I Wish I Lived in Colorado

In the old days, they did their own stunts Breaking news from the Colorado, "None of the above" will be a ballot option in their Democratic primary.

This idea is the best thing that has come out of Colorado since  ……… Douglas Fairbanks Senior, or maybe the band The String Cheese Incident, if just for the name.

If voters casting ballots in Colorado’s Democratic presidential primary next year don’t like any of the candidates on their ballot, they’ll be able to choose what’s effectively a “none of the above” option.

The Colorado Democratic Party added a “noncommitted delegate” choice to the March 5 ballot that gives voters the option of sending untethered representatives to the Democratic National Convention next year to select the party’s nominee. Instead of being bound to support a Democratic presidential primary candidate supported by Colorado voters, the delegates could back any candidate on the floor of the nominating convention.

People voting in the Republican primary won’t have a similar choice.

This actually matters, because:

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The 2024 presidential primary will be only the state’s fifth presidential primary contest. In other years, Democrats and Republicans used the caucus and assembly process to select presidential primary delegates.

So, the good people of Colorado have a primary vote that matters, and they can cast a protest vote that won't require them to vote for someone that they do not actually want.

Sweet.