What bugs me a lot about this is that the state govt officials messed up. There’s no accountability though - what consequences will ensure to the state official who gave the wrong information?
I suppose the Green Party could have tried to submit both versions of the forms at once, but also hindsight is 20/20.
I worry that this might end up as a prototype to disqualify the Dems in other states, in particular the currently GOP-led battleground states. Then the only big party that ends up on the ballot is the GOP.
Really it’s just a sign how bad the system in the US is for federal elections that Dems resort to suing to keep third parties off the ballot. I don’t agree with it and I’d like for a system where it wasn’t necessary.
More choices should be better but I feel that I’m forced to strategically vote Dem because of the dumb first past the post system that we have here.
And with all the strategic voters voting for one of the two big parties, it leaves way too few votes for those who are willing to risk it on a smaller party. So the barrier to pull in strategic voters is just too high.
The GOP does it too - remember RFK? It’s pretty blatant that he was just a spoiler to pull votes away from Biden to help the other guy win - once Biden dropped out and Harris became the nominee, then RFK eventually dropped his campaign - and then join the GOP’s candidate’s campaign.
In other countries I could theoretically vote for their version of the Green Party as my 1st choice, and then the Dems as my 2nd choice. Heck, I can do that in Alaska or Maine.
Really it’s just a sign how bad the system in the US is for federal elections that Dems resort to suing to keep third parties off the ballot. I don’t agree with it and I’d like for a system where it wasn’t necessary.
I totally agree. And all of your other points are solid too. Great post!
What bugs me a lot about this is that the state govt officials messed up. There’s no accountability though - what consequences will ensure to the state official who gave the wrong information?
I suppose the Green Party could have tried to submit both versions of the forms at once, but also hindsight is 20/20.
I worry that this might end up as a prototype to disqualify the Dems in other states, in particular the currently GOP-led battleground states. Then the only big party that ends up on the ballot is the GOP.
Really it’s just a sign how bad the system in the US is for federal elections that Dems resort to suing to keep third parties off the ballot. I don’t agree with it and I’d like for a system where it wasn’t necessary.
More choices should be better but I feel that I’m forced to strategically vote Dem because of the dumb first past the post system that we have here.
And with all the strategic voters voting for one of the two big parties, it leaves way too few votes for those who are willing to risk it on a smaller party. So the barrier to pull in strategic voters is just too high.
The GOP does it too - remember RFK? It’s pretty blatant that he was just a spoiler to pull votes away from Biden to help the other guy win - once Biden dropped out and Harris became the nominee, then RFK eventually dropped his campaign - and then join the GOP’s candidate’s campaign.
In other countries I could theoretically vote for their version of the Green Party as my 1st choice, and then the Dems as my 2nd choice. Heck, I can do that in Alaska or Maine.
I totally agree. And all of your other points are solid too. Great post!