The Naked Truth
columnist: EJ Moosa

Topic: Presidential Campaign 2008
The Disenfranchised Republican Voter

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Presented as a fair selection process for selecting a candidate for President, Voters of Twenty states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia are being disenfranchised.

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by EJ Moosa
(Libertarian)
Friday, February 8, 2008

The inherent corruption of the American Political system has never been more apparent. As a Libertarian, I have watched our party struggle to get ballot access spending our funds on signatures while Republicans and Democrats use the funds they raise to spread their message. We spin our wheels while they motor away.

Yet the fraudulent processes are becoming more and more visible, and with that the disenfranchised voter is becoming more aware of the corrupt game being played.

First, the government runs the election process for the benefit of both the Republican and Democratic parties. The Federal Election Committee says what can and cannot be done. The members of the FEC are not elected by the citizens, and are not responsible to us. They act on behalf of the Republican and Democratic parties. There are no "independents" on the FEC.

Effectively your tax dollars are used to fund primary elections for the benefit of the GOP and the Democrats. Yet in states such as Georgia, we must fight just to get the name of Libertarian candidates on the ballot every election cycle.

Second, the chairman of the Republican National Committee is Mike Duncan. If you are a Republican, did you vote for him? Are you even aware of how he is selected? He has more control over the eventual nominee than all of us combined.

Then we are offered a selection process which consists of primaries and caucuses across the nation to select the candidate we desire to represent the party. Yet that does not truly occur. The winner of this process will have more votes cast for others than for him. If you were to calculate the total support of the eventual winner at the time the party wants the process over, you will find an incredible minority has made this decision. The "winner take all" methodology at the state level is having horrible consequences. We can understand why such a system is used in national elections, but to have it applied within the party is inappropriate. Winner take all makes sure that the voter tries to vote for a winner or have his vote wasted bcause his candidate may not win that state. Yet this nominee is supposed to be one of national concensus.

With just over 38% of the vote, McCain has been awarded 59.34% of the delegates.  Romney has garnered 32.48% of the vote yet gotten only 22.88% of the delegates.    Shouldn't we be asking why some states are winner take all and others are not?  Why are all votes not treated equally here? 

Next, we have early voting and then the withdrawal of candidates at such points that voters cannot change their vote. There should be legal challenges to this process for certainly these voters have a "right" to vote for someone actually in the race. If you purchased a ticket for a movie, only to have the movie cancelled, you would be able to get your money back or see another movie. Not in the Republican Party. Do you think this is accidental? Millions of early voters "wasted" their vote for candidates that withdrew.

Did Romney withdraw for the good of the voters? No, he withdrew for the good of the Republican Party. Thanks Mitt! Thanks for choosing the party over the people.

Finally we have the leadership of the Republican Party calling for things to be wrapped up. So, voters in the following states are not even going to be truly allowed to contribute to the process: Washington

Kansas

Virginia

Maryland

District of Columbia

Wisconsin

Puerto Rico

Texas

Ohio

Rhode Island

Vermont

Mississippi

Pennsylvania

North Carolina

Indiana

Nebraska

Hawaii

Kentucky

Oregon

Idaho

New Mexico

South Dakota

For voters in those states the Republican Party seems to be saying "we frankly do not care what your preference is." Pressure is applied to trailing candidates to suspend or drop out so we can get ready for the really big battle in November. Is it possible that the states allowed to go first are meant to sway the initial outcomes towards a certain candidate? These primaries will be merely symbolic.

Would you consider this voter disenfranchisement? I certainly do. We have lawsuits based on whether or not people should be required to show a photo ID to vote and yet no one is willing to challenge a system that obviously relegates so many citizens to second class status? Where are the lawyers when you need one.

For those of us that continue to participate in this because you think you have no choice, I ask why? Are you not giving credibility to this system by participating? I would like to suggest that many of us are already boycotting this system. The Republican voters are reported to be down in totals. If the system is broken you do not fix it by participating. You can only fix something you have control over and the Republican voters have no control over this system.

One thing is for certain. The internet and site such as Nolanchart.com are changing things for ever. Once you have seen the light, once you see the fraud for what it truly is you cannot deny it again. It is there. It will always be visible.

The Republican Party truly had no interest in what voters in the states above have to say. They have been taken for granted. They are assumed to support the party regardless. I only hope they begin to take actions to end this fraudulent process. The Republican Party clearly had no plans to poll all of it's members. Instead I believe once they got the desired candidate leading, they apply the pressure to unify the party and move on.

We, my friends, are being played as suckers.

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Published: Friday, February 8, 2008
Last modified: Friday, February 8, 2008

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