I thin straight ticket voting should be illegal. It is for lazy, closed minded people, and no one else, really.
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 4:25 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > I like your ideas JB. > > I like the idea of removing party affiliation from the ballot......i would > like to replace those by allowing candidates to write a short...very short, > like....200 word...statement about their most important issues. > > For large, well known races like president or senator, this probably isn't > necessary...but we have so many smaller races....district reps, judges, > board of education members, mayors, sheriffs, etc. I don't think it's > practical to expect all voters to be up to speed on all of those (though > that would be ideal). > > So why not let the candidates lay out one last time very succinctly, what > they are about. The better educated each voter, the better off we all > are...even if that education consists only of a few lines they read from > the candidate before voting. > > (If nothing else, i want ALL voters to know which BOE members want to teach > their children actual science! That's how some of these ID nutters get onto > these boards....by moderate republicans who vote straight ticket for BOE > seats, not realizing they are voting in a wacko) > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > "So let me ask a dumb question......if a person dislikes many or most or > > even > > some of the platform of the Republican/Democratic party, but likes one or > > two primary issues they focus on......WHY register for that party????" > > > > Before I give a few reasons, here is so me KV > > > > > > The two real political parties in America are the Winners and the Losers. > > The people don't acknowledge this. They claim membership in two imaginary > > parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, instead. - Kurt Vonnegut > > > > Thanks to TV and for the convenience of TV, you can only be one of two > > kinds of human beings, either a liberal or a conservative. - Kurt > Vonnegut > > > > In no specific order > > > > * Primaries - As mentioned, some states have closed primaries. > > * Issues - Like the abortion issue (either side). > > * Identity Politics - Some people have to be in a group. > > * The lack of critical thinking skills leading to the abundance of low > > information voters. I blame the parents acceptance of substandard > schools. > > * > > > > > > " Register independent so you don't unnecessarily soil your name, and > vote > > for whatever candidate matches most closely with your beliefs" > > > > Why register at all? > > > > I have no problems with political parties. Banning them would be an > attack > > on the freedom of speech and association. However, there is no need to > > list them on the ballot and there is no need to have straight ticket > > voting. Removing both would, in my opinion, lead to a multi-partisan > > approach to government and less hostility. > > > > There are few things that D's and R's in DC agree on. Keeping third > party > > candidates shut out is one. I imagine keeping straight ticket voting is > > another. It makes it easy for the low-information voter to pick. > > > > J > > > > - > > > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad > reputation. > > - Henry Kissinger > > > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, > > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361479 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
