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pnwmom

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11. Good point. And we rely on the US mail to be secure, too.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 07:17 PM
Mar 2016

In our state we use mail in but afterwards we can go online and make sure our ballot was received and counted.

I'm torn revbones Mar 2016 #1
My sentiments exactly! monicaangela Mar 2016 #2
Excellent point. nt revbones Mar 2016 #3
No, we have BOTH here, and there's far MORE voter suppression in the caucus system. pnwmom Mar 2016 #4
Voter suppression takes many more forms than that... monicaangela Mar 2016 #5
Yes, those are forms of suppression. But suppression is built into caucus DNA, pnwmom Mar 2016 #6
Voter fraud shennigans are just repug talking points to persuade people . . . brush Mar 2016 #13
I'm more concerned with voter suppression and election fraud. revbones Mar 2016 #14
That's a software problem and who controls the software brush Mar 2016 #15
Caucuses ARE designed to suppress the vote. It's built into their DNA. pnwmom Mar 2016 #22
Like I said, I'm torn revbones Mar 2016 #24
Didn't you see the youtube videos of the Iowa caucuses, pnwmom Mar 2016 #26
People are so quick to be snide here. revbones Mar 2016 #27
Sorry. I was wrong if you haven't been participating in it. But the immediate reaction of many pnwmom Mar 2016 #33
I'm not sure anyone is "ok" with long caucus lines revbones Mar 2016 #36
We didn't suddenly reduce caucus locations -- the system has been unfair pnwmom Mar 2016 #37
No long lines in a primary using machines? In 2008 there jwirr Mar 2016 #17
That's good. But in primaries you can choose to vote anytime during the day . . . brush Mar 2016 #19
I have voted in both and I know about the time constraints. jwirr Mar 2016 #40
We have no long lines ever in WA, except at caucuses. pnwmom Mar 2016 #23
As someone from a caucus state, I am torn too CoffeeCat Mar 2016 #30
It is completely unfair for you to blame Hillary Clinton for the problems pnwmom Mar 2016 #35
I listened to a discussion libodem Mar 2016 #7
We can do banking online. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #9
Good point. And we rely on the US mail to be secure, too. pnwmom Mar 2016 #11
Yep libodem Mar 2016 #12
A caucus is like a sewing circle. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #31
Elections with Diebold machines have "oversight" as well. nt revbones Mar 2016 #25
Funniest thing that happened at our caucus was when someone got up and screamed,... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #8
It IS bullshit! Why is it funny that that person recognized it was voter suppression? pnwmom Mar 2016 #10
Caucuses used to only be attended by a handful of people.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #29
And that's the way party leaders want it because it increases their influence. pnwmom Mar 2016 #32
Putting our trust in their wisdom is sooo "last century". Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #38
It's the old smoke-filled room minus the smoke. pnwmom Mar 2016 #39
I'm not totally in love with the caucus system either but when jwirr Mar 2016 #16
The large majority of WA voters chose to have a PRIMARY, not a caucus, pnwmom Mar 2016 #18
I'm a working mom. Caususes exclude me. SunSeeker Mar 2016 #20
Right. Having children who need care isn't a valid reason for a "surrogate affidavit" pnwmom Mar 2016 #21
Yes, they are voter suppression. Agnosticsherbet Mar 2016 #28
The caucus system is the apartheid of elections. Dawson Leery Mar 2016 #34
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