Holding non-partisan elections will encourage candidates to speak their minds, not being so accountable to any particular political party. It would be especially good for more women to run for local offices, especially for the school board. From my experience as a school teacher, I believe women (mothers) are much closer to school situations because…
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I strongly prefer partisan elections. People should know where all candidates stand.
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In Louisiana, we call these "jungle primaries". The Republican State Central Committee was able to get these turned into closed primaries for a few years, until those in office decided to change it back. I saw no difference in the number of women running. IMHO, the only thing that encourages women to run is other…
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I'm not sure I understand why more women/people will run just because they are free to stay unattached to a set of principles known as a platform. Why?
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Our judicial and school board candidates are permitted to cross file so it is not an issue in Pennsylvania. I honestly don't see how making these elected offices non-partisan makes a difference. Rather, it should be those of us at the grassroots level running or encouraging/helping others run.
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Non-partisan elections only allow people to hide where they truly stand. Since Democrats can't win in Republican strongholds, and vice-versa, their only hope is to hide their party affiliation and try to convince people they are conservative or otherwise. This happening in Greenville would only be supported by Democrats and people that vote like Democrats.
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Raising the minimum wage will cause businesses to cut back on hiring and probably raise prices as well. Minimum wage jobs were never meant to provide a totally livable income for workers just as social security was not meant to do for retirees. I see nothing but a negative effect on the economy as a…
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Economic freedom is all about a FREE market, where the MARKET itself determines the value of products, money, and labor. But this President is all about the power of manipulation; free markets are a foreign concept to his worldview.
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President Obama really just said he raised the minimum wage on a few. He really just gave them a raise.......if the minimum is raised I'm afraid the unemployment rate will increase.
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Continue to destroy the economy. We are creating economic suicide in our country.
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