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Colorado Republican Party sues Secretary of State to block nearly 2 million Coloradans from voting in primary elections (www.cbsnews.com)

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[–] doppelgangmember@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This is literally why no one can vote as Independents. Closed Primaries should be illegal.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, I kind of agree here. I think we should have a "playoff" system where candidates could pick a party for advertising purposes, but otherwise compete on an open playing field with all other candidates.

Here's how I'd like it to work:

ban all political ads, outside of informing when the next debate or rally will happen
all debates are funded with tax-payer dollars
for House seats, vote by party for the general election, and Reps would be elected proportionally and based on primary votes
Senate seats work as they currently do, except for the voting system change below
all votes are some kind of IRV system, e.g. ranked choice, approval, etc
there would be a vote after each primary debate (should have 3-5 of those), and if you don't participate, your previous votes carry forward through the primary process; candidates are eliminated if they go under some threshold; you could straight-ticket this, but it would weight all candidates from your party equally

This probably needs to be refined, but I think the general approach is worth discussing.

[–] doppelgangmember@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nice, you got the ranked choice in there!

"Establishment hates this one simple trick!"

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Lol. Ranked choice isn't my first pick, but I think it's an improvement. I'd prefer a bigger change than just the vote counting system though.

[–] BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Independent is a party, you probably mean unafilliated, but in CO, unafilliated voters are able to vote in either R or D primaries, though not both.

[–] doppelgangmember@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I meant Independent, shouldn't detract though.

Can't do that in my state.

[–] BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Unaffiliated makes sense to be able to vote for whoever in a primary, but if you are party affiliated, why should you get to vote in a primary for the party you’re not affiliated with? You made a choice on who you support, and registered it with the state, unlike unaffiliated voters.

[–] doppelgangmember@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

umm because if i dont register i cant vote for anything?

Unaffiliated is a pipe dream. Independent is synonymous but registered. What's the issue with registering?

[–] BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You still register to vote as an unaffiliated voter…

[–] doppelgangmember@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Oh okay gotcha

Shows how much that is utilized where im from :)