Voting

We got to talking tonight about the Presidential Primaries. And who we were going to vote for, and why. John says he's going to vote by secret ballot (Ha, Ha!). We didn't get too specific, mainly just generalities. Heaven knows, the candidates are being pushed at us all the time.

John mentioned a revision of this primary chaos that's going on now. I don't remember where we heard this the first time. But the plan would be to have presidential primaries, caucuses, etc., in every state on the same day, much as we have the final election now. A voter could vote in only one of the primaries. The top 3 or 4 vote-getters for each party would then campaign, leading up to a "real" party convention. Here the candidate would actually be chosen by the delegates, instead of the conventions being just the pep rally that it has become today.

It surely would save a lot of time and money. Seems like the only people who wouldn't like it are the network ad people who would lose that ad revenue.

Whatever - this system is with us for now. Pay at least enough attention to what's going on to cast an informed vote. And VOTE, or attend a caucus. I love the idea that in Australia, voting is mandatory. And if you don't vote, you have to pay a fine. But, let's just tackle one thing at a time.

Today's photo is of a statue of Imry Nagy in Budapest - a man who stayed in exile until Hungary could be free.