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I used to live in indiana and I tried to get involved within the local democratic party there for a period of time. Thats when I learned that the dem parties in red states are even more of a joke than dems in blue and purple states.
Hell, at the county level, the democratic party didn't even exist beyond the chairman posting memes on the facebook page.
In 2022, the Democrats failed to run a candidate in half of all partisan elections.
What are the rules for these elections?
Can you like... Sign up for more than one? Is there a rule against that?
Just sign up for as many as possible and see if you win one?
Could be funny.
If you're not going through a party, you generally need a bunch of signatures. I checked Alabama, because it's early in alphabetical order and has three congressional candidates running unopposed, and they require signatures from at least "3% of all votes cast for governor in the district in the last election."
"Through a party" being defined as what? Is there a specific defined mechanism the parties get to bypass the rule on that smaller ""parties"" could fuck around with?
the initial paperwork and ongoing reporting requirements for a party would make that a harder feat than gathering signatures
it is intentionally difficult
Oof.
You wanna know how washed the Democratic Party of Arkansas is? Their last challenger for Tom Cotton's senate seat dropped out of the race two hours after the filing period ended. Complete implosion.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/nov/12/josh-mahony-drops-out-us-senate-race/
I think this is the surest sign Trump will win.
Democrats are dead, irrelevant and wouldn’t have it any other way. Amerikkka knows that the democrats have outlived their usefulness.