Re: OT: We the people?

Garage_Woodworks wrote:
I don't know other state's laws, but here you have to be a
registered write-in candidate, otherwise the vote is just thrown
out. People write in Mickey Mouse, Pluto and whatever strikes
their
fancy. They not only lose that vote, but it is not tallied and no
one even gets to laugh about it (other than the poll workers).


Well, when it comes to that, "We the people" never did mean that it
was the voters who decided who wanted to run for office.

What year was the constitution written and how many states where
there at the time? This is what I mean by ANTIQUATED. It don't
work
no more.

My guy dropped out before I had a chance to cast a vote. This is
inherently wrong.
"We the people..." does not mean "We, Iowa, Wyoming and New
Hampshire..." I think everyone "We" should have a chance to vote for
their candidate.
Not just Iowa et al.

I think it should be done like the general election.

The parties could just pick somebody without any kind of primary.
There's nothing in the Constitution that requires the candidates to be
selected by popular vote.

If your guy decided to stop running after he hit a little adversity
then maybe next time you should go for a somebody who's not a quitter.

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