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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: DNC presidential primary voting reform--where do you stand? [View all]SpareribSP
(325 posts)36. #3 is a bit severe.
Perhaps semi-open to independents, but not republicans. At the very least, there should be plenty of time to change party if closed, none of that New York nonsense.
Also we should reinstate the voting rights act. I live in Arizona and have a lot of friends in Pheonix who tried to vote day of... Enough said, I think
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I favor national election with one set of rules, paper ballot counted with verifiable audit trail.
peace13
Jun 2016
#6
our election system is a hot mess--actually dozens if not hundreds of hot messes
geek tragedy
Jun 2016
#12
Agreed but there is an Article 2 Section 1 issue right off the bat trying to do anything from
stevenleser
Jun 2016
#25
A national election would eliminate candidates that Bernie Sanders from the start...
brooklynite
Jun 2016
#8
I favor #1, #2 I don't feel strongly about either way. I like the more active democracy of the
TheKentuckian
Jun 2016
#14
Ban caucuses and open primaries; keep superdelegates and closed primaries (nt)
LongtimeAZDem
Jun 2016
#19
Caucuses are absolutely awful and I don't understand why anyone would still favor them.
Lord Magus
Jun 2016
#28