[Tfug] A really, really interesting job opportunity...

[Jim March]

>>why would people still register as 'crats or 'cans?<<

To steer the party that's possible "steerable" in your direction in the
primaries, or if you're really doing it right, in internal party politics.

In California (2005 and prior) I was registered Republican, but a member of
something called the "Republican Liberty Caucus" known more commonly as
"Ron Paul Republicans" even back in '96 when I joined.  This is a thing - a
movement to steer the Repubs in a libertarian direction.

Now that I'm in AZ I register full-on Libertarian, and in fact I'm an LP
county party officer.

Why the difference?  Well it actually comes down to computer security.

In AZ, only political parties have the right to observe elections.  So if
the Dems and Repubs ain't doing it right, it's critical that the LP and
Greens be able to pick up the slack.  To do that, they have to have "ballot
access" which means a certain number of people registered.

I've personally helped run some of the LP voter registration drives, just
so they can stay on the ballot so I can get appointed as an LP election
observer, so I can monitor electronic voting.

Sigh.

Anyways.  Once you understand this about the minor parties, registering
"Independent" is dumb.

Jim


On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Bender <bender at bendertherobot.com> wrote:

> What do you mean, "re-register today as an independent"?
>
> is that what working 4 govt teaches U?...
>
> why would people still register as 'crats or 'cans?
>
> Unless you have money to contribute? (so you can get something back)
>
> oh jus thought of sumthing. coukd it be peeps really believe the
> media-politicl-machine rhetorick?
>
> or is it contraranism? the enemy of my enemy is my friend?
> [cans are bad, so have 2 vote 4 crats.]
>
> /cynicisn
>
> thanks 4 an entertaining thread, March
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: Harry McGregor
> To: Tucson Free Unix Group
> Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 10:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [Tfug] A really, really interesting job opportunity...
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> In case anyone was looking for a more graphical representation of LD29:
>
>
>
>
> Based on the history here, if you re-register today as an independent, you
> probably have a shot at it as well.
>
>
> -Harry
>
> On 4/14/12 8:55 AM, Jim March wrote:
> If anybody lives in Legislative District 29, and is registered independent
> (read: no political party preference), how would you like $2,000/mo until
> the end of the year, for doing practically nothing?
>
> :)
>
> Yes, that's right, in a really weird twist of fate, YOU could be an
> Arizona State Legislator :).
>
> Here's what happened: Daniel Patterson was the rep in LD29.  His
> girlfriend got addicted to meth and then claimed he beat her up.  Too many
> other legicritters didn't like him and were about to vote to toss his butt
> out. Pissed off at the Democrats, he re-registered as an independent.  He
> then decided to quit, and just before he did he re-registered Democrat.
>  That last re-registration didn't take.  So now they have to appoint an
> independent to replace him.
>
> Easy gig.  Easy money.  Significant Other not on meth a plus.
>
> Seriously, if interested I have the contacts to make this happen...and I
> figure TFUGers are an independent-minded lot where we can find somebody
> unlikely to be a crook.  More details in today's Arizona Daily Star:
>
> http://azstarnet.com/news/**local/govt-and-politics/**
> process-to-replace-patterson-**begins/article_ed88fc9f-e683-**
> 522b-a93a-2788348a913e.html<http://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/process-to-replace-patterson-begins/article_ed88fc9f-e683-522b-a93a-2788348a913e.html>
>
> :)
>
> Jim
>
>
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