The folks at Cape May County Indivisible, a progressive grassroots collective, came up with the Pledge to Democratize New Jersey.
I believe bracketing in primary elections is nothing less than ballot rigging or cheating. My website has had a section called; “Stop Rigging Ballots” and I have stated that I want to: “Prohibit candidates from ‘bracketing’ or otherwise giving anyone an unfair advantage with respect to ballot position.”
Every American is entitled to equal protection of the law, so candidates picked by party bosses should not get preferential treatment in primaries.
I also stated my opposition to the practice when I ran for U.S. Senate in the 2018 Democratic primary.
As my campaign manager said, explaining that I would give full support to candidates who sue to break up a ‘regular’ organization line in any county, “Mounting a legal challenge to this unjust law would be an attack on the heart of illegitimate power of New Jersey political bosses, and a good chance to show why you deserve the nomination of the party of the people. Win or lose in the election, this is a legal fight worth waging and winning for the people.”
I am on the same page as Cape May County Indivisible, and I am proud to endorse their pledge.
ED. NOTE: The writer is a candidate for U.S. Senate.
Court House – 10% to 27% of non citizens are illegally registered to vote and it is projected that 5% to 13% of them will illegally vote in Nov – it is not legal for non-citizens to vote in elections – do you hear…
