just a reminder, primaries are today

[henktermaat]

I will be depending on all of you registered republicans to keep Dan Coats out.

Crap, I have to be a registered R to keep Dan Coats out?

 

[Coach]

Voter turn out has been low today.

 

[infidel]

Just went. There were only 3 other people voting....I hope I just hit a slow time for them...

 

[bigus_D]

There is a Libertarian primary of sorts. The party has a convention and doesn't use tax dollars to conduct party business.

Esentially, if you are neither a R or D and want to vote against the tax increase referendums in your area, you are forced to lie in order to gain access to a ballot. Hell of system we got here.

You can ask for an issues & school board only ballot.

A.K.A. The non-partisan ballot.

 

[HobbyGuy]

I went before coming to work this morning. I voted against Coates, and for the candidates of my choice.

 

[mad618]

Will they announce the winner tonight?

 

[TheLoneRaider]

I voted around noon and it was dead. Not many people voting.

 

[level.eleven]

You can ask for an issues & school board only ballot.

Dammit, I forgot about the school board only ballot. My bad. Shows how much I vote in primaries.

Thats what I get for missing Maguire's blog post. Justice and Fortitude Blog Archive Independents & Libertarians: Vote for School Board

There was simply a ballot issue I wanted to vote on this time around. The place was dead as a doornail. There wasn't even a gaggle of supporters out front like usual. Heck, only a couple races had any competition.

 

[MeAndMyXD]

Do you have to be a registered R to vote for R, or you just have to be registered to vote?

 

[42769vette]

Do you have to be a registered R to vote for R, or you just have to be registered to vote?

when you walk in they will ask if you want a rep ballot or a dem ballot

 

[baldmax]

I voted. It is your civic duty to vote.

 

[MeAndMyXD]

thats it just ask for rep ballot?

 

[mrjarrell]

Do you have to be a registered R to vote for R, or you just have to be registered to vote?

There is no party registration in Indiana, but taking a ballot for any given party in Indiana is an agreement to vote for a majority of that parties candidates in the general election.

IC 3-10-1-6
Eligible voters
Sec. 6. A voter may vote at a primary election:
(1) if the voter, at the last general election, voted for a majority of the regular nominees of the political party holding the primary election; or
(2) if the voter did not vote at the last general election, but intends to vote at the next general election for a majority of the regular nominees of the political party holding the primary election;
as long as the voter was registered as a voter at the last general election or has registered since then.

While the primaries are nominally "open", they're not as open as you might think. Crossing over can get your vote challenged and you would technically be committing perjury, if you did.

 

[mrjarrell]

I voted. It is your civic duty to vote.

Not in the primary, it isn't. That's party business, not civic duty. You can vote for self interest if there's a referendum on the ballot that might raise your taxes.

 

[mrjarrell]

thats it just ask for rep ballot?

If you are choosing to vote in the gop primary. Ask for a dem ballot if you're voting for dems and a school board ballot if you're choosing to vote for neither and just want to address the school board and any issues on the ballot.

 

[Thumper]

Turn out is low,Come on people i voted at 2:30 and was only the 114th voter.

 

[smoking357]

Turn out is low,Come on people i voted at 2:30 and was only the 114th voter.

Good. Coats is the mainstream candidate.

Higher voter turnout only hurts us.

 

[LotsofGlocks]

Voted man the polls are dead!!!

 

[level.eleven]

Swung back by my precinct again on the way home and stopped in. Much more lively than this morning. It appears as though we have gotten new machines in my neck of the woods and my neighbor was one of the poll workers. Kind of neat to see a guy that I have never talked politics with before working the polls. Now we have a topic to talk about that can bridge the age gap.

 

[Panama]

Wife and I both did our best today to keep Coats UNEMPLOYED!
What a colossal jackass!