Votes are counted during a GOP caucus meeting at Lone Peak High School in Highland. Thousands turned out at their Republican Party neighborhood caucus meetings around Utah, Thursday, March 15, 2012.
Scott G. Winterton, Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News
Political party caucus attendance nearly doubled in 2012. If you attended a Republican or Democratic caucus, well done.
But the caucus system is still an exclusionary system. Consider this: During a primary or general election, you can vote absentee, you can vote early, up to two weeks before the election or you can vote on Election Day, which is 13 hours long.
In the caucus system, you get one chance — on caucus night only. If you work evenings, you're out of town, your kids are sick or you have tickets to an event, then you're out of luck. You get no say in a political system that empowers political delegates.
The caucus system attracted more participants this year, but it's still antiquated. Utah needs a political system that empowers all voters equally — one person, one vote.
Sheryl Allen
Bountiful
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Do you really think the husbands dictated to their wives that the wives stay home and the husbands go? Is your view of Utah so small that the concept that maybe the spouses came to the conclusion of who would attend by mutual consent More..
I met many friends and neighbors who attended by themselves.
9/10 times it was the Father/Husband – while the wife stayed home with the kids due to it being a school night, lack of baby-sitters, and the Caucuses ran well past 10 More..
Our caucus system works just fine and does not need to be changed. If we get rid of it, this will only give disproportionate power to incumbents with lots of money.
Also, Sheryl, if someone had tickets to an event that night, then More..