Posted by Gelato at 1:43pm Dec 20 '093. Have you ever personally contacted your state Delegate's office (or whatever it is in your state)?
I'm not sure what that is and whether we have a Canadian equivalent.
Well, here we have state legislatures as well as the federal one, and each state legislature (I imagine) is a bit different, since each has its own Constitution. In the Commonwealth of Virginia, we have a House of Delegates. So if you have a state/province legislature with elected representatives, then that's your equivalent.
10. Do you vote in primaries?
No. It's my understanding that in the US you register with a party as part of registering to vote? And then you're eligible to vote in the primaries for that party? In Canada, we don't have that. You don't "register Conservative" or "register Liberal" or what have you. To vote in a party's leadership election, you have to join the party seperately, which costs money and I don't actually know anyone who bothers with it.
I'm less clear on this one, but I believe the rules for primaries also vary by state. In Virginia, you don't register for a particular party when you register to vote. When primaries come up, you can choose whether you want to vote in the Republican or Democratic primary, but you can't vote in both. For example, in the last presidential primaries in Virginia, Clare and I made a deal to have one of us vote in each primary, so that we had a say in each one. (Helps that we were for and against the same people.) And it doesn't cost anything to vote in the primary, either.
I'm not sure what that is and whether we have a Canadian equivalent.
Well, here we have state legislatures as well as the federal one, and each state legislature (I imagine) is a bit different, since each has its own Constitution. In the Commonwealth of Virginia, we have a House of Delegates. So if you have a state/province legislature with elected representatives, then that's your equivalent.
10. Do you vote in primaries?
No. It's my understanding that in the US you register with a party as part of registering to vote? And then you're eligible to vote in the primaries for that party? In Canada, we don't have that. You don't "register Conservative" or "register Liberal" or what have you. To vote in a party's leadership election, you have to join the party seperately, which costs money and I don't actually know anyone who bothers with it.
I'm less clear on this one, but I believe the rules for primaries also vary by state. In Virginia, you don't register for a particular party when you register to vote. When primaries come up, you can choose whether you want to vote in the Republican or Democratic primary, but you can't vote in both. For example, in the last presidential primaries in Virginia, Clare and I made a deal to have one of us vote in each primary, so that we had a say in each one. (Helps that we were for and against the same people.) And it doesn't cost anything to vote in the primary, either.
Re: I'll answer for Canada... - Gelato