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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Well, in Ohio, changing parties requires signing a pledge, under penalty of election falsification, that you are aligned with the new party, it supporters, and its principles. Lying on that pledge is as felony, punishable by up to a year in jail and a $2500 fine. (Election officials found one such pledge on which the party-switcher had handwritten "For One Day"--clearly violating the law.) Inciting others to commit that felony, which is what Limbaugh did, is a fifth-degree felony as well. So, it actually IS illegal.
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The question of whether voters switching political affiliations are being asked to sign statements confirming that switch has come up at several polling places.
A poll worker at Glenmont School in Clintonville said poll workers there had no list of party affiliations for voters and thus could not ask them to sign such a statement. Poll workers are giving voters the party ballot they request.
Poll workers in Brown Township, also in Franklin County, told a voter the same thing. They said they have no way to check how an individual voted in the past.
A Franklin County Board of Elections spokesperson said that every precinct should have a list of voters posted on the wall with each individual’s party affiliation color coded.
The Ohio Secretary of State’s office states this on its web site:
“You may vote the primary ballot of the political party with which you currently wish to be affiliated. If you voted the primary ballot of a different political party in 2005 or 2006, you will complete a statement at your polling place confirming the change in your political party affiliation.”
Jeff Ortega, spokesperson for the Secretary of State, said he didn’t know why Franklin County poll workers couldn’t check on voter’s party affiliation.
He said his office works with county boards of elections across Ohio to ensure equal application of all voting procedures statewide.
Poll workers in at least some other counties apparently have information about voters’ prior party affiliations and have been requiring voters who switch affiliations to fill out the state-provided statement.
— Kathy Lynn Gray
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http://blog.dispatch.com/primary/200...tioned_a.shtml
Very first hit I found on the matter, but it doesn't look like the kind of thing that would get you convicted of anything, so its still pretty silly.
For me its a moot point, I find both Obama and Hilary the same shit sandwich on different bread, but if it were say Obama vrs Liberman (oh wait he got kicked out for not being radical enough) well Obama vrs a democrat I could support I could see myself doing the same thing.
Personally on a semi-related note I think the primary system is no better than the old 'smoke filled room' system of the past. You can't say the current presidents were any better than the old ones, and the current system tends to favor the more radical candidates, McCain being an exception to that.