Personally, I think only registered Nonpartisan/Decline to State voters,
such as Yours Truly, should be allowed this option. It is a good way of
allowing primary candidates to reach out to us nonaligned types, while
preventing the sort of mischief that completely open primaries create.
> In the case of the CA gubernatorial race, original sin is the idiotic
> provision we have that allows anyone to vote in any party's
> primary--because, of course, NO ONE would dare to use that ability for any
> but the highest purpose.
>
> So, naturally, people are free to cross party lines and vote for the
weaker
> candidate in the other party's primary contest. That's probably what gave
us
> Simon as the challenger to Davis, rather than Dick Riordon. And Riordon
> might be a little vanilla/mainstream, but he 1) would have won handily,
and
> 2) is a capable manager. Had he attained the governership, he might have
> been able to undo some of the immense damage "Governor Hair" has done to
> this state.
>
> --J
>
> * * *
>
> They already have that alternative on Nevada state ballots. To my
> knowledge, "None" has never won a race there.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Georgie Hinklemyer" <samoolives_at_yahoo.com>
> To: <OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 10:32 AM
> Subject: [OliveStarlightOrchestra] Voting alternative
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> > Thanks a lot, you political activists! Now you've got ME started. I
> > wrote in to KNX newsradio saying they need to have an editorial
> > promoting the idea to vote for a third party or "None of the Above,"
> > since no one liked Simon or Davis. They liked the idea and had me
> > record it for them! COOL! Now all I have to do is legally change my
> > name to None Of The Above...
> > -Deb
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