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symbioidljWhen I started to read this article, I began to think about the Republican chicanery. I thought maybe it's just cash-strapped states, but I looked, and half way down the article, sure as shit, what I thought appears to be true...
Oh, and yeah... I guess democracy is just too expensive... We'll just have to get rid of voting altogether(You know, the whole cost-benefit analysis thing)
I wonder if, during the depression, they got rid of primaries due to financial consideration. I should look that up...
I wonder how much these new voting machines are gonna cost, I bet they're in the millions... Somehow we can afford them...
Some Democrats are also in support of scrapping the primaries for financial reasons... I'm curious if they're more conservative Dems.... DLC type people.
I'm sure it's not clear cut, exactly, but I certainly think that there's a little bit of this that's part of the greater putsch by the Republican party...
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Several states have moved to drop their presidential primaries next year, worried about costs in still-tight financial times and wondering if the political exercise would serve any purpose.
Some say they can't afford the millions of dollars it costs to put on an election. Others say the decisions reflect the lopsided nature of modern primaries: The front-runner gets anointed by the media and campaign donors after the first few state primaries and the rest of the primaries are formalities.
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So far, Kansas, Colorado and Utah — all with Republican-controlled legislatures — have canceled their state-run 2004 primaries. Republican legislatures tried unsuccessfully to drop primaries in Arizona and Missouri, but Democratic governors either vetoed the primary bill or restored the funding.
Some Democrats complain that cutting primaries hurts them especially, with their crowded field of candidates. President Bush (news - web sites) has no challenger.
Other Democrats, however, are pushing to get rid of primaries. Maine dropped its presidential primary for next year, and New Mexico effectively did — it passed a law allowing parties to hold caucuses, and then Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson set an early Feb. 3 caucus (June primaries will go on for other elections).
Washington Gov. Gary Locke, head of the Democratic Governors Association, is calling a special session to discuss scrapping his state's primary next year.
"Why waste $7 million of scarce state money?" Locke said. Democrats in Washington state are using precinct caucuses in February to allocate national convention delegates, making the March 2 primary pointless.
Oh, and yeah... I guess democracy is just too expensive... We'll just have to get rid of voting altogether(You know, the whole cost-benefit analysis thing)
I wonder if, during the depression, they got rid of primaries due to financial consideration. I should look that up...
I wonder how much these new voting machines are gonna cost, I bet they're in the millions... Somehow we can afford them...
Some Democrats are also in support of scrapping the primaries for financial reasons... I'm curious if they're more conservative Dems.... DLC type people.
I'm sure it's not clear cut, exactly, but I certainly think that there's a little bit of this that's part of the greater putsch by the Republican party...
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Several states have moved to drop their presidential primaries next year, worried about costs in still-tight financial times and wondering if the political exercise would serve any purpose.
Some say they can't afford the millions of dollars it costs to put on an election. Others say the decisions reflect the lopsided nature of modern primaries: The front-runner gets anointed by the media and campaign donors after the first few state primaries and the rest of the primaries are formalities.
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So far, Kansas, Colorado and Utah — all with Republican-controlled legislatures — have canceled their state-run 2004 primaries. Republican legislatures tried unsuccessfully to drop primaries in Arizona and Missouri, but Democratic governors either vetoed the primary bill or restored the funding.
Some Democrats complain that cutting primaries hurts them especially, with their crowded field of candidates. President Bush (news - web sites) has no challenger.
Other Democrats, however, are pushing to get rid of primaries. Maine dropped its presidential primary for next year, and New Mexico effectively did — it passed a law allowing parties to hold caucuses, and then Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson set an early Feb. 3 caucus (June primaries will go on for other elections).
Washington Gov. Gary Locke, head of the Democratic Governors Association, is calling a special session to discuss scrapping his state's primary next year.
"Why waste $7 million of scarce state money?" Locke said. Democrats in Washington state are using precinct caucuses in February to allocate national convention delegates, making the March 2 primary pointless.
