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Super Tuesday Is Less Than Two Weeks Away, What You Need To Know To Make Sure You Can Vote
Kala Kachmar
Issue date: 1/25/08 Section: News
On Super Tuesday, Feb. 5, Connecticut and 21 other states will go a long way toward deciding which candidates will be chosen to represent their parties in the 2008 presidential election.
Connecticut's Democratic and Republican primary elections are closed, which means that only those who belong to a political party can vote in their respective primary. If an unaffiliated or new voter wants to register as a Democrat or Republican, he or she has until noon on Feb. 4, the day before the primary, to register if he or she does it by bringing the form to the registrar, according to Chris Healy, chairman of the State Republican Party.
If an individual opts to register by mail, it must be postmarked by Jan. 31, and groups of voters must bring the registration forms to the respective town registrar of voters by Jan. 31, according to Beverly Miela, the Mansfield Republican registrar of voters. If a voter wishes to switch parties, it must be done at least three months in advance.
The candidates that will be on the Republican primary ballot are Rudolph Giuliani, Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Duncan Hunter, Ron Paul, Mike Huckabee and Alan Keyes, according to a press release from Sec. of State Susan Byciewicz. The Democratic candidates appearing on the ballot are Barack Obama, Dennis Kucinich, Mike Gravel, Bill Richardson, John Edwards, Chris Dodd, Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton.
"Even though some candidates have dropped out, they will remain on the ballot," said Justin Kronholm, the executive director for the Connecticut Democratic Party.
In the Connecticut republican primary, the candidate with the most votes from Connecticut residents gets all 27 votes from delegates, who are all committed to voting for the majority winner, Healy said. The remaining three delegates, one of whom is Healy and all of whom are elected by the republican state central committee, are uncommitted to the candidate. In the event that the candidate who won in Connecticut is not eligible to have the national party's nomination because he or she does not have the 1,190 delegate votes to secure it, the candidate may release the delegates, meaning they can vote for whomever they choose.
Connecticut's Democratic and Republican primary elections are closed, which means that only those who belong to a political party can vote in their respective primary. If an unaffiliated or new voter wants to register as a Democrat or Republican, he or she has until noon on Feb. 4, the day before the primary, to register if he or she does it by bringing the form to the registrar, according to Chris Healy, chairman of the State Republican Party.
If an individual opts to register by mail, it must be postmarked by Jan. 31, and groups of voters must bring the registration forms to the respective town registrar of voters by Jan. 31, according to Beverly Miela, the Mansfield Republican registrar of voters. If a voter wishes to switch parties, it must be done at least three months in advance.
The candidates that will be on the Republican primary ballot are Rudolph Giuliani, Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Duncan Hunter, Ron Paul, Mike Huckabee and Alan Keyes, according to a press release from Sec. of State Susan Byciewicz. The Democratic candidates appearing on the ballot are Barack Obama, Dennis Kucinich, Mike Gravel, Bill Richardson, John Edwards, Chris Dodd, Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton.
"Even though some candidates have dropped out, they will remain on the ballot," said Justin Kronholm, the executive director for the Connecticut Democratic Party.
In the Connecticut republican primary, the candidate with the most votes from Connecticut residents gets all 27 votes from delegates, who are all committed to voting for the majority winner, Healy said. The remaining three delegates, one of whom is Healy and all of whom are elected by the republican state central committee, are uncommitted to the candidate. In the event that the candidate who won in Connecticut is not eligible to have the national party's nomination because he or she does not have the 1,190 delegate votes to secure it, the candidate may release the delegates, meaning they can vote for whomever they choose.
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Argie
posted 1/25/08 @ 4:41 PM EST
The election this year is different. We have the usual suspects who are just pitching the same old, same old washington runs the world lines. but we also have a candidate who stands up for what made our country what it is. (Continued…)
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