Quote:
Originally Posted by honeychile
I hear you, loud and clear. I keep saying that I have Electial Dysfunction - the inability to be aroused by ANY of the current candidates. And this from someone who has never missed an election, and is very disgruntled about voting in a state where most of the voters are already disenfranchised.
In all seriousness, though, what do you all (well, the Democrats) think should be done about Michigan and Florida? They broke the rules, only one candidate was on the Democratic ballot - should those delegates be included or not? If there's a revote, who should pay for it - the states, the party/parties, or the candidates? I find this the most fascinating thing about this year's election thus far.
|
You can't seat the delegates as is, if you do every state will move up their primary to whenever the hell they want. If they want the delegates seated there has to be a revote of some sort. The states should pay, or possibly the state parties, because even though in Florida for example it was the Republican legislature that moved up the date (Dems didn't protest much), the party had the option to hold a caucus to ensure their delegates counted. They could still do that, and if they want to whine about the delegates being seated they should.
That said I don't think it's disenfranchising anyone not to, it's not a constitutional right to vote in a primary. Either party could decide they want to nominate their candidate from within and *poof* it's done.