OPEN PRIMARIES: Party should select candidates
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July 19, 2024 1:00 AM
Politics in America have always been contentious. An 1804 political ad read, “Down with the Tories…before they…enslave you…reducing your families to distress through taxation…”
It took our Founding Fathers years to fine-tune our Constitution and the procedures for selecting our leaders. Although they warned against ‘the baneful effects of the spirit of party,’ political parties were inevitable. The course corrections in the 12th Amendment removed a constitutional flaw and prevented potential deadlocks caused by the workings of partisan groups.
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