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Primaries! — Brooklynian

Primaries!

plucky purcell
plucky purcell
edited November -1 in Prospect Heights
So... the primaries are next Tuesday. Does anyone know where one can find online info as to whether there are any contests to vote in, and who's running in them? I can't find anything (yet again) and it's really frustrating.

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  • daver
    daver
    http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/voting.html
  • plucky purcell
    plucky purcell
    the Board of Elections website is useless and has absolutely no contest/candidate information (which shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone).
  • plucky purcell
    plucky purcell
    and i meant -substantive- info about the contests/candidates. not just their names and addresses and the office being sought.
  • daver
    daver
    Take the names of the people running from your district and run a search on them through google news or directly on some of the local news websites to find articles and information.

    You have the technology.

    :mrgreen:

    Gotham Gazette: Guide for the Last Minute Voter <--you!
  • smokin joe
    smokin joe
    they're some recs here:

    http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=45325
  • raulism
    raulism
    Smokin' Joe wrote: they're some recs here:

    http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=45325
    Yup.

    A big warning: You cannot vote in Primary elections unless you are a registered Democrat. None of the other parties really matter in our part of Brooklyn, sad to say.

    IF YOU WANT TO VOTE IN NEXT YEAR'S PRIMARY: You must register as a Democrat NOW. It takes ONE YEAR for change of party registrations, as crazy as that sounds. Next year is a huge election, and while our City Council rep will probably not face a serious challenge, the positions of Mayor, Public Advocate, Comptroller, and Borough President will all be determined by people eligible to vote as Democrats in September 2009.

    If you are changing addresses, this is not a problem. That only takes a month. Same for new registrations. But it has taken my wife two years for her to change her party, which is just one example of how our state makes it very hard for your vote to be cast.
  • plucky purcell
    plucky purcell
    raulism wrote: If you are changing addresses, this is not a problem. That only takes a month. Same for new registrations. But it has taken my wife two years for her to change her party, which is just one example of how our state makes it very hard for your vote to be cast.
    To offer an alternative perspective: part of the reasoning behind the time-frame for changing party registration is to prevent people who don't truly have a direct vested interest in selecting a particular party's candidate from interfering with that party's internal selection.

    For example, during this year's presidential primaries, conservative pundits like Limbaugh encouraged traditionally Republican voters in states with 'open primaries' to forego voting in the Republican and vote in the Democratic primary for the perceived weaker general election candidate. That could conceivably occur in the reverse.

    Does this legitimately occur with sufficient frequency to disturb election results? Who knows? But I don't think the policy is in place simply to prevent anyone's votes from being cast.
  • denvernougat
    denvernougat
    Um... so I went to vote today and there was literally only one contest with two candidates on the ballot machine... I was expecting to vote for more than that - anyone know why that was.

    I'm terribly ill informed about the local seats, but I've got a few handouts going to the subway, and I was ready to vote for people, so I was surprised when I didn't see them on there.
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    i also had only one candidate -- it's because all those judicial candidates, congressional primaries, etc. aren't for our district(s) but for nearby ones.

    still, it's kind of cinematic to go into that booth and just vote for one guy, no?
  • daver
    daver
    Plucky Purcell wrote: Does this legitimately occur with sufficient frequency to disturb election results? Who knows? But I don't think the policy is in place simply to prevent anyone's votes from being cast.
    I have no idea, but _one year_ sounds a LOT excessive to me.
  • plucky purcell
    plucky purcell
    well, one can always vote in the general election no matter what.
  • pitu
    pitu
    Plucky Purcell wrote: well, one can always vote in the general election no matter what.
    but in NYC, all the action is at the primary level
    just sayin'
    in the civil court judge race, your vote is amplified because sooooo very few people vote in non-presidential primaries
    not that many people vote in presidential primaries, for that matter
    :D
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