It's very painful for me to see what was once the most progressive state in the South be reduced to this... (Charlotte: legally, ordinance)
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This is why I want to be governor of North Carolina so bad! I'm currently a registered Republican though will be switching my political affiliation to Libertarian at the end of the year as I have grown really tired of how the Republican Party continues to become involved in social issues when we are suppose to be the party of small government and freedom. I could easily work with the North Carolina General Assembly and the state would receive more praise than anything without having to bend over backwards for political correctness.
As ridiculous as this law is, you realize that's a satiric piece, right?
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Originally Posted by PyroZach
This is why I want to be governor of North Carolina so bad! I'm currently a registered Republican though will be switching my political affiliation to Libertarian at the end of the year as I have grown really tired of how the Republican Party continues to become involved in social issues when we are suppose to be the party of small government and freedom. I could easily work with the North Carolina General Assembly and the state would receive more praise than anything without having to bend over backwards for political correctness.
Consider changing to unaffiliated instead, then you can vote in any primary you decide on Election Day.
As ridiculous as this law is, you realize that's a satiric piece, right?
Consider changing to unaffiliated instead, then you can vote in any primary you decide on Election Day.
Voila~~ IF everybody registers as INDEPENDENT..then those pesky D's and R's will suffer..especially when Primary votes are CLOSED.... I've never understood why the "PARTY" just doesn't elect their Representative in their own closed caucus'..that would take over a year out of the waste of time and $$$ spent on such nominee races!! Canada has never in my lifetime ever had such a phenomena..and we only actually have to research out local Fed. Rep and their platform in order to decide...3 Months tops!!
Then of course in Canada..WE do NOT vote for the PRIME Minister..They actually get selected by a majority of votes..of THE PARTY ..Totally different concept
All I know is..Canadians don't get obsessed with Politics constantly..WE have better things to do with our time..WE do note when elected Government makes decision that directly affects us negatively..and then research just WHO their laws benefited....So much easier to decide just who to vote for...PLUS we do not register as anything..except as a verified "VOTER"..No need to worry about "Party Affiliation" up here
I truly feel sorry for what is going on south on me..It boggles my mind that adults/citizens somehow HAVE to REGISTER w/ a PARTY?? in order to vote..Up here..ALL Citizen's qualify to vote..and get their ballot/form deliver to residence with Poll location month ahead?? You guys seems to have to jump thru hoops??
Voila~~ IF everybody registers as INDEPENDENT..then those pesky D's and R's will suffer..
How so?
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Originally Posted by Lyndarn
I truly feel sorry for what is going on south on me..It boggles my mind that adults/citizens somehow HAVE to REGISTER w/ a PARTY?? in order to vote..Up here..ALL Citizen's qualify to vote..and get their ballot/form deliver to residence with Poll location month ahead?? You guys seems to have to jump thru hoops??
One doesn't have to register with a party, one can register as an independent.
No hoops, just register to vote and show up at your assigned polling place. So simple even a Canuck could do it!
Voila~~ IF everybody registers as INDEPENDENT..then those pesky D's and R's will suffer..especially when Primary votes are CLOSED.... I've never understood why the "PARTY" just doesn't elect their Representative in their own closed caucus'..that would take over a year out of the waste of time and $$$ spent on such nominee races!! Canada has never in my lifetime ever had such a phenomena..and we only actually have to research out local Fed. Rep and their platform in order to decide...3 Months tops!!
Then of course in Canada..WE do NOT vote for the PRIME Minister..They actually get selected by a majority of votes..of THE PARTY ..Totally different concept
All I know is..Canadians don't get obsessed with Politics constantly..WE have better things to do with our time..WE do note when elected Government makes decision that directly affects us negatively..and then research just WHO their laws benefited....So much easier to decide just who to vote for...PLUS we do not register as anything..except as a verified "VOTER"..No need to worry about "Party Affiliation" up here
I truly feel sorry for what is going on south on me..It boggles my mind that adults/citizens somehow HAVE to REGISTER w/ a PARTY?? in order to vote..Up here..ALL Citizen's qualify to vote..and get their ballot/form deliver to residence with Poll location month ahead?? You guys seems to have to jump thru hoops??
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Originally Posted by Lucky Dawg
How so?
One doesn't have to register with a party, one can register as an independent.
No hoops, just register to vote and show up at your assigned polling place. So simple even a Canuck could do it!
I thought my whole post explained that..IF every everyone is merely registered as a Ligit Voter..NO Affiliation THUS Independent per American description..That there is no way States could demand Party ( closed) votes in YOUR ( USA) nomination processes.. What I am suggesting is ALL voters should be able to VOTE in Your primaries/Caucus process..But due to limitations ( closed primaries) many voter's CANNOT VOTE..Thought you guys understood your process???
I know it's difficult to grasp..since American Political process has been embedded into the minds ..yet those minds..still have no clue on "Delegate" processes....Education has finally exposed how the system has ALWAYS worked since the signing of the CONSTITUTION..
AS you said..Independents IN some STATES cannot vote in "CLOSED PRIMARIES.... Are you disputing that FACTOID?????
WHY Not every eligible VOTER be just a REGISTERED VOTER i.e ALL Independent..NObody should have to DECLARE affiliations!!
Maybe Me-CANUK understands more about your system than YOU DO!!
I thought my whole post explained that..IF every everyone is merely registered as a Ligit Voter..NO Affiliation THUS Independent per American description..That there is no way States could demand Party ( closed) votes in YOUR ( USA) nomination processes.. What I am suggesting is ALL voters should be able to VOTE in Your primaries/Caucus process..But due to limitations ( closed primaries) many voter's CANNOT VOTE..Thought you guys understood your process???
I know it's difficult to grasp..since American Political process has been embedded into the minds ..yet those minds..still have no clue on "Delegate" processes....Education has finally exposed how the system has ALWAYS worked since the signing of the CONSTITUTION..
AS you said..Independents IN some STATES cannot vote in "CLOSED PRIMARIES.... Are you disputing that FACTOID?????
WHY Not every eligible VOTER be just a REGISTERED VOTER i.e ALL Independent..NObody should have to DECLARE affiliations!!
Maybe Me-CANUK understands more about your system than YOU DO!!
In NC (and you are on the North Carolina board) an unaffiliated voter can choose which party's primary he/she wishes to vote in. If you want to discuss national election issues, here's the board for that:
Yes, in NC, you basically show up on polling day and declare which party's primary you wish to vote. It applies all the way down so if you want to vote one way for president, you have to also vote the same party for dog catcher (we don't actually elect them, but whatever the lowest position is)
I think some people are so worked up in some preconceived argument, that they are not even seeing what is being typed.
This applies to your "argument" much more than the reality.
How many "men" went into women's shower areas before all of this, when there was no law about it whatsoever? It's never been "illegal" to go into the wrong bathroom, just "a big social faux-pas" for which you might get escorted out by security of the facility. But voyeurism and sexual harassment are crimes, and anyone participating in them would continue to be breaking the law.
Anyway, in the past 15 years, every (men's ) locker room I've been in has individual showers with curtains. Presuming that women's are if anything MORE modest than men's, I don't believe there would be any "showering with naked women" no matter what.
Certainly transgender people avoid anything that draws attention to themselves in bathrooms and many avoid locker rooms altogether.
But the heterosexual men you are claiming are just champing at the bit to claim they are transgender so they can get a free peep show have always had the opportunity to do that without even using an "excuse". It's not as if simply saying "Yeah, well, I'm transgender" would get them a free pass--if they were being voyeuristic or harassing anybody, they'd still be hauled out and would eventually have to somehow provide evidence of their trans status (though even an actual trans person couldn't get away with sexual harassment, not that I have ever heard of such a case).
So you basically support a far-reaching OVER-reaching law that affects way more than just bathrooms (bathrooms only in CHARLOTTE, no less-anyone outside of Charlotte was not even in "danger" of having their bathrooms legally open to trans* folk), all on the supposition that some perverted heterosexual men will prance into ladies locker rooms and claim that they're allowed to be there because they're transgender--and that nobody will call security on them. Please provide factual evidence of a single case where this has happened in other places after such a law, and explain why nobody ever did it before when it was not spelled out as either legal nor illegal to do so?
Plus, as I recall, you don't even live in NC, do you?
This is why I want to be governor of North Carolina so bad! I'm currently a registered Republican though will be switching my political affiliation to Libertarian at the end of the year as I have grown really tired of how the Republican Party continues to become involved in social issues when we are suppose to be the party of small government and freedom. I could easily work with the North Carolina General Assembly and the state would receive more praise than anything without having to bend over backwards for political correctness.
If you want to switch to Libertarian...wouldn't you be oppose to implementing laws that just encroach more government into society?
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