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Sister to TxTowelie

(117 posts)
Tue May 20, 2014, 10:34 AM May 2014

should I vote in the GOP primary?

I'll probably vote in the Democratic primary.

But there is a school board position that I'd like to vote in because the two challengers are either a teabagger or unqualified. There is no Democrat running in that position.

I might also vote for a less-offending Senate candidate scumbag. I see Broun, Kingston, and Gingrey as the worst. As much as I despise Handel, I'd rather she be defeated by Michelle Nunn.

Any recommendations? I'll be voting in a few hours.

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should I vote in the GOP primary? (Original Post) Sister to TxTowelie May 2014 OP
Check your local applicable laws. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #1
Thanks. That's what I'll do, then: stay in Dem primary. Sister to TxTowelie May 2014 #3
I had the same dilemma. Laurian May 2014 #2
That's probably what I'll do. Sister to TxTowelie May 2014 #4
I just voted a couple of hours ago. RebelOne May 2014 #5
I just didn't want a teabagger to win that school district Sister to TxTowelie May 2014 #6

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)
1. Check your local applicable laws.
Tue May 20, 2014, 10:45 AM
May 2014

n some places, they have language that makes it fraudulent if you vote in the opposite primary simply to try and subvert it by voting for goofballs. I don't think I've ever heard of anyone prosecuted for such, but it does exist in some places.

3. Thanks. That's what I'll do, then: stay in Dem primary.
Tue May 20, 2014, 10:47 AM
May 2014

I voted here in the 2012 General election. I moved here too late for the primaries.

Laurian

(2,593 posts)
2. I had the same dilemma.
Tue May 20, 2014, 10:45 AM
May 2014

I decided to vote Democratic. If nothing else, to show that we exist! Let the R's either deal with their crazies or live with the consequences.

4. That's probably what I'll do.
Tue May 20, 2014, 10:50 AM
May 2014

I voted here in the 2012 General election. I moved here too late for the primaries.

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
5. I just voted a couple of hours ago.
Tue May 20, 2014, 01:29 PM
May 2014

I was only interested in voting for Michelle Nunn and Jason Carter. None of the Republican candidates are on the Democratic ballot.

6. I just didn't want a teabagger to win that school district
Tue May 20, 2014, 02:11 PM
May 2014

Post. The incumbent is willing to work with Common Core vs trying to destroy it in favor of a potentially weird home-rule system.
But I voted at noon, and I stayed in the Democratic primary. We had some county Dem issues to cover on that ballot. It was a lleasure to vote for Nunn and Carter. There was another Dem running that looked really great on his resume.

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