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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: For 2020, the Democratic Party Should Take Back Its Nomination Methods [View all]MineralMan
(147,084 posts)23. Sure. All of those multi-convention things are in caucus states.
We have them in Minnesota, too, but we're moving to primaries and the caucus and convention thing will just be for local and state office party endorsements. The state convention will handle all of the delegate allocation, based on the primaries, starting in 2020.
Changing the party registration thing is fine with me. We don't even register with party declarations in Minnesota. However, our caucus and convention system requires an affirmation of agreement with party goals. You have to sign that. We also have same day registration in Minnesota. In primaries, you can vote only for one party's candidates.
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For 2020, the Democratic Party Should Take Back Its Nomination Methods [View all]
MineralMan
May 2016
OP
it is actually democratic - a private organization allowing all its members to participate. anyone
msongs
May 2016
#39
create a category - everybodyelse/independents and persons running that category can pay for that.
msongs
May 2016
#41
Open up to everyone to vote...and the popular vote wins. (after counting paper ballots)
bkkyosemite
May 2016
#6
...'I have some doubts about how applicable some of this is to any election in the near future'...
HumanityExperiment
May 2016
#125
It would probably cost about $3 minimum per ballot not including counting of the ballots.
LiberalFighter
May 2016
#66
We have examples of people who thought they were registered properly but were not.
hellofromreddit
May 2016
#88
You can bet your sweet bippy that work is feverishily ongoing as we tappy tap at our keyboards
Fumesucker
May 2016
#15
bernie sanders could have become a democrat any time but chose to wait 73 yrs then demand the
msongs
May 2016
#43
With a primary everything between a precinct/county caucus and state convention would be eliminated.
LiberalFighter
May 2016
#67
I'm good with this except for number 2. And all locations need paper trails for vote confirmation.
floriduck
May 2016
#19
I didn't question that. I meant you won't get both parties to have their primaries on the same day.
floriduck
May 2016
#63
I would wonder whether having parties financing primaries as voters could possibly vote in more than
LiberalFighter
May 2016
#68
I'd be good with ranked choice and one round. Probably do the one vote in March
Algernon Moncrieff
May 2016
#51
IMO there is no reason to have majority winner. It is a matter of delegate count.
LiberalFighter
May 2016
#70
Yes, very few understand the SDs. The media is primarily at fault with it.
LiberalFighter
May 2016
#75
Sorry, but nobody should be a part of deciding the Dmeocratic nominee but Democrats.
MohRokTah
May 2016
#87
Amen! Since when did we begin test driving the "small tent" model for party obsolescence?
Vote2016
May 2016
#59
Condense the calendar while we're at it. Having 5 states per week vote cuts it to 10 weeks, max.
BobbyDrake
May 2016
#64
Primary elections are paid for by tax payers, therefore they should all be open.
B Calm
May 2016
#74
no caucuses, just one person/one vote in every state , standardize it nationally, it is a national
larkrake
May 2016
#104
Having closed primaries, and especially when voters are purged by the millions beyond that, is like
Time for change
May 2016
#126