Supporters want midgame change

Reference the lead article on the front page of The Olympian on May 6, “Bernie backer has a plan to impel super delegates”: Bernie and his supporters are, and were, well informed about the system that is used to send delegates to the Democratic convention.

Now that Hillary has the votes, Bernie’s friends want to change the rules, to their advantage, in midgame. That is not the way it works in a democratic society. You don’t slide in through the back door by changing the rules of the game while the game is under way.

(Let’s see; “It’s first down, The Seahawks have the ball on the goal line, the snap is ready, but wait ... the other team wants to add six more players to their team for a total of 17, and Wilson is having one hand tied behind his back.” You don’t change the rules in midgame or midseason.)

I attended our local caucus and was not impressed. It is so easy to bring in large numbers of supporters (one side or the other) and swamp the system and the vote. The state-supported primary vote system is the fairest way to determine what people want, one vote at a time. Don’t let this opportunity to express your individual “one vote at a time” slip away: Vote in the primary.

This story was originally published May 18, 2016 at 9:19 AM with the headline "Supporters want midgame change."