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]Lyric
(12,678 posts)I totally agree. I couldn't say a word about it at the time, but the Trumpeteers leaving our polling place laughing about voting for Sanders was infuriating. I truly believe that the Trump campaign deliberately orchestrated that whole fiasco. I know for a FACT that Trump's campaign tried to hire people to sit at polling places in Trump gear and talk to voters about something, because one of Rhythm's co-workers has a son who supports Trump and he attempted to do precisely that. Of course he got thrown off the property because apparently Trump supporters are too stupid to understand election laws. But when it comes to sabotage and deceit, they're awfully good at THAT.
I saw that not only are open primaries terrible, but last minute voter registration is terrible. Voters in primaries should have to be registered at LEAST 3 months before the election, with the SOLE exception being for people who have physically moved during that time frame and need to register at their new address. 90 days. WV doesn't have an open primary, but we DO have the ability to change your registration 30 days before a primary. Get rid of that crap. I'm tired of Repukes and crazy white supremacists screwing with our primaries. Our school board and judicial elections are a nightmare because of this crap, even if you ignore what happened at the national level.