On 11/8/2012 5:30 AM, Francois Labreque wrote:
> Le 2012-11-07 23:19, Patrick Elliott a écrit :
>> where one guy registering voters was actually caught
>> throwing out applications for non-Republican voters, but turning in all
>> the ones that where registering Republican.
>>
>
> I never understood why Americans, who are usually adamant about their
> right to privacy, don't blink an eye when forced to state their
> political preference when registering to vote.
>
> Yes, I know, it's because it allows them to vote in the primaries, but
> I've never understood why the primaries were run using public funds, in
> the first place.  Political parties are private coroporations.  Let them
> pay for their nomination processes!  No one would tolerate the state
> paying for Coca-Cola or Citibank's executive board meeting where they
> decide who's going to be the new CEO.  It shouldn't be any different for
> the Democratic or Republican parties.
>
> (And don't get me started on why there's only the same two parties at
> all levels of government!)
Primaries don't just determine the who is running for the party, they 
sometimes include other things, and involve, also, narrowing the number 
of people running for other positions (like from 20 candidates, to like 
5-6). But, yeah, one would think.

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