming that they have not voted in another party's primary"

Um, don't they keep track of who's already voted? My state, California, has semi-open primaries (non-affiliated votes may request party ballots from certain parties) but every voter gets one ballot. Yeah, someone may go kick up a fuss that they didn't get a mail-in ballot, or that they got the wrong one, in which case they can cast a provisional ballot, but in the end only one counts.

[peggysue2]

19. Thanks for that chilling warning, Pete

I suspect we all suspect these things are in the mix but the details and specifics are still scary as hell.

Welcome to the board, btw!

Thanks for your warning, too, Peacetrain!

[Hiawatha Pete]

21. No problem, thanks for the warm welcome.

No problem, thanks for the warm welcome.

P.S. not that it matters, but I think VP Biden's great! Admit that I'm a bit biased though, as he is known to be a traveler and supporter of Amtrak, something this train nut can relate to as we (myself & my wife) have used the Amtrak system extensively. Plus I like his presentation style and seeming approachability. All of the Dem candidates are great though - head and shoulders above the current individual at Pennsylvania Ave.

[Gothmog]

22. For this thread

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[patricia92243]

23. This is just one of the ways our voting system needs a major

overhaul. I agree it is a very real threat and very scary.

[Iamaartist]

25. Found this link..Feb 5 yikes...

https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2020/02/05/democratic-primary-sc-voting-targeted-republican-chaos-trump/4552060002/

[still_one]

26. There is only one way in this short period of time, and that is to get out the vote

[Gothmog]

27. Trump is scared of Biden

[Gothmog]

28. trump really wants to run against a weak and unelectable candidate like sanders

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Gothmog]

31. Russian TV is also pushing sanders

I wonder why

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