The fiasco in Iowa gives me the heebie jeebies...

[Wounded Bear]

when I think that our state is considering a "vote by phone" system.

[33taw]

1. Dems need to encourage paper ballots.

[Wounded Bear]

2. Our vote by mail system ensures that...

vote by phone, not so much.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. Thank God we're not doing caucuses anymore.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Yeah, caucuses work in small rural areas...

but in high population centers, they just don't cut it.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. The way the Washington State Democratic party did it was especially unrepresentative

To get state delegates we had to go through a precinct caucus, a Congressional District Caucus, and a county caucus. Finally delegates were picked at the state Democratic convention.

Most people don't have that kind of free time.

Quite telling was the different results in 2016 between the Caucuses and the State Primary (which the Washington State Democrats till now refused to honor).

Bernie Sanders won the caucuses. Hillary Clinton won the primary.

[Wounded Bear]

6. I remember that...

Glad they dumped it.