Comments on: Falsehood: “Voters are kept from political involvement by the rules” https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/04/28/falsehood-voters-are-kept-from-political-involvement-by-the-rules/ Wed, 06 Dec 2017 03:46:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Dunc https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/04/28/falsehood-voters-are-kept-from-political-involvement-by-the-rules/#comment-469342 Tue, 03 May 2016 14:48:09 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22451#comment-469342 From over here in the UK, the idea that people who aren’t dues-paying party members (or dues-paying members of affiliated organisations such as trades unions) should get a say in selecting candidates seems very strange indeed.

]]> By: zebra https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/04/28/falsehood-voters-are-kept-from-political-involvement-by-the-rules/#comment-469341 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 20:16:00 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=22451#comment-469341 Greg,

Why would you “advocate for open primaries”?

I would advocate for strictly closed primaries. And beyond my preference, there is no legal way to enforce selection by open primary voting on parties anyway.

If people payed to be able to vote in my party’s primary, thinking their vote would be determinative, it would be a different matter, of course, but then it wouldn’t be “open”.

But it is a tough argument to make that just showing up and voting creates any contractual obligation.

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