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Tennessee Congressional Candidate Arrested for Shooting Flock Safety Cameras
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this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2026
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Did you guys know that when you vote for state primaries you have to choose which political party to get the choices for and you don't see any other choices?
So this guy being independent, you would only ever get to vote for him if you picked the independent ballot and then you couldn't vote for any of the democrats who are the only real chances to actually win against republicans and unseat them.
You get, Democratic, Republican, Independent, Green Party or Issues Only. That's it.
Whole thing's fucking rigged man.
I mean that's kind of how it works. A primary is simply a primary between that particular party's candidates. So you're not going to be choosing this guy for Democrat ballot if you're an independent. I'm an independent and I'm not voting in the Democrat or Republican primaries. However in the general election I can then choose whatever candidate I want to select. I've never heard of an independent primary but then again most Independence are not listed as a specific political party. Because independent is not a political party it is a non-affiliation.
Fyi, if your state (like Tennessee) has open primaries, you could choose to vote in one to support their worst candidate. Both major parties ask their voters do this sometimes to improve their odds in the general election.
That's interesting I didn't even know that any states actually had open primaries like this. I've only got experience voting in two different states and neither one of them have open primaries.