The Republican presidential primary in Utah is off, at least in Utah. Party officials have decided they are not going to allow voters to make the decision, but will be making if for them, picking the the candidate in convention to save the voters from having to make the decision on their own.
It'll save money, said one state official. (I'll spare him from being identified.)
Hold on. In a nation where we elect our leaders, where voting is a basic right, the party is nixing the same?
We think back to how the Trump machine attempted to disenfranchise the voters in the 2020 election, creating alternate slates of electors and attempting to disqualify voters. That was more severe than what is happening now, but it is along the same lines: don't let the voters decide, but instead put the election in the hands of the Trump machine.
Can we not see how this erodes our freedom? The right to vote is one of the biggest freedoms of all. Take away the right to vote and you don't even have a democracy.
The counter argument would be that voters will still vote, just not until the general election. I see that argument. But, what are you saying? A half democracy is all the democracy we need?
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