Texas Republican Party sues state to end open primaries
Texas Republican Party sues state to end open primaries
www.texastribune.org
Texas Republican Party sues state to end open primaries
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I grew up in a state with open primaries and no state party registration and recently moved to a state that has “semi-closed” primaries.
I think it’s fucking weird that you have to register a party affiliation with the state. Luckily “semi-closed” here means if you don’t register then you can vote in either primary. I can’t imagine why you would register a party affiliation when it only reduces your options.
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Presented by: a woman and a person of color.
Back of the bus, you two! AHhahahAhahAhahahaha
/s, obvs
Hey Latinos For Trump, how's everything goin?
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they'd call that a breeder and laborer, but same energy.
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The suit also says the state GOP will be able to create its own registration and verification process for a closed primary if the court rules in its favor.
this would imply they have ideas that go far beyond simply indicating a party preference or affiliation when registering to vote
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They want Russian style of voting: Only people approved by people currently in power are allowed to be voted for.
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So they want the Texas right to get crazier, and the left to get more progressive?
Sounds like real banger of a plan.
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Why does the Texas Republican Party need to sue the state to get this done? Doesn't it run the state?
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There may be a law on the books that they can't seem to get repealed through legislation. So they sue saying it is unconstitutional. And the defendant being the state of Texas represented by Ken Paxton. Ol Ken tells the judge they won't defend the case. Republican judge rules in favor of the Republican party.
This is just my armchair assessment.
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I'm sure they'll have some sort of sham trial to maintain plausible deniability for the more uppity newsmax viewers.
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How stupid this voting system is, in US..
Forcing people to choose sides splits the whole population.. You should add mechanics that creates nominations that fit the best for all, not just some…
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I'm surprised that state Democrats didn't file a countersuit to end primaries entirely.
"If we are forced to hold a primary, a candidate we didn't approve in advance might win it...."
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kinda sad that the party that wears the american flag like a fucking life vest literally hates democracy.
They’re confederates that didn’t get culled
Remember, The Alamo Defenders were defending their "rights" to own slaves. Mexico was a free country at the time.
I just wanna say, if they don’t want to work toward the unkept promise of American, they can be the ones to give up the symbol; I’m not giving it up.
Elections are designed to be democratic. Political parties are largely unregulated and can generally make their own rules about who they choose to run as a candidate. Remember this next time the Republicans get a big group of powerful party members together to say how much they don't want a certain orange-tinted fascist to be their candidate, their party could have run someone else. Winning was more important. Similarly, the democrats are well within their rights and the law to have previously committed "superdelegates" or just to skip the primary process entirely and run the vice president.
I wouldn't call limiting primary voters to party members to be anti-democratic so long as anyone can register for any party at any point before the election.
bootlicker