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[-] sik0fewl@piefed.ca 125 points 1 month ago

Don’t just vote Democrat, vote in the primaries.

[-] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago

Ya that's a problem I have in my neck of the words. Everyone complains about who is on the General Election ticket and they just shrug their shoulders about voting in the Primary.

[-] Blibly@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

"You mean I have to vote, and then vote again? Ugh, I wasnt even planning to show up to the actual vote. Meh...it'll all work out fine."

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 18 points 1 month ago

If voting day was a holiday it would less of a problem

[-] SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 10 points 1 month ago

I have worked for companies that would rather pay out unemployment due to wrongful termination than give time off for voting.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago

If they don't want you voting isn't that a clue?

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That's not going to un-fire them.

[-] ChristerMLB@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

or just have longer and more convenient early voting? In Norway you can vote for at least a month at local public institutions

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

If voting day was a holiday, only people who get federal holidays off would get the day off. But it would be a great excuse to get rid of early voting.

[-] bufalo1973@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Easy fix (that almost every other country uses): vote on Sunday.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Good thing no one has to work on Sundays. Easter Sunday is a federal holiday and there's plenty of people who still have to work.

If voting day becomes a federal holiday, states that don't like the idea of poor people voting will do away with early voting.

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

There will always be exceptions to anything.

[-] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 0 points 1 month ago

Or it won't and I'll complain online which is even better than voting, right?

[-] edible_funk@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Yup, drag the fuckin party left.

[-] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 17 points 1 month ago

Exactly. This times a million. We don't vote in primaries and then get all surprised that the Democratic candidates resemble the folks who voted in the primaries.

[-] DokPsy@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Imo if you don't vote in the primaries, you've forfeited your right to bitch about the candidates on the general ticket

[-] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 8 points 1 month ago

That would be a nice idea, but what do you do when incumbents run unopposed in the primary

[-] logi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Run against them.

(In theory. I wouldn't do that either.)

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

vote in the primaries.

When the party runs primaries at all, they interfere with them every chance they get. Saying "jUsT vOtE iN tHe PrImArIeS" without acknowledging this paints the results of the party's corruption as the will of the people.

[-] llamapocalypse@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I figured that bit was obvious, I was speaking more towards the Dem leadership's hypocrisy. Again, absolutely not saying "don't vote both sides reeeeee"

[-] sik0fewl@piefed.ca 2 points 1 month ago

I was complementing, not contradicting πŸ™‚. I agree.

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