I've had a crazy idea brewing in my head for a while now, and I thought that I'd get some opinions on it from the dkos community.
Let me preface this diary by saying that I'm a liberal, not a democrat. In RI terms I, like more than half of the state, am registered as unaffiliated. According to RI election laws, unaffiliated voters choose which primary they vote in:
You may choose to register as "unaffiliated" which means you will not be considered a member of any political party - unless and until you vote in a political party primary.
In this bluer than blue state, the bulk of the nominees are in the Dem column, while some red primaries can't even scrounge up a single sacrificial challenger, let alone two from which to choose. It's common knowledge around here that if you want to vote in the only election that matters, you vote in the dem. primary.
But I've been wondering, what if there's another way to make my voice heard...
(more after the break)
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