Comments on: A Good Fight for Voter Rights

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:47:07 +0000

It shouldn’t be surprising that both the Democratic and Republican Parties have exclusive right to those who voted for one of their candidates. Both Parties are “big business” and big business runs our lives in every other way, so why not this way? Neil’s comments sound just like a kid that lost a favorite toy!

By: rcarter42

rcarter42 — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:37:20 +0000

Neil’s comment about presenting a party membership card to get the ballot is a bad idea. An individual has no obligation to identify his party affiliation to the State. Having to identify your party affiliation to the government means your vote is no longer private. If I tells someone my party affiliation, that’s my choice. For the State to demand my party affiliation before allowing me to vote is wrong.

By: Donald Seager

Donald Seager — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:44:58 +0000

The fact that the parties would end up with the list of voters is the reason I chose not to vote in the primary. If this rule is not changed, then I will never vote in a Michigan primary again.

By: Neil Karl

Neil Karl — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:33:24 +0000

I thought that in America our vote was a secret ballot, including the selection of ballot in a Presidential Primary. The selection of ballot should not go beyond the Republican or Democratic parties. A voter should not be doing cross overs and assume that the party should not contact him. A voter who crosses over is dishonest or lying. This voter does not believe in the party and/or the candidate. The voter who crosses over is casting a misleading vote. In a presidential primary, the voter should present not only voter ID, but party membership ID to get the ballot.