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Old 09-09-2008, 06:38 AM  
Sarah_Jayne
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Um let's say they did that in America. Congress is dissvoled, now if a republican is currently holding a seat in my Congressional district then how can the democrats field a candidate to grab that seat in 6 weeks? What if 5 democrats want that seat? First they have to have a primary then that guy runs against the rubuplican. Now you can't do all that in 6 weeks. Like I said stupid.
Yet amazingly it works in countries all over the world and has for rather a long time. Why do you have to have a local primary for somebody to run for a local seat? The party puts a candidate up in that seat. When is the last time you voted in a primary to pick who ran for congress in your area?
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