Meadows Misinformation

[Jimmy T]

Oh, the irony. CM campaign puts out an ad with incorrect poll times, which likely will result in zero votes not being cast (but the potential exists for votes being lost to all candidates, including CM, so not sure why they would have conspired to put the ad out).

Meanwhile, Puppet Tony's handlers enlist Amy Wise Coble as an NPA candidate, at the last second, for district 5 race, disenfranchising all voters not registered as Republicans. To date, she has not campaigned. Such a lowlife transparent ploy.

Compare and contrast, puppet Tony fans.

Yup. I had to change my party affiliation. Lots
of new junkmail now. You reckon Amy will just
bow out after the primary?

 

[Misty]

Oh, the irony. CM campaign puts out an ad with incorrect poll times, which likely will result in zero votes not being cast (but the potential exists for votes being lost to all candidates, including CM, so not sure why they would have conspired to put the ad out).

Meanwhile, Puppet Tony's handlers enlist Amy Wise Coble as an NPA candidate, at the last second, for district 5 race, disenfranchising all voters not registered as Republicans. To date, she has not campaigned. Such a lowlife transparent ploy.

Compare and contrast, puppet Tony fans.

Coble has actually been on the ballot since early on...and that's literally all shes done. Ploy is correct!

 

[Indestructible]

Nobody is being disenfranchised by a "no party" candidate running...people of other parties can vote in November election where there will be choices for all voters...and frankly the presence of an NP candidate gives voters more of a say because more people vote in November than August.

So the comments seriously confuse me....

Doesn't anyone have the right to run for office as long as the candidate meets the qualifications? Also....There are no party candidates running in all races except Tax Collector. Is it all a conspiracy ?

If Democrats want more of a say in local politics why not start a local Democratic Party? What happened to the party?

 

[Mike Jones]

Meanwhile, Puppet Tony's handlers enlist Amy Wise Coble as an NPA candidate, at the last second, for district 5 race, disenfranchising all voters not registered as Republicans. To date, she has not campaigned. Such a lowlife transparent ploy.

Compare and contrast, puppet Tony fans.

Can anyone explain to me how that worked?

 

[Indestructible]

Yup. I had to change my party affiliation. Lots
of new junkmail now. You reckon Amy will just
bow out after the primary?

You did not have to change your party affiliation. You could have voted in the general election....I am confused....party primaries are pretty much normal all across America....

 

[Jimmy T]

Can anyone explain to me how that worked?

If there had only been republican candidates in the primary, it would have been open to all party voters.
But with the addition of Amy (NPA), only republicans can vote for Cindy & Tony in the primary.

 

[Jimmy T]

You did not have to change your party affiliation. You could have voted in the general election....I am confused....party primaries are pretty much normal all across America....

WHAT IS A CLOSED PRIMARY?
Florida is a closed primary state. If you wish to vote in a partisan primary election, you must be a registered voter in the party for which the primary is being held. All registered voters, regardless of party affiliation, can vote on issues and nonpartisan candidates in a primary election.

This is why it is important to indicate your preferred party affiliation at the time you register. If you leave the field blank on the registration form, you will be registered without party affiliation.

There are 12 states in the United States which use a strictly closed primary election process: Delaware, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Wyoming. For more information concerning the law in Florida, please refer to section 97.055, Florida Statutes.

UNIVERSAL PRIMARY CONTEST
There are times when all registered voters can vote in a primary election, regardless of which major or minor political party they are registered or even if they are registered without a specific party affiliation. During these elections, the race is considered to be a Universal Primary Contest:

• If all the candidates for an office have the same party affiliation and the winner of the primary election will not face any opposition in the general election (i.e. no write-in candidates have qualified), then all registered voters can vote for any of the candidates for that office in the primary election.

When races for nonpartisan (i.e., free from party affiliation) judicial and school board offices, nonpartisan special districts or local referendum questions are on the primary election ballot, then all registered voters, including those without party affiliation are entitled to vote those races on the ballot.

During a general election, all registered voters receive the same ballot and may vote for any candidate or question on the ballot. If there are write-in candidates who have qualified for a particular office, a space will be left on the ballot where their name can be written.

PARTY CHANGES
Party changes must be made by the end of the 29th day before the primary election. For a general election, a party change can be made at any time. A party change must be made in writing, use the Florida Voter Registration Application to change your party affiliation.

 

[Misty]

If there had only been republican candidates in the primary, it would have been open to all party voters.
But with the addition of Amy (NPA), only republicans can vote for Cindy & Tony in the primary.

In addition if you were not a registered Republican yes, you did have to change your party affiliation to VOTE.

It scares me to think that people don't understand this and vote also. SMH!

 

[Indestructible]

In addition if you were not a registered Republican yes, you did have to change your party affiliation to VOTE.

It scares me to think that people don't understand this and vote also. SMH!

So the folks who are not Republicans and posting here would have preferred to ONLY have Republicans running so that there wasn't a chance at ALL for a NON Republican to serve in the office?

Wow this is convoluted. I understand the universal primary idea but most of the time voters who are not republicans like having someone other than a republican to vote for in November so I am having a super hard time following your logic.

 

[Lake View Too]

You did not have to change your party affiliation. You could have voted in the general election....I am confused....party primaries are pretty much normal all across America....

Changing my affiliation gave me the opportunity to vote for the right candidate and reject the wrong candidate in the Republican Primary. With the added bonus of being counted as one of the millions of Republicans who reject Donald Trump. Ain't Democracy Grand!!!