On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:27:27 -0400 Fred Gohlke wrote:
Good Morning, Dave
re: A bit of history from my county:
County committee chair in one party got enough committee
members to let him substitute for them to be able to hold
committee meetings in a telephone booth if he chose to.
When
Good Afternoon, Dave
Thank you for the Vito Marcantonio story. The story is not unique, but
it is a good example of how political parties make rules and enact laws
that give them a stranglehold on our political infrastructure.
Parties are institutions of humans. They function precisely as
Basing the following on NY law.
Each voter, who chooses to, enrolls in ONE party (state keeps registration
records, so one voter cannot be enrolled in multiple parties).
Votes in the election for governor determine which parties shall be
recognized as such and each own a line on the ballot
Parties could not tolerate voters making THEIR OWN choices - but it took
three strikes to fire Vito!
Original Message
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:32:59 -0400
From: Dave Ketchum [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This law had what seems like a simple purpose - Republicans and Democrats
were
