Question about switching parties to vote in the Primary "against" a candidate.

Through my work with the Obama campaign I found out that my friend, who has always been listed as an Independent, switched in the Primary this year and voted Democrat. Since I have known her, she has always said that she was Independent but voted for Shrub both times. Had the yard signs, wore the shirts, bumper stickers, etc. I went over to welcome her to the Dem party and talk to her about voting for Obama. (I was very excited). She told me that she was still an Independent but she and her husband voted in our primary because they thought McCain would have an easier time defeating Obama and that she hated Clinton. I about spit in her face. Is this illegal? I'm not planning on seeking an idictment on her, but I have to be at a party with her tonight and I wanted to be able to have something of a comeback if she brags about it again.

I'm sure this was probably discussed at length during the primary season. I tried to search but couldn't find anything about it. I'm sorry if I am bringing up an old subject, I wasn't on the site very much in the spring. Just one more time for the people in the back. :eyes:

obviously her strategy did not work.

and I would have laughed in their face about voting for Obama since he's KICKING MCCAIN'S ASS!! :rofl:

"McCain would've had a fucking STROKE by now!" :rofl:

both encouraged their "folks" to do this, loosely termed "Operation Chaos". the fact that Markos was so unwise (stupid) to call for this immoral behavior is just one of the reasons I gradually decided no longer to traffic his site.

where are you getting that from? Obviously Rush broadcast his wishes. Are you doing the 'the other side does it too' thing?

where he front paged the call to do this. Now he scrubbed it later when he realize what a dumb idea it is, never the less he made the call and at least a few of his lap-dogs at least claimed to have done this for him.

edit to add...who was it that Markos wanted people to vote for? Ours was a highly contested primary.

I forgot we didn't have an election in Michigan. Never saw that though, thanks!

The DH and I registered as Repugs in 1980 to vote against Raygun in the primaries.

But, if we'd been able to nip Raygun's campaign in the bud, it would have been worth it.

that when Limpbag was encouraging his listeners to do that, actually doing it was not illegal but Limpbag encouraging them to do it was - or am I misremembering?

I just can't remember which part. And then someone bragged about it on a website here in OH and everyone said that if they admitted to it, they could be in trouble.

but it's not illegal to change parties and vote.

ticket for at least the last three times is deceitful. Typical of a GOPer

For some reason he just didn't want to be affiliated with a "party" when he registered.

until you claim a party in a primary. If you do not wish to be registered with a party, you just never vote in a primary. I don't think once you vote in a primary you can go back to being an independant. I know if you switch from a republican to a democrat in a primary you have to sign an affidavit saying that you are indeed switching parties.

but I've never voted for any other party except for Greens in local elections.

Your friend is free to register as she wishes -- Communist, if that is allowed in your state. And she can reregister as something else.

As to Texas, it does not register by party -- one votes in the primary one wishes.

to vote for McCain.

Not that they particularly supported him, but they all DETESTED Romney so much for his education cuts when he was governor that they all just wanted to vote directly against him.

But I consider it unethical and would never do it myself -- it's just bullshit, sorta like trying to ensure that your kid's little league team wins the game by making sure the other team has lousy players and is badly coached: only jackasses do stuff like that

I suggest you forget about it and try not to worry about things you can't control.

It's never enough to make a major difference, and the delegates are there to sort it out if for some reason a mass of other-party-loyalists tainted the primary results.

they were wrong. we can have the last laugh in november