U.S. voting

[differenceblog]

In the United States, the earliest record of a woman legally voting goes back to 1756, when Lydia Taft was allowed to vote in three town meetings as a proxy for her deceased husband. Wyoming territory allowed women to vote in 1869, and Utah in 1870. According to Sister-Wives and Suffragists (Van Wagenen 2001), Utah women were disenfranchised by

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[astrogeek01]

I'm the same age as I was four years ago. ;)

Our caucus isn't until 7PM tonight, but I know where I'll be then. Signing up for phone-spam for the next four years, is where I'll be... heh.

[ukelele]

Feb 29, huh?

[mbigmistake]

Apparently, Wisconsin has no say in who gets nominated pretty much (though the Dems may still be slugging it out by the time we vote for the first time that I can remember). We don't vote until Feb 19th. I think that all primaries should be held on the same day.

[astrogeek01]

I agree, they really should be. This is the first time that ours isn't too late to really have any impact.

[rdi]

Why not skip the primaries and just let people vote for a president?

[differenceblog]

Because we don't have run-off elections when there isn't a majority for any candidate.

As crappy as our system is, I'd rather have this than a one-shot election where the 25% winner gets to play BMOC for four years.

[feministyogini]

I lived in the US for 3 years and I still don't understand the voting system. My American partner has tried to explain ti to me many times but to no avail. Regardless, Canada hopes for the best in November for you all.

[feministyogini]

:)