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How?

Posted by: Samuel Day Fassbinder ( Citizens for Mustard Greens, USA ) on June 17, 1999 at 13:42:45:

In Reply to: Try the communists posted by Nikhil Jaikumar on June 16, 1999 at 18:06:10:

: : Hi everyone. I think I am going to get registered to vote and from what I understand, you have to register as either as a republican or democrat, regardless who you plan on voting for.

: Not true; I'm registered as an independent and I plan to vote Communist or Socialist in the next election.

SDF: Last I heard, the "communist or socialist" vote in the US consisted of a few write-in votes for splinter candidates that weren't really counted come election day, and wouldn't amount to anything even if they were counted. ('Tis more socialist in this regard to vote Green: see for instance Howie Hawkins' article here.) The Communist Party USA, for its part, appears to be recommending to its cadres that they vote Democrat in a "revolutionary" endorsement of the "lesser of two evils" voting strategy.


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