On Feb 6, 2008, at 3:23 PM, Vince Teachout wrote:
> We tried, but couldn't. My wife found out she was still registered
> for
> the party she DIDN'T want, because she forgot to change her
> registration, and I found out that being registered as Independent in
> New York DOES NOT mean you get to vote whichever party you want.
> So I
> couldn't vote at all. Two fine examples of Civic Darwinism.
That's the whole purpose of registering as a member of a particular
party: to enable you to vote in party-specific events such as
primaries. In states that do not have such a restriction, it is common
for voters in a party with an uncontested primary to cross over and
vote for the weakest candidate in the other party, and therefore
dilute the wishes of actual members of the party.
-- Ed Leafe
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