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    307 months ago

    Same republicans froth at their mouth because “DeMoCraTS aRE BuSinG VoTErs!!!” without even a shred of proof

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    corruption yes, but what’s to stop an organized group, having one member refer the other hundred members, split the money, then not vote the way the pledge is implying they should. (democrats do support the Constitution, some could argue more than the maga lip service)

    . * wink *

    not saying anyone should do it… purely theoretical thought experiment

    . * wink wink *

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    What does it mean to register in America? If you’re registered as democrat, what does that mean?

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      American elections are not actually elections, they are private decisions made by Party Committees and votes are just a suggestion by the “constituents”.

      Each party privately selects their own candidate to run, independent of the voters’ will, and then the actual “government” election run by the government is where those privately selected agents get to duke it out in public.

      As always, liberal accusations of “authoritarian” socialist states are just another confession. The DNC plays this game the same way the RNC does.

      What other logical explanation is there for the lack of universal public healthcare, education, social safety net, Roe v Wade not being codified into law, PATRIOT act, Glass Steagall repeal, 2008 bank bailout, SLABS imploding the economy, illegitimate Supreme Court, RBG and Pelosi holding onto power until they are literal corpses, 6 million dead civilians in the Middle East, 200,000 dead Palestinians, women’s and LGBT rights being stripped away with literally zero federal pushback, committing state sponsored terrorism on Cuba for a century, the list goes on forever.

      All done with wholehearted and enthusiastic DNC complicity.

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      Only registered Democrats can vote in a Democratic primary election, where the Democratic party selects its candidates for a general election.

      Only registered Republicans can vote in a Republican primary election, where the Republican party selects its candidates for a general election.

      Party registration plays no role in a General election: you can vote for anyone, even if they are not a member of your own party.

      Voter registration (as opposed to party registration) is simply a declaration of your residency and thus eligibility to vote in elections at the state, county, city, congressional district, school district, ward, and possibly even lower level elections. (Three homeowners on my small, dead-end dirt road are the only ones eligible to “vote” on whether a special tax should be assessed against our properties to pave our road. )

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        Can you register with both parties? Choose the best candidate for your party in your primary and the worst viable candidate for the other one?

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          In 34 out of 50 states if you do NOT register, you can vote for any candidate in the primaries.

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            But you can still only request a ballot with one primary: you cannot select the best candidate for your party and the worst for the other.

            In those states, the request for a particular ballot is, effectively, registering as a member of that party.

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              The following is all regarding primaries:

              California, Alaska, and Louisiana have Ranked choice voting, in a way.

              Alaska you can vote for ranked choice for presidency. (Top 4)

              Louisiana, you vote for anyone, the ballots are not separated, so whoever wins 50% supposedly goes on (Top 4)

              California is Top 2.

              Notable mentions: Nebraska and Washington both allow top 2 voting as well regardless of party officialiation, but NOT for the presidential election yet.

              If someone sees part of this wrong, let me know so I can correct it, but last I knew that’s how different some of our states are.

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          Nope. Primary elections are held simultaneously, and you are only allowed one ballot or the other. But it is a common practice to “sabotage” the other party rather than vote for your own.

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        That’s so weird to me because it seems to me like is eliminates vote secrecy. I mean, not literally but it must be pretty rare that someone registered as X votes for Y.

        I suppose this exists in my country to some extent. Only registered members of the party vote for internal elections. But my country is smaller, as are the parties, and there are more of them.

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          17 months ago

          Agreed, especially since it is public information as to whether you cast a ballot in a particular election.

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    If he’s anything like his new king, he won’t pay a cent to any of the chuds that take him up on this offer

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      Not really. He’s not paying for votes. He’s paying for people to sign a pledge and give them their email and/or phone number so he can advertise to them.

      It’s pretty much the dumbest way to go about this.

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      Not sure it breaks any laws, but I love how they show how slow the process would be. The election would be over before any of it mattered, and if Trump won, it’s federal so he could pardon any of it.

      See below. It would take minimum 50 days just to start the process… Which isn’t even anything but letters at that point.

      “Notice to respondents Within five days after receiving a proper complaint, OGC sends each respondent a copy of the complaint and a description of the Commission’s compliance procedures. The respondent has 15 days from the date of receipt to respond in writing, explaining why no action should be taken. In the case of a complaint that does not satisfy the requirements, the respondent nevertheless receives a copy of the complaint and an explanation that the complainant has 15 days to correct the complaint. If the complainant corrects and refiles the complaint, the respondent is sent a copy of the corrected complaint and is given 15 days to submit a response to the Commission.”

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        Paying people for votes is very much against the law. And Trump’s shitty behavior doesn’t really mean Elon’s bullshit shouldn’t be reported. You think Trump’s going to pardon these morons for their participation? He pardoned two cabinet/campaign members from his original bid for office rather than the reelection debacle, both of which were from the Mueller investigation. He pardoned none of the co-conspirators for his 2020 re-election antics. Trump only does favors for people that are valuable to him, and Elon’s worthless for anything but his money and his access to the raw twitter firehose.

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          Even if they didn’t, what does it matter? If you’re at that point you have much bigger problems…

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    I bet my home on that “free speech” means “people cannot call us racist for calling black people the N-word” in this case…

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    Nah, it’s corruption only when poor people do it. When rich people do it it’s just “smart business”.