ort the blanket primary (Sept. 17 editorial “Voters’ independence has served the state well”). I am glad that the 9th Circuit Court has found it unconstitutional. In a primary election, a voter should declare what political party they are with before getting a ballot. While it is trendy to declare that one is an independent, my opinion is that in Western Washington, a majority of so-called independents have never voted for a Republican in their life. These “independents” are either too embarrassed to say they are Democrats, or too ignorant to realize it.
Members of a political party should be the ones who decide who will represent them in an election. If you are not a member of a party, you forfeit that right.
If you are a member of a Lutheran Church, and the members are voting on a new pastor, should an agnostic come into your church and be allowed to vote on who the pastor will be? Of course not.
If you are a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and are voting on a resolution, should a person who just came in off the street be allowed to vote too? That would be silly.
Ending the blanket primary is the same thing. Let people who are part of an organization decide their leadership.
Believe it or not, even without the blanket primary, life will still go on. Sound Transit will still blow our money on a non-working boondoggle; while driving on Highway 99, every traffic light will still be red, never to be coordinated for traffic flow; and teachers will still want smaller classes and more pay. Yet we survive.
Edmonds
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