Reply #23: Right on, SoCalDem. See the OP: Since Dems would conduct this, the Legislature won't be involved.

[seafan]

Personally, I don't want our Legislature anywhere NEAR this process, from the funding to the overseeing of the process.


I think Charlie Crist is a little confused on all of this. He is on record now 'in favor of a "blended"(?) mail-in revote plan', meaning the Party would pay for it, but he wants *the state to oversee it*. NO DICE, CHARLIE. (See link below.)



The Party would run this show in its entirety.


Another pertinent bit from the Bradenton Herald, March 7, 2008:

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House Democratic leader Dan Gelber of Miami Beach said it's "too premature" to agree to Crist's idea. even if the state or national party came up with the money for the election.

"If the party's going to pay for this, they'll want the additional advantages that come with the election," he said. "For instance, it could be an opportunity to party build, get e-mail addresses, better identify which households respond."

Gelber said a private accounting firm could process the ballots well and fairly, "just as with the Academy Awards." While fraud could be an issue, Gelber said, a mail-in vote would still be more valid as a gauge of public support than caucuses.

Baby steps.