[Magdalen] speech

[Ginga Wilder]

We can choose to vote R or D as a slate in SC.  I have done that on
occasion.  But, in SC, we may not have a D in particular local races, and I
like to write in someone.  The R's in SC are teapartiers, Roger, so I
cannot vote that way.

Ginga

On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 3:48 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Roger, I’ve never heard of being able to vote for a whole slate with one
> button, but maybe some states have that.
> Thankfully, our big elections are staggered, i.e, we don’t vote for
> governor in the same year as president; senate terms are six years, etc.
>
> > On Sep 8, 2018, at 3:41 PM, Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On 08/09/2018 15:43, Judy Fleener wrote:
> >> makes me weep.  I had a talk with a son yesterday about politics, asking
> >> him to vote a straight ticket, which you cannot do in Michigan.  He
> peplied
> >> by saying " I don't want to be a socialist."  Where did I go wrong?
> >
> > My understanding of Democratic Party policies is that they are very far
> from socialist in the European. let alone the Communist, sense. If they
> were then you would have had Medicare for all by now, decent transport
> infrastructure and a properly funded public education system. The
> appropriate answer might have been "Do you think government should be for
> the public good or enrich those who already have more than enough?"
> >
> > I assume that being unable to vote a straight ticket in Michigan means
> that you can't go the machine, select D or R, push the button and you have
> voted for all the candidates who have the chose party affiliation. Given
> how many positions you vote for in the USA I can see some sense in blocking
> that simple exercise. It may be that you prefer the policies of one
> candidate for, say, Governor but prefer the other party's policies for the
> city council.
> >
> > Roger, who is very thankful not to have to vote for so many offices at
> the same time.
>