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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NAACP wants to end the caucus to get their Education Chair elected. 
APE wants to end the caucus to get one of their fake Dems elected. 
Arlington GOP wants to end the caucus for obvious reasons.

What’s in it for the Arlington Dems to end this? What am I missing?[/quote]

Nothing, really.   (But it would save time and money not having to hold a caucus.)
In fact, they really stand to lose much more than they would gain as a party.  More people would be willing to participate not just in SB races and debates, but in the ACDC itself. But ACDC doesn't really want that.  If more people come in, you risk a wider range of views and current ACDC leadership and loyalists risk losing control.

Nevertheless, eliminating the "endorsement" process would benefit Arlington by enabling more people to get on the ballot.  Hatch Act precludes very qualified, knowledgeable, passionate federal employees from running because you don't stand a chance without the ACDC's "endorsement" so they don't bother. And, if you don't win the caucus, you can't continue to run because part of the deal of participating in the caucus is being precluded from getting your name on the November ballot. That's what makes this a nomination process, not an endorsement process. ACDC would do Arlington a far greater service if they just held a debate for ALL the candidates and let whoever qualifies to get their name on the ballot to get their name on the ballot.  If they really must, they could actually do a real endorsement of one candidate like AEA does. That would still lead ACDC loyalists to just vote for that candidate; but it would also at least give other democrat candidates a shot, as people can choose for themselves which candidate to actually vote for.[/quote]

Agree with all of this except that an endorsement (w/o a caucus) should not be put on a sample ballot. The AEA is not handing out sample ballots, which mislead voters that the the endorsee is the one true Dem selected by the voters. [/quote]

PP here.  I agree.  I actually don't believe sample ballots with any candidate boxes checked by anyone should be allowed period. [/quote]

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