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South Carolina, Super Tuesday, and Ron Paul
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These videos are too long, it doesn't bother me but I think you lose a lot of people in the length of the video.
1) The proof is in the pudding. Almost everything about the primaries supports that candidate-selection by political parties is not a function of the government, it is a function of the party, which is an independent entity
2) There are no laws supporting YOUR claim. My claim is the default position. Parties are not part of the Gov, and only need to follow their own rules. YOU need to cite laws
3) Louisiana changing their Republican Enrollment date? Evidence
There are a body of statutes in each state governing primaries and party organizational meetings. These began to be put into place about 1900. It is not a free for all, but I will admit that the parties are given a lot of leeway, and sometimes have ringer statutes that give them one final out if it looks like they are going to lose control. Just go to any revised code in any state and search of political party or political parties.
Primaries have nothing to do with the government... not even the state. The party for that state selects all attributes of its election from the date to how the points are awarded (that's why rules are sometimes different between Dem and Rep primaries in the same State). Also in my state, one must be registered to a party to participate in that party's primary
Thus, constitutionality has no bearing on primaries. This is why someone who lost can still run for President as Independent