The Real Crime of the Caucus Process is Not Cruz’s Mailer but the Caucus Process Itself

Look at how Ryan Lizza’s piece on the Ted Cruz misleading mailers ends:

Donna Holstein, who was listed on one of them, was upset to learn that she had been given a failing grade and that her neighbors might be told whether she participates in the caucus or not. She told me that she has voted consistently but that she can’t this time because of a disability.

“I’m crippled, so I can’t go to the caucus,” Holstein said. She was not happy about being shamed in front of her neighbors. “That’s what you call a bully,” she said about Cruz’s tactics. “I wish he would quit.”

The caucus system is inherently discriminatory against those who are disabled, or who have to work or travel during caucus time.  See my 2012 Slate piece: Kill the Caucuses!

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