Taxpayers Fund a Ten Million Dollar Republican Party Event Feb 28 – (updated)

UPDATED 2/22/12: The MDP rules were changed to allow Democrats to participate in the GOP primary and ALSO participate in the May 5 Caucus.

The Republicans run Michigan so they decided they can take your money and hold their presidential primary election, thinking you won’t notice since the Republican Secretary of State has turned their partisan affair into a state-funded election at a cost of ten million Michigan tax dollars. Nice, eh?

For Democrats who haven’t read about it in the real press, we want Democrats wishing to exercise their party right to help decide the 2012 Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States to skip this Republican primary. Why? Because voting for Barack Obama (whom the SOS put on the ballot, maybe to make the Republican party primary event seem fair and balanced) will not count!

You read that correctly. Michigan Democratic Party members wishing to have their vote count will cast their vote for party nominee for President on May 5, 2012 at their local county caucus locations. Yes, CAUCUS.  Here in Houghton County, the caucus site will be at the Super 8 in Houghton, Michigan. Those wishing to support President Obama should plan to join us at the caucus Saturday morning, May 5, 2012.

Democratic Party caucus participants will register, attest to be a Democrat who states they have not participated in any other vote for 2012 Presidential candidate (e.g., the February Republican primary), and they will be admitted to the caucus activities. The caucus plan is to be brief and to the point and we will submit the results to the state party, who will bring the results to the national convention in September.

Confused yet? Blame it on the Republicans. While you are at it, tell them you do not approve of them taking ten million dollars in your taxes to hold their political party event.

P.S. Cleverly, the February 28 election may also include local elections in your area. If this is the case, the Michigan Democratic Party is urging Democrats to vote on those candidates or issues, but do not vote on February 28 for President. Come to our caucus on May 5 to do that. Link to the Michigan Democratic Party F.A.Q. on the delegate selection process can be found here.