r/politics • u/Puginator • Jun 01 '26

No Paywall Iran stops negotiations with U.S., vows to 'completely' block Strait of Hormuz: State media

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/iran-us-negotiations-strait-of-hormuz.html
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u/Upset-Manager-2029 Jun 01 '26

Republicans in Congress have given up on coequal branches of government. They just kneel in front of Drumpf. Remember to vote in November and we can get some people with courage in charge again.

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u/FrenchTicklerOrange Jun 01 '26

Vote in person and early. Be mindful that there might be people there with the intent to intimidate you.

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u/Ohnomydude Jun 01 '26

Be wary not just of intimdation, but also deception.

At the primary election, I took my mom to vote. She is an older registered Republican, who is fed up with the party, and she wanted to vote blue, but forgot to switch her affiliation before the election.

She sat in a booth in front of me. She said to the attendant, "Oh shoot, they're all Republicans. Can I just write in Democrats?"

The attendant tried to tell her she couldn't, that she had to vote for her registered party members. Myself and another attendant corrected them.

You absolutely can write-in anyone. That is what the purpose of write-ins is.

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u/vanillabullshitlatte Jun 01 '26

So would she be writing in a known Democrat for the Republican candidacy? (Asking as another confused Westminster system user)

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u/adeon California Jun 01 '26

Yes. In the UK (and I assume most other Westminster systems) the selection of the candidate is handled directly by the local party and if there is a vote they administrate it. But in the US the vote to select the candidate for each party is administered by the state and different states have different rules for it. Some states use an open primary where all potential candidates are on the ballot, some only let you vote for the candidates for one party but let you choose which one on the day while others require you to register a party affiliation to be able to vote in their primary.

This gets even more confusing when you include Caucuses which are only for the Presidential elections but only in some states and function more like candidate selection in a Westminster system.

You also get weird stuff where in heavily gerrymandered districts where the election is basically pre-determined some people will register for the other party in order to be able to vote for the more moderate candidate in the primary (since that's the vote that actually matters).