Presidential Caucus

[Punatang]

I never received anything, I guess you're just supposed to know when and where to go... Not that the parties care about your opinion. (Remember the whole Bernie/Hillary thing.)

There's some interest in having the state run the presidential primary too, to save the parties' money. The weird thing is, the parties could, again, ignore the results of the presidential primary and nominate someone else for the general election.

Kudos to randomq for somehow calling it 4 months early.  This is what democracy looks like! ?

This is an older article but it is Hawaii and it argues the inherent non-democracy going on in the "Democratic" party.  I'd love to hear what this author has to say about the current shenanigans masquerading as democracy.

https://www.civilbeat.org/2016/04/superd...or-review/

"At this point in history the idea that 10 individuals out of the entire Hawaii Democratic Party have so much power, especially when it is possible as it is now that they represent values that are different from the majority, is a matter that is long overdue for review.
The entire system of caucusing should be abandoned and replaced with a state-run primary that would afford all citizens an equal opportunity to cast their votes. The caucus system, both in the fact that there are different tiered values in votes and that there is limited access to the voting booth, is in essence designed to limit the general population’s involvement in the democratic process. As such, the current system gives a select few too much power over the destiny of our country.
In this day and age everyone who wishes to be included in the process should be included. Included, and respected, with an equal share in its outcome through a simple one man one vote system. It is my opinion that no other method could in anyway be called democratic."