It’s not the district’s Republicans’ fault; the California Democrat legislature adopted a “jungle primary” system in which all candidates run on the same ballot and the top two go to the general regardless of party, and the top two finishers were Sicko DeMaio and Commie Peters (with two conservative Republicans finishing third and fourth).
Then one of the conservatives should have dropped out so the other could win. Too much ego costs us elections.
Oh that’s terrific.
The two conservatives split the conservative vote thus denying each of their supporters a real option in November.
I’m really starting (despite my strong belief if federalism and state’s rights) that any election for a federal office, whether U.S Representative, U.S. Senate, or POTUS, we need uniform voting standards for how elections are conducted.
Since the U.S. Senator from Colorado votes on issues that affect me in Texas, I think it only fair to make sure the election there is fair and only eligible voters vote, and only one time each.
I think the Texas model is a pretty good one.
We have early voting for two weeks, not one or two months.
And absentee ballots are for limited circumstances by request.
Plus of course voter ID is required.
It’s of course highly unlikely the GOP would ever attempt such measures at the federal level.