Journal FortKnox's Journal: This is a sad moment of patriotism 9
I'm 29 and for the first time in my life, I just voted in a primary election...
In Ohio, you do not declare a party when you register to vote. You become a party member when you vote in a primary. Well, I've been a reformist, just not 'officially' in Ohio. Since I really wanted to vote on a school levy, and I usually vote conservative, I went ahead and made the plunge and now am a full fledged member of the GOP...
So I got to vote on the school levy (that passed, thankfully), and now I voted against my current rep, Jean Schmidt. She's a firecracker, which I like, but she's also a bit too looney toones for my liking (looks like she's the GOP candidate, but just barely).
In Ohio, you do not declare a party when you register to vote. You become a party member when you vote in a primary. Well, I've been a reformist, just not 'officially' in Ohio. Since I really wanted to vote on a school levy, and I usually vote conservative, I went ahead and made the plunge and now am a full fledged member of the GOP...
So I got to vote on the school levy (that passed, thankfully), and now I voted against my current rep, Jean Schmidt. She's a firecracker, which I like, but she's also a bit too looney toones for my liking (looks like she's the GOP candidate, but just barely).
The other way... (Score:2)
Re:The other way... (Score:2)
Re:The other way... (Score:2)
I wish more people would do that. I remember back in the 2000 presidential primaries, people were voting for the candidate in the other party who their man could beat. I was in sixth grade, and we were doing a mock election, and a friend was upset that I had chosen McCain over Bush because supposedly Gore could beat Bush, but might not beat McCain. As I saw it, if it came between Gore and McCain, I wouldn't mind either way, but I didn't want someone who at the time seemed to be hideously uneducated.
In V
since you live in the area (Score:1)
Re:since you live in the area (Score:2)
So, in Cincinnati, everything is pretty much random as far as voting, so I have no idea.
which part's sad? (Score:2)
Does voting in a primary actually make you a member of that party? I thought paying money made you a member.
Voting wierdness (Score:2)
Huh? WTF? You normally have to declare your allegiance when you register to vote? What happens if you change your mind? Or any one of a million things that might cause you to vote for someone else. Does this mean that your political views are kept on a register somewhere, and hence can't be kept to yourself?
(Wikipedia has just given me a primer on what primaries are, but it still doesn't make sense -- surely the party members should get to de
Re:Voting wierdness (Score:2)
If you change your mind, you simply switch registration, or simply ask for the other primary sheet, which will change your party.
Re:Voting wierdness (Score:2)