I was denied the right to vote because I did not register as a Dem or Reb,Choose None.Also only Dems can vote for Dem and Reb for Reb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!What happened to RIGHT to VOTE?What can we do to help get ride of the electoriate process and use the popular vote?
you're talking about the delegate process. The parties are voting to select their candidates, so if you're not in the party why vote for their candidate? In the Presidential Election you can vote for whomever you like.
Secondly that is a state issue, and has nothing to do with anything on the federal level. In GA I can vote in either, and for whomever I want, there's no registration requirement here.What can we do to help get ride of the electoriate process and use the popular vote?
You're confusing the primary election and the general election. Each party has the right to decide, since it's their nominee, how that person is chosen. If they choose to have only people who registered in their party vote in their primary, it's their choice. Some states (like where I live in Indiana) do not register people by party.
As for the general election, the Constitution would need to be amended. Given that the Electoral College tilts more towards the smaller states, and you need 38 to vote to change the Constitution, there are at least 13 states out there that aren't dumb enough to cut their own throats so that California can have even more power.
These rules are DNC and local Democratic party rules. Most of them assume that if you register as a Dem, you'll vote as one. An independent can, in some sates, vote for either.
Like everything in politics, a state sets up a primary or caucus, the distribution of delegates and voting rules to benefit their state in the National election. The DNC has super delegates that vote as they see fit. Wow, that does not sound like freedom to me.
The Rep's had Mitt drop out to benefit the party. Huck is staying in until that wheels fall off. That is freedom in my book.
In some local primary elections that delegates are awarded by county, Senate region, or city, And yes it is possible for a candidate to get the largest popular vote, and lose the delegate count. They may have a landslide in St. Louis getting 2M votes, but in the suburbs and rural areas, they may only get 1M votes, but the delegate count for those small regions is more then the count for the city of St. Louis. It is done to insure that the rural voters have a voice.
In the end, with the electoral college, NY and CA would elect the president pretty much every time.
If you want your right to vote, then vote for someone that will give it to you. Lobby those in charge.
And I find it amusing that in MA, that ballots for the Republicans were blue and the Dem's were red. :o) It's a sign.
The primaries are for the parties. You will not be denied in November, of that I can guarantee. The electoral vote is what keeps your rights alive. NY, TX and Ca make up 25% of the US population, and I don't want them making all my decisions for me espeically CA and NY.
Liquidate the electoral college, like Senator Palpatine did to the Imperial Senate in Star Wars
Change the foundation of our government from a Federal Republic to a democracy. The States have always elected the President, and if you want to vote in the primaries, you have to register with the parties. It just makes sense. No one is denying your right to vote in the general election.
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