10-30-2008, 04:42 PM
vicrock wrote:
Have never voted a single party ticket.
Here in WA you don't register by party - and we now have "top 2" primaries.
The "Top 2" primary is fine, but you should see what our Pierce County ballot looks like with the "Ranked Choice Voting"!!! We didn't get to vote on the candidates for four county offices in the primary, so, in the general election, we have up to six candidates running for the same office, and we have to chose three, in order of preference. It wasn't hard to understand the instructions and vote, but we wound up with a couple of people who would have faded back into oblivion if there had been a chance to weed them out in a primary. I so enjoyed reading the profile of the guy running for sheriff who was born in "The Republic of Texas." His qualification for office is one training course in "Sexual Assault Awareness." Sheesh.