On August 1, the Democratic Party filed a lawsuit to block a proposed initiative that would allow independent voters to choose a partisan primary ballot, and which would also provide for Ranked Choice Voting in primaries and general elections.
The initiative proponents haven’t even collected the signatures yet. The lawsuit charges that the Home Rule Act and the District Charter provide for partisan elections for Mayor, City council, Attorney General, Delegate to the U.S. House, and “shadow” Senators and Reprsentatives. The lawsuit argues that letting independents vote in partisan primaries somehow violates the Home Rule Act and the Charter.
The lawsuit is D.C. Democratic Party v Bowser, 2023-CAB-004732, in Superior Court. The Superior Court functions like a state court for the District of Columbia, and is not a federal court. Thanks to ElectionLawBlog for this news. Currently D.C. has closed primaries.
Trade DC to Liberia for iron ore, gold, rubber, wood, palm oil, cocoa beans, rice, bananas, and oil rights – both countries will be better off.
MERGE DC WITH MD FOR ALL ELECTION PURPOSES
MEREGE OTHER FED AREAS WITH NEARBY STATES FOR ELECTION PURPOSES
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NOOO PRIMARIES.
P-A-T
“…Every local election in the District of Columbia, since [1974], has been determined by a plurality vote. Imagine the local history in the District of Columbia, for the past 45 years, had the outcome of elections been determined by Open Primaries and Rank Choice Voting! …”
LOL OMG IMAGINE!
“…The [80,000] independent voters could very easily dominate the roughly 4,000 voters in the D.C. Statehood [Green] Party…”
*snort* *lawsuit brought by chair of DC Democratic Party*
Ashton has a solid idea. Build a wall around DC and its suburbs right after we finish the wall with Mexico.
WHAT ABOUT THE DC SWAMP SUBWAYS ???
LET IN LOCAL SWAMP AND ITS CRITTERS ??? – ESP SNAKES AND CROCS
LEAVE IT UP TO THE LIBERIAN GOVERNMENT TO FIGURE OUT ALL THAT ONCE WALL IS BUILT AND THEY TAKE POSSESSION.
“The lawsuit argues that letting independents vote in partisan primaries somehow violates the Home Rule Act and the Charter.”
So, now, even Democrats what to close their primaries.
In any case, the decision of whether or not to close primaries should be left up to each party, and party primaries ought to be paid by candidate filing fees, and party assessments, without any tax money being used, if they are closed.
Liberia does seems more culturally, politically, demographically, and economically in line with DC and environs than the US does.
How is Superior Court not deemed a federal court when the establishment of the District of Columbia is as a federal entity?
The district of criminals deems itself above the law.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dc-democrats-argue-ranked-choice-185528468.html
STORY – ANTI-DEMOCRACY DEMS AT WORK
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23903671/2023-cab-004732.pdf
DONKEY COMPLAINT – AKA MORON ***PROTEST*** >>>
AUTOMATIC SANCTION FOR MORON DONKEY SO-CALLED LAWYER ???