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NORTH CAROLINA PRIMARY
| UPDATED as of Tuesday morning, 5/6/08 Tomorrow is North Carolina's long ignored primary. As an unaffiliated voter (I'm actually a member of the Constitution Party of North Carolina; however the State government, controlled by Democrats and Republicans who do not appreciate competition, does not recognize any third party), I am barred from voting in the primaries. I can only vote in the cases of court of appeals judges and a stupid sales tax increase that some people wish to pass because the lottery isn't giving them the money they thought it would. UPDATE: I have been advised by the Secretary of the Cosntitution Party of North Carolina that unaffiliated voters CAN vote in the primary today. He has confirmed this with the State Board of Elections, whose website is rather vague. As far as unaffiliated voters go, I am one of more than 1 million in this state. The NC State Board of Elections gives 1,244,538 as the current number. That's more that 1 million people in North Carolina alone who are sick and tired of the Two Headed Monster that constantly churns out bad representatives in Washington and Raleigh. If those unaffiliated voters were to ban together this election cycle, we could completely change government in our state. Unfortunately, too many, aren't sick enough to take that kind of action. Swamp Fox/RP Ballot access trial begins Monday In NC only the Democrats & the Republicans enjoy the right of being "official" political parties. Two of NC's 3rd parties are trying to change that. http://tinyurl.com/67soql Ballot access battle Crashing the party: Stiff requirements for ballot still in place for third parties http://tinyurl.com/6as7hc Updates on the North Carolina Primary NC State Board of Elections http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/ Labels: News You Probably Didn't See |
As a Texas resident, I know firsthand about tough ballot access measures. Here, it is very difficult for a third party to get on the ballot. The major parties have a monopoly on ballot access here. But we fight on...
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