Thursday, 22 May 2008
People Upset Over Lack Of Cross Party Voting
« Bias In The Media - The On Going Saga | Main | Painting Kentucky Racists »The biggest complaint on election day was the ban on cross party voting.
Perhaps the most complaints in Jefferson County came from people who had registered for one party but wanted to vote in the other party's primary, said Nore Ghibaudy, a spokesman for the county Board of Elections.
Why are people upset? If you want to vote in a primary join the party for which you want to vote. It is that simple. I never understood the concept of open primaries. A primary is for a party to select their nominee and not for the world to select the nominee. If you want to select party A's nominee and you are part of party B or an "Independent" then join party A if you want to vote for who is nominated from party A. Its not that complicated. I am just glad that Kentucky does it right.
Posted by at 9:29 AM in Political Issues
