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    Turner said he will introduce a resolution to end the two-part system at his senatorial district convention this month. "The system we put into place should honor the idea of one person, one vote" Turner said. "Should we impose artificial hurdles for these delegates to be chosen? Full Article at Houston Chronicle
    The system we put into place should honor the idea of one person, one vote
    SOURCE: Houston Chronicle 21 months ago
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Did caucuses ultimately work as designed?
  1. This is the most exciting election in years, and I love it
    SOURCE: Houston Chronicle 21 months ago
  2. People have lives, and the only way to make the division of our delegates fair for them to be the voice of us, the little people, it must be equal for everybody ... And it's not equal when whoever has the time or money can go back (after voting in the primary) and caucus.
    SOURCE: Houston Chronicle 21 months ago
  3. Is it necessary to the democratic process, or to the candidates themselves, for these people to have to come back later in the evening after they have voted? If we are not careful, we work to disenfranchise them. For people who have to work or who have children, they cannot afford to stay. What do you s...
    SOURCE: Houston Chronicle 21 months ago
  4. It's time to end the Texas two-step — the music is over
    SOURCE: Houston Chronicle 21 months ago
  5. This is the thing you dream about happening: people getting passionate ... If you don't have those conventions, you don't have a democratic party.
    SOURCE: Houston Chronicle 21 months ago
  6. This is democracy in action. Democracy rocks!
    SOURCE: Houston Chronicle 21 months ago
  7. The system was put into place to encourage participation and to be a part of the (political) process ... That's what happened (Tuesday). If the current trend continues, we'll see that more than 1 million people went to the caucuses.
    SOURCE: Houston Chronicle 21 months ago
  8. It's testing the candidates in a different way, and it helps to fire up the local activists ... I think there's some value to a mixed system. Primaries are too often dominated by people who shouldn't dominate them — press and public relations people. Even the candidates themselves often seek to stack th...
    SOURCE: Houston Chronicle 21 months ago

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