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Flashmann

(2,140 posts)
4. Almost funny you should bring that up......
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 02:34 PM
Oct 2012

I recall being able to vote straight party,either way,in Illinois,til 'Clinton won his first term....I voted that way,then,myself,and it seems,at least state wide,a bunch of Dems swept into office...

As I remember,the lame duck Illinois shit sticks,were so outraged by this unfairness,one of their last acts was to do away with that ability...

This will be my first time voting in Illinois,since returning from a 7 year stay in western Colorado,so I really don't know if it's still that way or not.....

What I found in subsequent elections,before moving back out west,was that it was hella more enjoyable voting for each DEM,singlely...

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