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Submitted by Jeff Brigham on Sun, 02/10/2008 - 7:06pm.
How does a citizen of Washington State who is working/assigned out of the state participate in the Washington State Democrat party's selection of delegates for the presidential race? How does a Washington State citizen who is a member of our armed forces assigned out of state or out of the country participate in said Democrat Party delegate selection? I know that the Washington State Republican Party will choose approximately half of its delegates from the primary election where citizens working/assigned out of state can vote via absentee ballot. How are the Washington State Democrats ensuring that these citizens are able to participate in their political process? Thanks, Jeff Brigham
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Good questions, any of the Dems have answers?
Submitted by Rob Richards on Sun, 02/10/2008 - 7:34pm.It's difficult.
Submitted by Phil Owen on Sun, 02/10/2008 - 7:35pm.To tell you the truth, between the "superdelegates" aspect of the nomination process, and the fact that we've got at least 3 states for whom the Dems will not acknowledge the primary, I am sorely pissed at the Democratic party. It's positively undemocratic.
Frankly, the only way I'm going to resist voting for a third party candidate is if Obama gets the nomination. Because I've got no loyalty to the Democrats.
To answer your question directly: It's too late in Washington State. The caucus has already been held, and our primary doesn't get counted by the Democratic party. There was a way, for those unable to attend the caucus, to set someone else up for a proxy, but again, it's over now. The ballot is such a better way to go than this crap.
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Submitted by Rob Richards on Sun, 02/10/2008 - 7:37pm.Yes, you can set up a proxy
Submitted by ctqwn on Mon, 02/11/2008 - 10:46pm.You can send someone to your caucus
Submitted by Guglielmo on Sun, 02/10/2008 - 10:06pm.How do Republicans do that
Submitted by Guglielmo on Sun, 02/10/2008 - 10:09pm.I'm late to this discussion.
Submitted by emmettoconnell on Wed, 02/13/2008 - 2:56pm.I'm late to this discussion. But this is the exact reason why the Thurston County Democrats voted to support a primary, not a caucus, system to choose delegates.
As reference, a service member had to fill out a surrogate form and deliver it to the local party (county or LD) before the caucus to have their preference taken into consideration. Whether that process was easy or not is debatable.