Exactly. I was referring to state party conventions, what you call in US English, primaries.
Stephen Beecroft wrote: > -Marc- > > In the U.S. every voter registers for a party (or as an > > independent -- as I recall the rules vary considerably from > > -Stephen- > > This is not correct. > > -Marc- > > Please don't interrupt. > > Oops. My bad. I had thought this was John Redelfs' discussion list, not > Marc Schindler's lecture hall. Silly me. > > > If you read the whole post, I made clear that this was to > > vote in party conventions -- what you call primaries. > > Wrong. Your first paragraph was: "Being a 'member' of a party in our > Westminster system means something different than it does in the U.S. In > the U.S. every voter registers for a party (or as an independent -- as I > recall the rules vary considerably from state to state, as to how the > states elect their delegates to the party national conventions). So to > say that my late father was a Democrat means that he was registered as a > Democrat. As it happens, this is pretty meaningless, because the vote is > secret, and you can vote for whomever you like." > > This paragraph clearly was referring to the general election, since you > said affiliation was "meaningless" and that "you can vote for whomever > you like", something not possible in primaries. Only in your next > paragraph did you go on to discuss primaries. > > Even if you had "made clear that this was to vote in...primaries", > you're still wrong. In no sense is it true that "[i]n the U.S. every > voter registers for a party (or as an independent)". A great many voters > do not register under any affiliation whatsoever, and some states allow > participation in primaries without a declared affiliation. > > <tweak> Maybe you should read your own posts more carefully. > Alternatively, you could admit when you're wrong...oh, never mind. No > use dwelling in a land of fantasy. </tweak> > > Tweakin' Stephen > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland “We do not think that there is an incompatibility between words and deeds; the worst thing is to rush into action before the consequences have been properly debated…To think of the future and wait was merely another way of saying one was a coward; any idea of moderation was just an attempt to disguise one’s unmanly character; ability to understand a question from all sides meant that one was totally unfitted for action.” – Pericles about his fellow-Athenians, as quoted by Thucydides in “The Peloponessian Wars” Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author’s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
