Super Tuesday Scoreboard

richkale said:
According to CNN, Tennessee is 75% Clinton, 14% Edwards. What the fuck.

bald_eagle said:
I was hoping somebody would have a thread like this going tonight. Thanks crispy!

Flux said:

RACISTS!

Sick said:

Sure. When you vote in the primary, you're not actually voting for a candidate. You're voting for the number of party delegates the party will send to the national convention in support of that candidate.

(However, in many cases the votes are binding, so if the candidate gets 30% of the party's votes, they get 30% of the delegates, and those delegates have to vote for his nomination. Or the nominee gets all the votes. Depends on the party's rules. It's more or less the same thing as voting for the nominee.)

Since you're participating in a party activity, it makes a certain amount of sense that you would need to belong to that party.

Though many places have open primaries, where anyone can vote. And I'd hazard a guess that many places with closed primaries might allow you to register with the party on the spot.

As for me, since MN uses a caucus system, all this talk of voting results is more or less irrelevant to me. The DFL (MN Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, our strange version of the Democratic Party) caucus poll is binding, but the GOP's poll is not. It's more a recommendation. So we'll know who the DFL supports, but not the GOP.

richkale said:
Nevermind, it's tied at 46. Ill stop checking the site for awhile....

bean said:

I could not disagree more vehemently. The candidate being sent to the presidential contest by each party is representing that party. It's nice that some states let independents vote in the party primaries, but saying you should be eligible to is a stretch.

punk said:

Right, I understand that. What I'm saying is that since I'm a registered independent, I have no say in who will make the final run for President since I live in a (now) closed primaries state.

Basically, the parties choose who will run, and I get to decide between those two choices in the general election.

I think that's bullshit. Every American should be eligible to make that call from day one, no matter what party they belong to.

City Attorney Concerned About L.A. Voter Confusion

SUPER TUESDAY

LOS ANGELES (CBS) %u2015 Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo Tuesday issued the following statement in the wake of numerous reports of wide-spread nonpartisan voter confusion over Los Angeles County's "double bubble" voter ballot:

"I have heard numerous reports from voters throughout the City of Los Angeles which point to wide-spread voter confusion over Los Angeles County's so-called 'double-bubble' Decline-to-State non-partisan voter ballot. We understand this ballot is unique to the County of Los Angeles.

"In light of these reports, I am calling upon Secretary of State Debra Bowen and L.A. County Registrar Dean Logan to review the county's unique and potentially confusing ballot design.

"It would be unfortunate if non-partisan voters, confused by the county's unique "double bubble" ballot design, did not have their vote counted.

"I urge the Secretary of State and County Registrar to do everything within their power to ensure that every vote is counted, and to carefully weigh voter intent against this confusing Los Angeles County ballot design.

"Los Angeles' non-partisan voters must not be disenfranchised because of a confusing ballot design."

Los Angeles County voters registered as "nonpartisan/decline to state" but who want to vote for an American Independent or Democratic candidate in the presidential primary must mark the box labeled "Democrat" or "American Independent" at the top of the ballot. Voters began to report Tuesday morning that they did not realize they needed to check the box on the ballot in addition to choosing a corresponding candidate.

Crossover votes will not be counted unless the "Democrat" or "American Independent" box is selected in the party field at the top of the ballot, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's Office. Voters also need to choose a corresponding candidate.

An estimated 4,000 polling precincts were affected in Los Angeles County.

© 2008 CBS Broadcasting Inc.

Colinism said:

They may be representing that party but if that party is not your party you still have a vested interest in who the other candidate is as you still live in the country they may be leading.

ckdexterhaven said:
Damn, Huckabee is all up this bitch.

CNN projecting:

Conn: McCain
Mass: Romney
Ill: McCain and Obama
Okla: Clinton

MSNBC calls New Jersey for McCain.

Fox projects Hillary wins Tennessee.

jtemperance said:
How have we made it to the end of page 3 without mentioning Ron Paul?

jtemperance said:
How have we made it to the end of page 3 without mentioning Ron Paul?

jtemperance said:
How have we made it to the end of page 3 without mentioning Ron Paul?

crispy said:
Oh, and if anyone's wondering, Flyers 2 Thrashers 2