#bga reactions

[the-firebird69]

The Canadian ship will probably start its engines this evening it has to clear the hole and our son says it probably try to freeze up first and that makes sense but they might do it because they have to but he says they might try to get Intel before they start the motor we don't think so

I think it's a reaction and it's actually coming up and they're preparing for it anyways. Going up in that direction are huge Arby's and underground and they're making some progress and it's going to force them to launch that's also happening is the black ship fleet is down to around at 100,000 ships and about 70% of the other ships were taking only 50% was eligible of those taken and it's continuing the stone ship fleet is down to about 1.5 million and 30% were taken are going to be put back into use but that's a low number and they're getting beat up badly the misleaders fleet is now under attack and more luck are up there taking ships it took about 20 million which is not bad and all different kinds and they're moving it

Thor Freya it's good to publish are the things happening here the sheriff is after people namely Trump and bja and others and they are the aligned group of morlock and they're moving fast

There's a huge deal in town they're looking for people who are going after them and they're doing it now and that would be the more like forces people looking for them mostly Trump and BGA

The seeking anybody with an extra grind and they know who they're talking about. The huge number of people after them and we mean the people who are causing problems Jason is not well liked Spanish orders I know it is Brad the group is small and they're shrinking but they filled up the South and the West it's mostly them they're fighting their father still and minority morlock can't get out there at all

Thor Freya

[vbadkpopimagines-blog]

What type of date BgA would have

oooh, thank u for requesting! 

P-Dragon would have a date in the park, where everyone would see the two of you. He would wear a suit because he thinks that you think he looks good in it. You don’t. He would pack a picknick based off the idea that you’re allergic to every generic thing (nuts, milk, bees, gluten, any fruit, all perservatives), he wouldn’t ask you tho, as he would worry that you would be offended and break up with him. So in his picknick (i might be spelling that wrong? who knows) basket there would only be cucumber and in the cucumber he would hide a ring. He does this every week since you started to date and you have yet to say yes but he just won’t give up.

R.O.P would take you to a circus, soley for the reason to yell at the people working there. He’s against circuses and he’s a really passionated animal rights activist. He would also take this opportunity to show how strong he could be when he’s breaking free from the guards for ruining the show by yelling.

Jeungri would take you bowling, however, he would be to shy to even ask you for a date in the first place. You’re going to make every move, god dammit Jeungri how about you man up for once, huh? Why does your gf have to do this every damn time, how about you try to do something?

J-Lite wouldn’t even take you out for a date.

Daeyang would rarely take you on dates. Again, he doesn’t care about this relationship. I think you deserve better. Date P-Dragon or something. Daeyang doesn’t care anyway.

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[batsinfonia]

Batman: Gotham Adventures - Issue #51

#batman #batman: gotham adventures #batman gotham adventures #bga #mr freeze #victor freeze #my new favorite reaction image

[choerrysheart]

https://bgaimagines.tumblr.com/ 

i made a freaking bga imagines blog pls support

#mine #kpop imagines #kpop reactions #bts reactions #bts imagines #exo imagines #exo reactions #got7 reactions #got7 imagines #shinee imagines #shinee reactions #bga imagines #bga reactions

[k-pooper]

BgA reacting to their s/o initiating the first kiss (requested)

Requested by @hear-the-dokidoki im sorry it took me so long to make this girl I hope that it's decent.

P-Dragon : ooohohohoooo *does a crazy thing with his eyebrows*

R.O.P: *flexes* I knew you couldn’t resist all this

J-light: will you go get some pizza with me? (He low key loves pizza more than he loves you)

Jeungri: *gets all shy and giggly*

Daeyang: *dabs in celebration*

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[xkdreamingx]

RULES FOR EVERYTHING

Who You Can Request -

BTS

Got7

Exo

Stray Kids

Seventeen

NCT

Can request but I’m not as familiar with:

Day6

Individual artists are acceptable for the imagines/ Moodboards

Reaction Request Rules -

No Smut/NSFW (I’m reconsidering)

Only one group (make sure you say who)

Please be somewhat detailed

I write gender neutral unless the request specifically calls for one or the other.

I will delete if I think your request is too similar to a previous one I’ve already written.

I will not write anything that makes me uncomfortable and will delete the request.

I may take some time to release but I will try my best to keep up to date.

I DO NOT accept requests through messages, I will ask you to submit them through ask so I can keep everything in line and make sure I don’t skip over people that sent theirs in before you.

If you do want a birthday request please tell me when about your birthday it is so I can post it on the date but try and post it early so I have time to write it.

Thank you for taking the time and reading these rules!

Imagine Request Rules -

No Smut/NSFW (I’m reconsidering)

Make it clear who you’re wanting the story with

I reserve the write to delete any request I’m not comfortable with writing

If you want an imagine for your birthday please include the date and submit it early so I can make sure it gets out on time

I DO NOT accept requests through messages, just in asks.

Thank you for reading these rules!

Aesthetic/Moodboard Rules -

No Smut/NSFW (I’m reconsidering)

I do groups or individuals

I might do some ships from fandoms depending on the ships

Make it descriptive but not too crazy detailed

My default S/O in these will be female so please specify if you want it to be some other gender.

I reserve the right to delete any request I’m not comfortable with making.

I DO NOT accept requests through messages, just ask.

Thank you for reading these rules!

Ship Request Rules -

I don’t do Selca Ships

Send me a brief description of yourself with whatever you think is important (your appearance, your hobbies, your quirks, whatever you think I’ll need)

If I don’t have enough information I’ll post it saying that and you can submit more for it.

The ships will come with a little headcanon/blurb about your relationship

You can request as many groups but your blurbs will be super short if it’s more than one (sorry)

Make sure it’s clear who you want

I can do private ships where I just send it back to you but you can’t be on anon if you want it that way.

Thank you for reading these rules!

Thank you so much for taking the time and reading these, if you have any questions feel free to ask me and I’ll clarify anything you need to know!

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[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

OKAY WOW THAT WAS AS TRIP SES 3 EP 4 REACTION TIME HECK BCUKLE U P

[Monkie Kid season 3 ep 4 spoilers under cut]

OH 

OH I PULLED UP THE EP AND ADRENILINE KICKED IN HGBSDLKFM;AOWEF 

SCREAMS

OKAY, SO THESE EPS

I’M GETTING THAT “AA I’M NOT READY” FEELING AGAIN HELPGBFJBAAWFMA;WEO

DANCES DANCES BREAKDANCES

i can’t actually breakdance

or dance…

MOVING ON BG;LKDSMNFAOWE 

*stares at the title* 

OH HAHA THIS IS A MACAQUE EPISODE ISN’T IT

AAAHAHAHAH I’M GONNA PERISH, I’M GONNA PERISH SO BAD BGAKDSMFOAWEF 

CONCERN 

INHALES

OKAY

PLAYED PART OF THE INTRO TO TEST THE SOUND AND I’M ON THE FLOOR ALREADY 

THE THEME SONG MAKES ME SO FREAKING HAPPYYYYYBGFL;MF;AOIGMAWEF WAILS 

SOBS CRYING BGSDFM;IOAFWAEF

FALLS ON THE FLOOR SOBS AND FLIPS TABLES 

OKAY I’M FINE HERE WE GO CLEARLY MAC EP PROBABLY HERE WE 

SCREAMS

SAND

HECKINGBGDSFKMAOEW

MAC EP

MAC EP 

MAC EP

AIGHT LETS SEE HOW STUPID YOU REALLY ARE MY GUY I’M READY BRING IT

I’M SO FREAKING NOT READY HELGNGFOIHAGA;WOE

THE SIGH 

JUST 

“ugh…” 

GBSDFMA;OGHAWE

 ALSO MY GOSH THIS 

THIS ANIMATION

BGAS;DLKFM;OAWE

MAC, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT

MAN DOESN’T KNOW WHERE HIS FUEL GAUGE IS AND CRASHES GBSL;DKFMAWEOF 

OH HOHOHOHOHOHOHO COMPASS THINGIEEEE

THAT FACE

THAT EXPRESSION

OH FLASHBACKKKK OHHHHHHH

SCREAMS 

SCREAMING

IM 

I DONT EVEN AHVE ANY THOUGHTS I’M JUST ONE BGI LONG SCREAM RN 

THE SURPRISE ON HIS FACE

AND THE

THAT MANS AFRAID RIGHT THERE

“You’ve been busy” DUDES ALREADY TRYING TO TALK AND HE’S ALREADY DOOMED 

Wowa

HELLO

HAIR

BG;SDLKMFOAGHA;OIWEGAMEWF 

SHE’S GROWN IT OUT BG;SDNM;SOHGWEA WHEEZING 

NICE STYLISH 

NOW JUST  RELEASE THE CHILD FOR GOODNESS SAKE BGSD;FM;OAWEF 

I NEED LIKE, FOUR HUNDRED YEARS TO PROCESS THIS

“UR OATH” AYO MACKY BOY WHAT DID YOU DO 

OH I’VE NEVER BEEN ACTIVELY CONCERNED FOR THIS IDIOT BEFORE BUT I AM FEAR.PNG SCREAMS 

HE LOOKS SO SCARED IN EVERY FRAME OH MY HECK HECK HECKE HCKEHGKMDFOAIWEF

M,ANS DEAD

MANS DEAD

MACAQUE DEAD AND BROGHT BACK REAL 

OH MY 

HI

OKAY

I AM NOT READY FOR THIS NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT 

OKAY

SHE’S TERRIFYING 

I’M FEAR.PNG

WHAT WHAT EHGBSFMAWE

SCREAMING

I’VE HAD THIS PAUSED FOR FIVE MINUTES I’M STILL PROCESSING THE FACT THAT LBD BROUGHT MAC BACK FROM THE DEAD???????

WOOOOOOOOOOO

I’M 

GONNA DIE THIS EP

THIS IS IT

DEAR GOSH 

I’M JUST

HHAAHA

SITTING HERE

A H  

LAYS DOWN 

H

HI FLASHBACKS IN A FLASHBACK *WHEEZING* 

BUT UH

HAHA

HAHAHAH

THE BLUE CHAINS???? 

AND IT LOOKS LIKE MAC’S OWN SHADOWS ARE TURNING AGAINST HIM AND BINDING HIM HELLO/??? 

WHAT DO I EVEN SAY TO THIS HELPBG;SDMF;AOWG;OAWUIEFM 

HE LOOKS LIKE HE’S  GETTING CONSUEMD BY HIS OWN SHADOWS ????? HELLO????????? 

WOW

THIS IS A LOT TO UNPACK MY GOSH

THE HTING IS THO IS THAT BOTH MAC AND LBD ARE UNRELIABLE NARRATORS SO I DONT’ KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS I CAN TRUST BUT MY GOSH HECK MAN 

Mac being like “nah” and just straight up leaving is jBGAKWME;FAWOEF

okay

OKAY

HAHAHAHAHHA

SORRY IT LOOKS

K

SO LIKE

MEMORY ALTERING?? HALF POSESSON?? FORCED FLASHBACKS??? MAKING HERSELF SEEEM LIKE A GOSH DANG ANGEL IN THE FLASHBACK IN HIS MIND?? 

OHHHHH BOYYYY OH BOYYYY WE’RE NOT OKAY 

MAC ACTING UNAFFECTED WHILE HE’S FREAKING TERRIFIED IS GBSD;FMAWOE 

BGKLDFMWE LOOKS LIKE MAC TOOK HALF THE ANIMATION BUDGET ALONE NGL 

I’M GRASPING AT HUMOUR STARWS RN LET ME BE 

WOW

OKAY 

CHAINS

HI 

THE WAY THE SYMBOL ORIGINATED UNDER HIM HAHHAHAHA 

HAHA

OH BOY

OHHHHH BOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

YEAH SO THIS EXPLAINS

WHY HE LOOKS 

THE WAY HE DOES

EP 1

HAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

MAN

I’M DYING

WE’RE

HECK

HECK

EHCK

HECKGB;SDAKJFNAGWE

I’M BRAIN NOT HI

ACK 

OKAY WE’RE GOOD FINE

“CHAMPION”

HAHAHAHHAHA

OHHHH BOYYY

MANS JUST LOOKS EXHAUSTED NOW

HE’S STUPID AND NEEDS HECKING HELP 

WOW MAKES SENSE WHY HE’S “SIDING” WITH HER NOW HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

I PAUSED IT TO LOOK AT PIGSY AND TANG AND I TOOK TO LONG AND IT PUASED ON WUKONG AND I JUST YELLED “IT’S HIM” GBSAD;KFMNA;WOEIDFMAWEF I HAVE SUCH BRAINROT FOR THIS STUPDI MONKEY I LOVE HIM GBSD;FAGMOWE

TANG HE’S BEEN GLOWING THE WHOEL TIME WHAT DO YOU MEEAAANN 

I love Pigsy So much BGAKL;WMFE;OWEF 

TANG SCOLDING PIGSY BGSDALFMA;WEO

If they didn’t have pigs they’d never get anywhere BGSAKLWMWE

HE’S THE DRIVE THE “LETS KEEP GOING” HURRY UP KGNSAD;LFMAWOEF

MEI IS THAT MEME 

“IF I HAD THIS GUY I’D HYPE HIM UP SO MUCH, I’D WALK INTO A ROOM AND ANNOUNCE HIM AND IF YOU DON’T CLAP I’LL BLOW UP THIS BUILDING” OR WHATEVER IT IS GBASKFMAWE 

WHAT ARE THEYGBSDJL;FKMA;WOE RTYING TO ACCOMPLISH U CAN’T JUST HRRGGHHHH UNTIL U DBG;LSAJKVBOER HELPOGFAWEF

YEAH OF COURSE YUP GBASLKFM;AWEF 

CRYING OVER HOW SUPPORTIVE THEY ARE BGDS;JF;AWME ;A; 

Kay so last episode was “I know my powers will come back when my friends are in danger” and now he’s “how do i know it’s gonna work” 

feels contradictory and a little neyh writing :T 

TEH GOLD VISION IS THE BABY PIOWERBGDSKFM;AWEF

I’M NOT EVEN AS GOOD AS A BABYGBSDFAMOWEGFIGAW PLEASE MK BOI LAD MY GUY HELPBGSDLKMA;OIGEW

MEI AND SANDYGBFMA;OGHA;WEF

Mk i just v upset at himself :( 

Interesting how Monkey King’s insecurities in his powers result in not saying anything and trying to fix it on his own, brushing off concerns, while Mk’s manifests in anger at himself 

MAN ANYWAY 

WAIT I HAD TO GO BACK AND 

“WHAT USE AM I” 

MK

BUDDY

SHAKES HIM

U DON’T NEED TO BE USEFUL THAT’S WHY MONKEY KING IS RE-CHARGING BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE TO YOU DON’T NEED TO BE USEFUL TO BE IMPORTANT N

Okay so i get he just wants to help but my guy please PLEASE BG;SDAFMOAWEF 

 THE WAY MEI PRONOUNCED SAMADHI 

BGASKLDMFAWOE CRYINGBFALM;OEFIWE

“TANG DON’T JUST YELL, I CAN DO THAT” 

HE IS A PARENT I’M WHEEZINGBDSF;LAM;WEF

UH

NO

NO THEY DIDN’T 

MK DON’T GET IN THE CAR WITH MACAQUE

IT’S MACAQUE

MK DON’T GET IN THE CAR I SWEAR IT’S NOT 

HE’S TRYING SO HARD THEY REALLY NEED TO LIKE, HOLD HIS HAND AT ALL TIMES SO HE DOESN’T GET LOST I SWEAR, PUCNHES MACAQUE IN THE FACE 

HOW DID THEY NOT NOTICE MK DIDN’T GET IN THE VAN WITH THEM

PIGSY STOP TALKING UR SON IS MISSING 

I’M SUCH CONCERN

IS MEI WITH HIM?? 

WAS THAT AT LESAT MEI??? I’M SO CONCERNED 

FOR REALS IT’S SO OBV MAC IT’S SO SHADOWY IN THERE MEI KILL HIM 

“I feel like i’m talking to myself here” HTAT’S CAUSE YOU ARE, PIGSY PLEASE ;A; 

AT LEAST THEY HAVE EACH OTHER

Mei calling Pigsy Piggy actually means everything to me ;-; 

YOU GETTING IT MK

OH THANK HEAVENS SANDY’S WITH THEM TOO

OKAY SO AT LEAST THOSE THREE HAVE SANDY I’M GLAD YAY GOOD 

love how macaques first move is always to separate them first

kicks him in the knee 

YEEEAHAHHH MK GOT IT

HE’S SO FREAKING SMART

NOOOOOOOO

SUCH CONCERN

YEAH PIGSY NOTICE 

SCREAMS

WUKONG WAKE UP U STUPID MONKEY UR SON’S IN TROUBLE 

OH THAT WAS BEAUTIFULLY DONE 

THE CHANGE THERE THE SEPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO VANS

AND THE WAY THEY’RE DRIVING INTO THE DARKNESS WHILE THE OTHERS ARE DRIVING TOWARDS TEH SUN IS ACTUALLY SO FREAKING GOOD ACTUALLY HOT DANG WRITING GO BRRR

YOU DON’T SAY, MEI 

UYEAH GET IT 

AHAHAHAH NOOOOO

OH I SWEAR IF MAC SEPERATES MK FROM THEM I’M GONNA BREAK MORE THAN HIS FACE BGSLK;FMAWOEF 

LOOK AND MACAQUE CHANNELING HIS INNER LBD GLITCHY VIBES 

BGA;SLKMFA;OWE

MAN THO THE ANIMATION 

IT’S FUNNY HOW CLEAR PEOPLE LOVE MAC AS A CHARACTER 

HOW WELL THEY ANIMATE HIM SAYS IT ALL GBSDKFMAOWEF 

MACAQUE: how could I possibly lure sandy away

Macaque: got it 

macaque: MEOW

CANON

I CAN’T BEELIVE THIS BGSAKDFMA;OWEF

NO BUT THE VISUAL OF MACAQUE PUTTING A WALL BETWEEN MK AND MEI TRYING TO SEPERATE THEM IS UH 

YEAH 

THINKS ABOTU HOW HARD HE SELF PROJECTS ONTO THOSE TWO 

HHAHAHAHA

KILL

TOUCH MK AND U DIE MAC

I DON’T CARE UR TRUAMATISED I’LL DROP KCIK U INTO THE SUN 

MAN

KILL HIM 

SMACKS MACAQUE WITH A PILLOW

FILLED WITH BRICKS

HE’LL BE FINE

THE WAY HE JUST PASSED RIGHT THROUGH HIM AND MK LOOKED SO PANICKED

MAN

PUNCHES HIM IN THE FACE 

PUNCH HIM

IN THE FACE

NOOO

W O W 

Y’know, despite the fact he’s doing this, like Mac is so freaking stressed, he’s like

W O W 

Wukong in ep 1: do i have to spell everything out?

Mac in ep 4: do I have to explain EVERYTHING? 

THEY’RE STUPID AND THE SAME, AND ITS JUST KICKS HIM IN THE HEAD

BRUH DUDE UR THE WORRRSSSTTTTTT 

So like, one down and one to go, so good news is he has to come back for Wukong so BGAKWMOEF 

 YEAH THAT’S RIGHT PIGSY, U KNOW SOMETHINGS WRONG GO GET UR KID 

HELLO SCORPION DEMONNNNN

HELLOOOO

OHHH BOIII

IS THIS WHERE THEY SNAP HIM OUT OF HIS MEDITATION AND SOMETHING HAPPENS

I’M HHHHHAAAAA

AAAAAAAA

SCREAMING 

OKAY KILLS MACAQUE 

I DON’T BG;KLSAFMAOWE AAAAA

The way Mk looks whenever Macaque is around H

He just, he knows what he’s doing and knows Macaque’s manipulations by now, so he’s just angry at him. HE’S NOT EVEN SCARED AT THIS POINT HE’S JUST MAD 

GOSH 

KILL HIM

HOW DARE YOU THREATEN SANDY I’M GONNA BODYSLAM YOU INTO THE SUN 

HOW DARE

GET HIM

GET EM 

“BABY POWERS”

YOU’RE SO STUPID, YOU EVESDROPPED DIDN’T YOU 

KICKS HIM IN THE LEG 

GET HIM MK

BEAT HIM  UP 

OKAY BUT THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. HE CAN SEE THE SHADOWS, THE LIGHT, THAT HE USES, THE GOLDEN VISION AND ALL THE SUDDEN THE SHADOWS ARE SMALLER

LIEK THE GOLD VISION LITERALLY WEAKENED MACAQUE JUST BY ACTUALLY LOOKING AT HIM

hoooOOOO BOY THE 

CAUSE MACAQUE’S STRENGHT COMES FROM HIS LIES AND DECEPTION AND SHADOWS

TAKE THAT AWAY, AND HE’S BARELY ANTYING

WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOOWOW

WOW

MK

LOOK HOW MUCH HE’S PROGRESSED AND GROWN UP

Instead of yelling and fighting, he just holds Macaque there and asks and tries to understand and acts like this is just a normal conversation, eh’s not even trying to fight him he’s just asking 

MAN 

HE’S SO EARNEST TOO

MK MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME HE’S TRYNG SO VERY HARD TO BE KIND AND UNDERSTANDING (looks at SQ) mAN 

“i’ve had a taste of dying, and not a big fan SO” KAY WOW AIGHT COME RIGHT OUT AND SAY IT DEAD BOY BGSDKLMF;AOWEF 

When he’s with his friends he seems actually like afraid of macaque but he’s literally fighting him without powers rn and he doesn’t seem afraid of him at ALL 

man

MAN

okay just, I find how Mk treats him very interesting 

mK IS WAY TOO GOOD FOR MACAQUE I’M JUST SAYING LIKE HE’S SO PATIENT AND KIND NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES HE BEATS HIM THE HECK UP, MAN ABUSES THIS KID AND HE JUST CONSTANTLY TRYING TO GET HIM TO OPEN UP AND BE KIND TO HIM M A N 

MAN 

THIS EP

EHCK

“if you can’t beat me, you can’t beat her” THAT WHOLE

HE’S RIGHT 

LIKE, SEH’S SO MUCH MORE PWOERFUL THAN HIM AND HE KNOWS IT

AAAAA

I’M HAVING WAY TOO MANY THOUGHTS RN 

“I’ll repay my debt and be free of this nightmare” HE SAYS IT SO CAUSUALLY BUT MY GUY MY GOSH THE HECK GBSDKLFMA;WOEIFM 

I’D SAY SOMEBODY HELP HIM BUT MK’S ALREADY TRYING TO HECK 

GET EM

YES

MEI

GET HIM

CAUSE MK WON’T PUNCH HIM HE WONT’ DO IT

MEI WILL

FRICK YEAH 

GET EMMMMM

JHAHHAHAHAHHHAHHAHA

YOU DON’T GET TO TOUCH M’BOY

GET EM MEI 

BEAT HIM UP 

YEEEAAHHHHHHH

YEEEEAAAHHHHHHHHHH

GET EM MEI 

OHHHHHHHH

THAT HURT HIM

Y’DON’T SAY

THE WAY MK THINKS MEI IS THE ABSOLUTE COOLEST 

I’M HOLDING THEM SO GENTLY

THEY HYPE UP EACH OTHER SO MUCH I LOVE THEM 

YEAAAAHHH

GET EM MEI

BEAT THE CRAP OUTTA HIM

SHE’S PROBABLY GONNA LOSE BUT GET ONE HIT IN AND I’LL BE SO HAPPY 

MEI IS SO FREAKING GOOD I APPRECIATE HER SO MUCH 

THE FACT MEI PICKED THAT UP JUST BY WATCHING HER UNCLE DO THAT IS AMAZING 

Mei: *shows up* 

Macaque: I n t e r e s t i n g 

AKA: I have no idea what to do in this situation so i’m making myself seem like i just find it neat 

THAT IS SUPER GROSS, GET HIM 

I’M LAUGHING 

AT HIM

SO HARD

LETS GET SOME ARMOUURRRRRR

HE’S SO STUPID

HE’S SO DRAMATIC

I KNOW IT’S JUST FOR THE SETS BUT I’M WHEEZING BGD;SLKFMN;GH;OAIWMF 

CAN WE PUNC HIM

CAN WE PLEASE? 

ALSO AWOOGA THAT FRAME WHEN WE SEE HIM INSIDE THE MECH HI 

HI 

HIS MECH HAS SIX EEEARRRRSSSSSS

SANDYYYYYY

;A; 

I’M HOLDING HIM SO FREAKING GENTLYYYYYYYYYYY

HAHA U FOOL YOU THINK U CAN STAND AGAINST SANDY??????

HA 

GET HIM MEI

HE DARED TOUCH SANDY BEAT HIM UP 

WOOWWWW THAT LIKE, LAZERD HIM DIRECTLY AND NOTHING HAPPENED

WOOWWWWW

IT HURT HIM BEFORE THO?? 

THINKING HARD ABOTU THAT 

WOWWWW

W O W 

THE LBD FRAME

MK’S THE SAME

H

I’M FINE

That’s Mk’s “something bad is happening to my friends and i can’t do anything about it” face

wonder if 

backstory H

JUST THINKING IGNORE ME MOVING ON 

BRUH

OF COURSE THEY DID THE “TAKE ME, JUST LEAVE THEM ALONE” OF COURSE THEY DID 

MAC JUST LOOKS KINDA ALL OVER THE PLACE HE’S NOT DOING WELL, AND I STILL WANNA PUNT HIM INTO THE SUN FOR DOING THIS TO MK 

MACAQUE SELF PROJECTING ONTO MK

GLOATING OVER THE FACT THAT HE’S IN CONTROL OF THE SITUATION AND MK IS NOTHING

CAUSE HEY, HE’S IN MK’S PLACE IN REGARDS TO LBD

HE IS NOTHING, AND LBD IS IN CONTROL 

HE’S LIKE, CLASSIC BULLY PROJECTING ISSUES ONTO SOMEONE WEAKER THAN HIM I’M

HE’S THE WORST Y’ALLS 

THAT QUIET “I said.” 

h

ACTUALLY NOT OVER HOW MAC JUST SLAMMED MEI’S DRAGON INTO THE SAND

GET EM MK 

LOOK HOW PRETTY BIRD HE IS 

GET HIM

HOW’D HE KNOW TO GO FOR THE EYE?? 

HOW’D THAT EFFECT MAC?? 

HECK

YEAH GOT HIM 

WOW MK’S POWERFUL 

WOW THE WAY HE

CLUTCHED HIS EYE AND LAUGHED HYSTERICALLY 

MANS’ GOT EYE TRUAMA FOR ONE 

UH

WOW THIS IS A LOT THIS EP HOLY CRAP THERE’S SO MUCH TO FREAKING UNPACK I’M REELING 

Interesting really is Macaque’s favourite word this season GAL;KF;AWE HE’S SO SUTPID I’M GONNA FISTFIGHT HIM INTO THE SUN

THE TRANSFORMATIONS 

SCREAMING SO LOUDLY 

THAT WAS A LOT 

THAT WAS SO MUCH

WOW

WOW

IT TOOK ME LIKE AN HOUR AND A HALF TO WATCH THIS AND I STILL FEEL THE NEED TO GO THROUGH IT AGAIN BECAUSE WOW

WOW THAT EYE THING THO

I’M ON THE FLOOR

HOLY CRAP

I’M DEAD

MK KNOWING TO GO FOR THE EYE THO 

I’M NOT OVER THAT 

HE KNOWS THAT’S A SPOT THAT HURTS HIM AND WENT FOR IT 

H

I’M WOW

WOW

SO SAD WE COULDN’T SEE MEI REALLY BEAT UP MACAQUE BUT

WOW

THE WAY MK TREATS MACAQUE AND LIKE

SEEMS SAD WHEN HE GOES FOR THE OTHER OPTION RATHER THAN LETTING HIM HELP HIM

N

HHGGBBD;FMAOEW 

SCREAMS

I NEED TO LIKE LAY DOWN AFTER THIS EP GOOD GOSH 

LAYS DOWN

SCREAMS

ROLLS AWAY

OKAY WOW YEAH

GONNA

THIS REALLY TOOK EIGHT YEARS OF MY LIFE, CRUMPLED IT UP INTO A BALL AND HANDED IT BACK TO ME BGDSLKFMA;OGH;OIAWEMF

WOWOWOWOWOOWOWOWOOWOW

OKAY I’M FINE

IM JUST

WOW

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Loss [A]

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Do Republicans Vote In The Democratic Primary

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Do Republicans Vote In The Democratic Primary

What Is A Voter

The Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act, which took effect January 1, 2011, created “voter-nominated” offices. The Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act does not apply to candidates running for U.S. President, county central committees, or local offices.

Most of the offices that were previously known as “partisan” are now known as “voter-nominated” offices. Voter-nominated offices are state constitutional offices, state legislative offices, and U.S. congressional offices. The only “partisan offices” now are the offices of U.S. President and county central committee.

Who Can Vote In A Primary

Only Democrats can vote in the Democratic Primary.

Only Republicans can vote in the Republican Primary.

The last day to register to vote before the Primary is the 4th Saturday before the Primary.

The deadline to change party affiliation before the Primary is the last Friday in May.

You can register to vote and change your party affiliation after the Primary.

Step Four: Super Tuesday

A few other states voted in between New Hampshire and the end of February, but things really started to warm up by Super Tuesday, on 3 March.

What is Super Tuesday?

THE big date in the primary calendar, when 16 states, territories or groups voted for their preferred candidate in primaries or caucuses. A third of all the delegates available in the entire primary season were up for grabs on Super Tuesday. By the end of the day it became much clearer that Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders were the front-runners for the Democratic nomination.

The two states with the most delegates voted on Super Tuesday – California and Texas . California voted three months earlier than in 2016, making Super Tuesday even more super than normal.

States With Open Primaries For Other Elections

A similar system known as a nonpartisan blanket primary has been used in Louisiana for state and local elections since 1976, and began to be used in Washington, after numerous court challenges, in 2008.

In California, under Proposition 14, a measure that easily passed, traditional party primaries were replaced in 2011 with wide-open elections. Proposition 14, known as the open primary measure, gave every voter the same ballot in primary elections for most state and federal races, except the presidential contest.

Most primaries in New York are closed, but state law contains a provision allowing parties to use a different method if they want. Currently, only the Independence Party chooses to allow unaffiliated voters to participate.

Who Gets A Say

Some say the stricter primary systems restrict whose voice can be part of the democratic process and are therefore undemocratic. Parties can block who participates in primaries, or systems force voters to publicly identify with a party.

But Laurel Harbridge-Yong, associate professor of political science at Northwestern University, says the argument for limiting voting to party members makes sense those who align with a party should get to choose the issues and candidates who represent them.

To people who study political parties Its actually quite shocking to think that you would even have something like open primaries, Harbridge-Yong says. Taken in a different context, the question would be, Why should someone whos not a Methodist be able to help pick the priest at a Methodist congregation? Of course, it would be the people that are part of that denomination or that group who are the ones that are selecting their leader.

In June, the BGA Policy team had John Opdycke, president of Open Primaries, as a guest on the BGA podcast . Opdycke advocates for primary reform across the country, and said efforts are underway in 15 or 20 states to attempt to change primary systems.

There’s a lot of momentum, there’s a lot of activity, Opdycke said. And yet this movement is still very underdeveloped, very young and the opposition comes from both political parties.

And in Illinois?

How Do You Choose

When you show up to your polling location, youll decide whether you want a Democratic or Republican primary ballot.

But after choosing a side in the primary, you have to stay in that lane through the runoff. You cant vote Republican in the primary election and then participate in a runoff election between top Democratic candidates.

That said, voting in a primary does not commit you to vote for a particular candidate in the general election. You can vote for either partys candidate in the November election.

I Dont See That Happening

Martin told me she and other South Carolina Republicans had chosen to support Sanders because Biden still held a significant lead in the state. Im not sure if we could move him with enough crossover votes to overcome Biden, she said, but thats the math were looking at is who can we cross over and vote for that mathematically will cause the most consternation.

Ultimately, she hopes that the crossover vote push will cause South Carolina Democrats the same kind of angst that weve had for years and push them toward closing their primary.

I do not think it was a result of our efforts, even if we were as successful mathematically as we could be, that everyones going to agree to close the primaries tomorrow, she told me, but said coverage of their efforts was already getting traction with Democrats in the fight for closed primaries.

I asked whether Martin was concerned that a Sanders primary victory in South Carolina pushed by Republican crossover voters could ultimately result in a Sanders presidency. She took my point, but said, I dont see that happening.

The Iowa caucuses, she said, showed that the people that make the rules in the Democrat party are not going to allow Bernie to be the nominee. Citing debate rule changes and recent remarks by Democratic Party stalwarts like James Carville, she said that there was no way the party would permit Sanders to win the nomination.

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Counties Are Doing Things A Little Differently This Time

If you live in one of the counties highlighted below, voting might look a little different this year.

In 2016, California passed the Voter Choice Act, a law aimed at modernizing the states election system, such that:

Every registered voter gets a ballot in the mail

Voters are no longer required to go to a specific polling place, but can vote at any number of voting centers or drop-off points

Voters can cast their ballots in person beginning 11 days before, and up to and including, Election Day

In 2018, five counties rolled out the new system. This year, 10 more will join their ranks. Thats fifteen counties in all containing 49% of the state population.

This is key for no party preference voters living in these counties who may not get the ballot they want in the mail. See the previous section for details.

Argument That Delegates Are Unbound

Former RNC committee member Curly Haugland and public policy consultant Sean Parnell argued in their 2016 book, Unbound: The Conscience of a Republican Delegate, that delegates are free to vote their conscience and are not bound by state or party laws to vote according to the results of party primaries or caucuses. Click on the following links to learn more about arguments for and against this interpretation of delegate binding:

See also: Democratic delegate rules, 2020

Delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention selected Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee on August 18, 2020. The national nominating convention is the formal ceremony during which the party officially selects its nominee. The delegates are individuals chosen to represent their state, territory, or Democrats Abroad at the convention.

In 2020, there were 4,750 delegates: 3,979 pledged delegates and 771 automatic delegatesmore commonly known as superdelegates.

To win the Democratic nomination, a presidential candidate needed to receive support from a majority of the pledged delegates on the first ballot: 1,991 pledged delegates.

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, several states postponed their primaries. Under Rule 12 of the Delegate Selection Rules for the 2020 Democratic National Convention, no primary or caucus was permitted to take place after June 9, 2020. Any state violating that rule could have been subject to delegate reduction penalties.

Step One: The Start Line

A whole year before the primaries, the first candidates emerged from hibernation. Over the year, others woke up and eventually 28 people announced they were running to become the Democratic nominee for president.

But dwindling funds, luke-warm or public reaction and campaign infighting have, to varying degrees, led to most of them pulling out of the race.

At the start of primary season, 11 people remained in the running, a number that has now reduced to three. In theory, any one of them could become the nominee. In reality, only two now have a chance.

Each Primary Has Its Flaws

When it comes down to it, both the Republican and Democratic parties have their own unique, subtle system by which they can override the nations popular primary vote.

The days when politicians gathered in dark rooms where cigarette smoke flowed out from underneath the door are over, but that doesnt mean the existing system is completely democratic.

For both Republicans and Democrats, theres more to winning a nomination than scoring Americas majority vote.

What Is A Closed Primary Election

What is a Closed Primary Election and How Your Choice of Party Affiliation Affects You in an Election?

Federal/State Primary Elections – Even-Numbered Years

What Is a Primary Election?         

A Primary Election is a preliminary election to select, when necessary, Democratic, Republican and nonpartisan candidates who will run in the General Election contests . The direct vote of the people selects the candidates, rather than votes of convention delegates.

Nevada Is a CLOSED Primary Election State            

  Major Political Parties:

°  Democratic: If you are a registered with the Democratic Party, you may vote in your precinct’s contests which select Democratic candidates AND in all of your precinct’s nonpartisan contests.

°  Republican: If you are a registered Republican, you may vote in your precinct’s contests which select Republican candidates AND in all of your precinct’s nonpartisan contests.

 Other Political Parties and Affiliations:                       

If you are not registered as a Democratic or Republican, you may vote for ONLY Nonpartisan CONTESTS for your precinct. Minor party, other party and independent candidates  only appear in the General Election, NOT the Primary Election.

°  Minor Political Parties:  If your Voter Registration Application indicates that your party is one that is classified as “minor party,” you may vote for ONLY Nonpartisan CONTESTS for your precinct.  to view the list of officially recognized minor parties  in the State of Nevada :

TO VOLUNTEER TO BE A POLL WORKER, .

Why Some Conservatives Are Voting In Michigan’s Democratic Primary

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Katey Morse is on a journey of political atonement.

“I’ve gone on Facebook and apologized to family and friends and said hey, I made a mistake,” the 39-year-old Michigan resident said last year of her 2016 vote for Donald Trump.

Morse said that she got caught up in Trump’s celebrity and was impressed by his business record. And she assumed that the bravado she saw and heard on TV was just a character put on for the campaign trail that would subside once he got into office.

But she said she had learned since then that it wasn’t an act. A turning point for her came in March 2019, when she took her son to a Trump rally. She was horrified. Afterward, Morse had to have a conversation with the boy, then 7, about how not to talk about other people.

And as the Democratic primary season began to take shape last year, Morse started to consider voting blue.

It’s a choice some moderate Republicans across the state are also grappling with ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primary contest. NBC News spent time with voters in Kent County, where Morse lives, just outside Grand Rapids. The hometown of Gerald Ford, the area is a traditionally Republican stronghold. Some Republicans here said they feel lost because they no longer recognize the party they grew up with. They’re wary enough about another four years of Trump’s presidency to consider the Democratic candidates.

No Party Preference Voters: Pay Attention

Registered Democrats, Republicans, Greens, Libertarians and other party members, rest assured. You are guaranteed a primary ballot with all of your partys presidential contenders on it.

But voters who dont belong to a political party the fastest growing voting block in the state will have to navigate a more daunting set of obstacles to cast a presidential primary vote.

Some parties have members only policies:

The Republican Party

The Green Party

The Peace and Freedom Party

If you want to vote in one of these three primaries, youll have to join that party. You cant do it as a member of any other party, or even as a no party preference independent. No exceptions. 

The following three parties do allow political independents to cast ballots in their presidential primaries :

The Democratic Party

The Libertarian Party

The American Independent Party

But and this is an important caveat these voters do have to specifically request the ballot they want.

For those who vote in person, this is a cinch. Just go into your polling place when its time to vote and ask. But independents who vote by mail need to let your county know which ballot they want ahead of time.

Maybe you received a postcard that looks like this:

And if youve already received a ballot in the mail and were disappointed by the lack of presidential candidates, do notfill it out. You can always request a new ballot, but trying to vote twice is frowned upon .

Cancellation Of State Caucuses Or Primaries

The Washington Examiner reported on December 19, 2018, that the South Carolina Republican Party had not ruled out forgoing a primary contest to protect Trump from any primary challengers. Party chairman Drew McKissick stated, “Considering the fact that the entire party supports the president, we’ll end up doing what’s in the president’s best interest.” On January 24, another Washington Examiner report indicated that the Kansas Republican Party was “likely” to scrap its presidential caucus to “save resources”.

In August 2019, the Associated Press reported that the Nevada Republican Party was also contemplating canceling their caucuses, with the state party spokesman, Keith Schipper, saying it “isn’t about any kind of conspiracy theory about protecting the president … He’s going to be the nominee … This is about protecting resources to make sure that the president wins in Nevada and that Republicans up and down the ballot win in 2020.”

Kansas, Nevada and South Carolina’s state committees officially voted on September 7, 2019, to cancel their caucus and primary. The Arizona state Republican Party indicated two days later that it will not hold a primary. These four were joined by the Alaska state Republican party on September 21, when its central committee announced they would not hold a presidential primary.

Virginia Republicans decided to allocate delegates at the state convention.

Why You Need To Vote In The Primary Elections

True or false. You only need to vote in the November presidential election and not the primary elections.

FALSE!

For most American voters, the presidential primary elections matter more than the general election. Like Ive said before, if you live in a red state or a blue state, your vote in the presidential election wont make a difference. The rest of your state will overwhelming vote for a Democrat or a Republican. Your vote wont change your states outcome. .

But the primary elections are an entirely different story.

The presidential primaries determine who will represent the Republicans and the Democrats during the November election. Instead of voting between just 2 candidates, you have the choice of 3 Democrats or 12 Republicans. Unlike the general election, you actually have a chance of voting for your preferred candidate, not just the lesser of two evils.

Government 101: United States Presidential Primary

How Does the Presidential Primary Process Work?

The Convention

Prior to a general election, there is a selection process to determine which candidate will appear on the ballot for a given political party in the nationwide general election. Political parties generally hold national conventions at which a group of delegates collectively decide upon which candidate they will run for the presidency. The process of choosing delegates to the national convention is undertaken at the state level, which means that there are significant differences from state to state and sometimes year to year. The two methods for choosing delegates to the national convention are the caucus and the primary.

The Caucus

Caucuses were the original method for selecting candidates but have decreased in number since the primary was introduced in the early 1900’s. In states that hold caucuses a political party announces the date, time, and location of the meeting. Generally any voter registered with the party may attend. At the caucus, delegates are chosen to represent the state’s interests at the national party convention. Prospective delegates are identified as favorable to a specific candidate or uncommitted. After discussion and debate an informal vote is taken to determine which delegates should be chosen.

The Primary

Awarding the Delegates

Step Two: The Iowa Caucuses

The first event of the primary season isn’t a primary at all – it’s a series of caucuses, in Iowa. These took place on Monday 3 February, in somewhat chaotic fashion.

What are caucuses?

A caucus involves people attending a meeting – maybe for a few hours – before they vote on their preferred candidate, perhaps via a head count or a show of hands. Those meetings might be in just a few select locations – you can’t just turn up at a polling station.

As a result, caucuses tend to really suit candidates who are good at rousing their supporters to get out of bed. People like Bernie Sanders, for example, who performed well in Iowa this time, as did Pete Buttigieg.

Democrats’ key issues explained

Caucuses used to be far more popular back in the day, but this year, Democrats are holding only four in US states – in Nevada, North Dakota, Wyoming and Iowa.

If any candidate gets under 15% of the vote in any caucus, their supporters then get to pick a second choice from among the candidates who did get more than 15%, or they can just choose to sit out the second vote.

Why does Iowa matter?

A win there for any candidate can help give them momentum and propel them to victory in the primaries.

Why does Iowa not matter?

Iowa doesn’t represent the entire US – it’s largely white, so the way people vote there is very, very different than in other states.

How Are Primary Elections Conducted In California

All candidates for voter-nominated offices are listed on one ballot and only the top two vote-getters in the primary election regardless of party preference – move on to the general election. Write-in candidates for voter-nominated offices can only run in the primary election. A write-in candidate will only move on to the general election if the candidate is one of the top two vote-getters in the primary election.

Prior to the Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act, the top vote-getter from each qualified political party, as well as any write-in candidate who received a certain percentage of votes, moved on to the general election.

The Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act does not apply to candidates running for U.S. President, county central committee, or local office.

Primary Election Snafus Show Challenges For November Vote

Republicans’ and Democrats’ vastly different starting points help explain why the politics over voting and elections have been and likely will remain so fraught, through and beyond Election Day this year.

Sometimes it seems as if the politicians involved barely live in the same country. It has become common for one side to discount the legitimacy of a victory by the other.

And the coronavirus pandemic, which has scrambled nearly everything about life in the United States, makes understanding it all even more complicated. Here’s what you need to know to decode this year’s voting controversies.

The Rosetta stone

The key that unlocks so much of the partisan debate about voting is one word: turnout.

An old truism holds that, all other things held equal, a smaller pool of voters tends to be better for Republicans and the larger the pool gets, the better for Democrats.

This isn’t mathematically ironclad, as politicians learn and relearn regularly. But this assumption is the foundation upon which much else is built.

What The Gov: If I Voted Republican In A Primary Can I Vote Democrat In The General

Illinois primary elections force voters to ask for a partisan ballot. From primaries to the general in November, heres what you should know about party identification and voting.

This article is part of a series called “What the Gov,” where BGA Engagement Editor Mia Sato takes reader questions related to Illinois government and upcoming elections and tracks down the answers. Ask your own question here.

Voters hear a lot about party politics at all levels of government, from Congress all the way down to local municipal elections. Some voters align closely with a party and others cast their vote on a case-by-case basis. But how does party identification impact how you can vote? Several readers were stumped.

Cynthia Mosley, a retired Chicago Public Schools teacher living on Chicagos Southside, is one of them. She remembers her mother didn’t vote in the primaries because it meant saying aloud to a poll worker which partys ballot she wanted. Cynthia wondered why voters have to declare a party to vote in the primary.

Another reader was thinking forward: could she could vote for any partys candidates in the general, or did she have to be registered with that party?

Were just a few weeks out from the November election and voters have a lot of questions both about the systems Illinois has and how it plays out in the voting process. Heres what you should know.

The Presidential Primary Will Not Use The Familiar Top Two Ballot

California voters can be forgiven for assuming that political party registration doesnt really matter.

In 2010 voters backed a measure to create the states nonpartisan top two election system, in which all primary voters fill out a ballot with every candidate on it regardless of either the voters or the candidates political party. The top two winners then move on to the general election ballot even if theyre both from the same party.

In races for state legislative and congressional seats, the top two method will still reign on the 2020 ballot. 

But when you vote in the presidential primary, its back to the old partisan system: Democrats on the Democratic ballot, Republicans on the Republican ballot, and so on.

So while voting in California usually goes like this under the top two:

In the presidential primary, it looks a little more like this:

The 2020 Democratic Primary Is Giving Some Republicans Dj Vu

A large, diffuse and unyielding field of candidates is helping Bernie Sanders dominate. Republicans who tried to beat Donald J. Trump in 2016 see parallels.

FARGO, N.D. After a disappointing sixth-place finish in Nevada, which followed a less disappointing third-place finish in New Hampshire but a humbling fifth-place finish in Iowa, Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota looked out at the crowd of more than 1,000 and predicted victory in the North Dakota primary at the time, more than two weeks away.

Somehow, I have a feeling this primary is still going to be going on, she said.

That much seems certain.

The no-end-in-sight nature of the contest for the Democratic nomination is alarming those in the party who are hoping to blunt the momentum of the front-runner, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. The most likely way they believe that could happen a critical mass of the senators rivals drop out so voters can coalesce around a single alternative seems like the least likely outcome.

The irony is thick. Mr. Sanders, the candidate many establishment Democrats fear would have the most trouble beating President Trump in November, is benefiting from some of the same dynamics that helped Mr. Trump stampede to the Republican nomination four years ago.

As Republicans who weathered 2016 observe 2020, they are feeling a distinct sense of déjà vu. The parallels are not perfect, but there are many right down to the candidates themselves.

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Do Republicans Vote In The Democratic Primary

What Is A Voter

The Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act, which took effect January 1, 2011, created “voter-nominated” offices. The Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act does not apply to candidates running for U.S. President, county central committees, or local offices.

Most of the offices that were previously known as “partisan” are now known as “voter-nominated” offices. Voter-nominated offices are state constitutional offices, state legislative offices, and U.S. congressional offices. The only “partisan offices” now are the offices of U.S. President and county central committee.

Who Can Vote In A Primary

Only Democrats can vote in the Democratic Primary.

Only Republicans can vote in the Republican Primary.

The last day to register to vote before the Primary is the 4th Saturday before the Primary.

The deadline to change party affiliation before the Primary is the last Friday in May.

You can register to vote and change your party affiliation after the Primary.

Step Four: Super Tuesday

A few other states voted in between New Hampshire and the end of February, but things really started to warm up by Super Tuesday, on 3 March.

What is Super Tuesday?

THE big date in the primary calendar, when 16 states, territories or groups voted for their preferred candidate in primaries or caucuses. A third of all the delegates available in the entire primary season were up for grabs on Super Tuesday. By the end of the day it became much clearer that Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders were the front-runners for the Democratic nomination.

The two states with the most delegates voted on Super Tuesday – California and Texas . California voted three months earlier than in 2016, making Super Tuesday even more super than normal.

States With Open Primaries For Other Elections

A similar system known as a nonpartisan blanket primary has been used in Louisiana for state and local elections since 1976, and began to be used in Washington, after numerous court challenges, in 2008.

In California, under Proposition 14, a measure that easily passed, traditional party primaries were replaced in 2011 with wide-open elections. Proposition 14, known as the open primary measure, gave every voter the same ballot in primary elections for most state and federal races, except the presidential contest.

Most primaries in New York are closed, but state law contains a provision allowing parties to use a different method if they want. Currently, only the Independence Party chooses to allow unaffiliated voters to participate.

Who Gets A Say

Some say the stricter primary systems restrict whose voice can be part of the democratic process and are therefore undemocratic. Parties can block who participates in primaries, or systems force voters to publicly identify with a party.

But Laurel Harbridge-Yong, associate professor of political science at Northwestern University, says the argument for limiting voting to party members makes sense those who align with a party should get to choose the issues and candidates who represent them.

To people who study political parties Its actually quite shocking to think that you would even have something like open primaries, Harbridge-Yong says. Taken in a different context, the question would be, Why should someone whos not a Methodist be able to help pick the priest at a Methodist congregation? Of course, it would be the people that are part of that denomination or that group who are the ones that are selecting their leader.

In June, the BGA Policy team had John Opdycke, president of Open Primaries, as a guest on the BGA podcast . Opdycke advocates for primary reform across the country, and said efforts are underway in 15 or 20 states to attempt to change primary systems.

There’s a lot of momentum, there’s a lot of activity, Opdycke said. And yet this movement is still very underdeveloped, very young and the opposition comes from both political parties.

And in Illinois?

How Do You Choose

When you show up to your polling location, youll decide whether you want a Democratic or Republican primary ballot.

But after choosing a side in the primary, you have to stay in that lane through the runoff. You cant vote Republican in the primary election and then participate in a runoff election between top Democratic candidates.

That said, voting in a primary does not commit you to vote for a particular candidate in the general election. You can vote for either partys candidate in the November election.

I Dont See That Happening

Martin told me she and other South Carolina Republicans had chosen to support Sanders because Biden still held a significant lead in the state. Im not sure if we could move him with enough crossover votes to overcome Biden, she said, but thats the math were looking at is who can we cross over and vote for that mathematically will cause the most consternation.

Ultimately, she hopes that the crossover vote push will cause South Carolina Democrats the same kind of angst that weve had for years and push them toward closing their primary.

I do not think it was a result of our efforts, even if we were as successful mathematically as we could be, that everyones going to agree to close the primaries tomorrow, she told me, but said coverage of their efforts was already getting traction with Democrats in the fight for closed primaries.

I asked whether Martin was concerned that a Sanders primary victory in South Carolina pushed by Republican crossover voters could ultimately result in a Sanders presidency. She took my point, but said, I dont see that happening.

The Iowa caucuses, she said, showed that the people that make the rules in the Democrat party are not going to allow Bernie to be the nominee. Citing debate rule changes and recent remarks by Democratic Party stalwarts like James Carville, she said that there was no way the party would permit Sanders to win the nomination.

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Counties Are Doing Things A Little Differently This Time

If you live in one of the counties highlighted below, voting might look a little different this year.

In 2016, California passed the Voter Choice Act, a law aimed at modernizing the states election system, such that:

Every registered voter gets a ballot in the mail

Voters are no longer required to go to a specific polling place, but can vote at any number of voting centers or drop-off points

Voters can cast their ballots in person beginning 11 days before, and up to and including, Election Day

In 2018, five counties rolled out the new system. This year, 10 more will join their ranks. Thats fifteen counties in all containing 49% of the state population.

This is key for no party preference voters living in these counties who may not get the ballot they want in the mail. See the previous section for details.

Argument That Delegates Are Unbound

Former RNC committee member Curly Haugland and public policy consultant Sean Parnell argued in their 2016 book, Unbound: The Conscience of a Republican Delegate, that delegates are free to vote their conscience and are not bound by state or party laws to vote according to the results of party primaries or caucuses. Click on the following links to learn more about arguments for and against this interpretation of delegate binding:

See also: Democratic delegate rules, 2020

Delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention selected Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee on August 18, 2020. The national nominating convention is the formal ceremony during which the party officially selects its nominee. The delegates are individuals chosen to represent their state, territory, or Democrats Abroad at the convention.

In 2020, there were 4,750 delegates: 3,979 pledged delegates and 771 automatic delegatesmore commonly known as superdelegates.

To win the Democratic nomination, a presidential candidate needed to receive support from a majority of the pledged delegates on the first ballot: 1,991 pledged delegates.

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, several states postponed their primaries. Under Rule 12 of the Delegate Selection Rules for the 2020 Democratic National Convention, no primary or caucus was permitted to take place after June 9, 2020. Any state violating that rule could have been subject to delegate reduction penalties.

Step One: The Start Line

A whole year before the primaries, the first candidates emerged from hibernation. Over the year, others woke up and eventually 28 people announced they were running to become the Democratic nominee for president.

But dwindling funds, luke-warm or public reaction and campaign infighting have, to varying degrees, led to most of them pulling out of the race.

At the start of primary season, 11 people remained in the running, a number that has now reduced to three. In theory, any one of them could become the nominee. In reality, only two now have a chance.

Each Primary Has Its Flaws

When it comes down to it, both the Republican and Democratic parties have their own unique, subtle system by which they can override the nations popular primary vote.

The days when politicians gathered in dark rooms where cigarette smoke flowed out from underneath the door are over, but that doesnt mean the existing system is completely democratic.

For both Republicans and Democrats, theres more to winning a nomination than scoring Americas majority vote.

What Is A Closed Primary Election

What is a Closed Primary Election and How Your Choice of Party Affiliation Affects You in an Election?

Federal/State Primary Elections – Even-Numbered Years

What Is a Primary Election?         

A Primary Election is a preliminary election to select, when necessary, Democratic, Republican and nonpartisan candidates who will run in the General Election contests . The direct vote of the people selects the candidates, rather than votes of convention delegates.

Nevada Is a CLOSED Primary Election State            

  Major Political Parties:

°  Democratic: If you are a registered with the Democratic Party, you may vote in your precinct’s contests which select Democratic candidates AND in all of your precinct’s nonpartisan contests.

°  Republican: If you are a registered Republican, you may vote in your precinct’s contests which select Republican candidates AND in all of your precinct’s nonpartisan contests.

 Other Political Parties and Affiliations:                       

If you are not registered as a Democratic or Republican, you may vote for ONLY Nonpartisan CONTESTS for your precinct. Minor party, other party and independent candidates  only appear in the General Election, NOT the Primary Election.

°  Minor Political Parties:  If your Voter Registration Application indicates that your party is one that is classified as “minor party,” you may vote for ONLY Nonpartisan CONTESTS for your precinct.  to view the list of officially recognized minor parties  in the State of Nevada :

TO VOLUNTEER TO BE A POLL WORKER, .

Why Some Conservatives Are Voting In Michigan’s Democratic Primary

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Katey Morse is on a journey of political atonement.

“I’ve gone on Facebook and apologized to family and friends and said hey, I made a mistake,” the 39-year-old Michigan resident said last year of her 2016 vote for Donald Trump.

Morse said that she got caught up in Trump’s celebrity and was impressed by his business record. And she assumed that the bravado she saw and heard on TV was just a character put on for the campaign trail that would subside once he got into office.

But she said she had learned since then that it wasn’t an act. A turning point for her came in March 2019, when she took her son to a Trump rally. She was horrified. Afterward, Morse had to have a conversation with the boy, then 7, about how not to talk about other people.

And as the Democratic primary season began to take shape last year, Morse started to consider voting blue.

It’s a choice some moderate Republicans across the state are also grappling with ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primary contest. NBC News spent time with voters in Kent County, where Morse lives, just outside Grand Rapids. The hometown of Gerald Ford, the area is a traditionally Republican stronghold. Some Republicans here said they feel lost because they no longer recognize the party they grew up with. They’re wary enough about another four years of Trump’s presidency to consider the Democratic candidates.

No Party Preference Voters: Pay Attention

Registered Democrats, Republicans, Greens, Libertarians and other party members, rest assured. You are guaranteed a primary ballot with all of your partys presidential contenders on it.

But voters who dont belong to a political party the fastest growing voting block in the state will have to navigate a more daunting set of obstacles to cast a presidential primary vote.

Some parties have members only policies:

The Republican Party

The Green Party

The Peace and Freedom Party

If you want to vote in one of these three primaries, youll have to join that party. You cant do it as a member of any other party, or even as a no party preference independent. No exceptions. 

The following three parties do allow political independents to cast ballots in their presidential primaries :

The Democratic Party

The Libertarian Party

The American Independent Party

But and this is an important caveat these voters do have to specifically request the ballot they want.

For those who vote in person, this is a cinch. Just go into your polling place when its time to vote and ask. But independents who vote by mail need to let your county know which ballot they want ahead of time.

Maybe you received a postcard that looks like this:

And if youve already received a ballot in the mail and were disappointed by the lack of presidential candidates, do notfill it out. You can always request a new ballot, but trying to vote twice is frowned upon .

Cancellation Of State Caucuses Or Primaries

The Washington Examiner reported on December 19, 2018, that the South Carolina Republican Party had not ruled out forgoing a primary contest to protect Trump from any primary challengers. Party chairman Drew McKissick stated, “Considering the fact that the entire party supports the president, we’ll end up doing what’s in the president’s best interest.” On January 24, another Washington Examiner report indicated that the Kansas Republican Party was “likely” to scrap its presidential caucus to “save resources”.

In August 2019, the Associated Press reported that the Nevada Republican Party was also contemplating canceling their caucuses, with the state party spokesman, Keith Schipper, saying it “isn’t about any kind of conspiracy theory about protecting the president … He’s going to be the nominee … This is about protecting resources to make sure that the president wins in Nevada and that Republicans up and down the ballot win in 2020.”

Kansas, Nevada and South Carolina’s state committees officially voted on September 7, 2019, to cancel their caucus and primary. The Arizona state Republican Party indicated two days later that it will not hold a primary. These four were joined by the Alaska state Republican party on September 21, when its central committee announced they would not hold a presidential primary.

Virginia Republicans decided to allocate delegates at the state convention.

Why You Need To Vote In The Primary Elections

True or false. You only need to vote in the November presidential election and not the primary elections.

FALSE!

For most American voters, the presidential primary elections matter more than the general election. Like Ive said before, if you live in a red state or a blue state, your vote in the presidential election wont make a difference. The rest of your state will overwhelming vote for a Democrat or a Republican. Your vote wont change your states outcome. .

But the primary elections are an entirely different story.

The presidential primaries determine who will represent the Republicans and the Democrats during the November election. Instead of voting between just 2 candidates, you have the choice of 3 Democrats or 12 Republicans. Unlike the general election, you actually have a chance of voting for your preferred candidate, not just the lesser of two evils.

Government 101: United States Presidential Primary

How Does the Presidential Primary Process Work?

The Convention

Prior to a general election, there is a selection process to determine which candidate will appear on the ballot for a given political party in the nationwide general election. Political parties generally hold national conventions at which a group of delegates collectively decide upon which candidate they will run for the presidency. The process of choosing delegates to the national convention is undertaken at the state level, which means that there are significant differences from state to state and sometimes year to year. The two methods for choosing delegates to the national convention are the caucus and the primary.

The Caucus

Caucuses were the original method for selecting candidates but have decreased in number since the primary was introduced in the early 1900’s. In states that hold caucuses a political party announces the date, time, and location of the meeting. Generally any voter registered with the party may attend. At the caucus, delegates are chosen to represent the state’s interests at the national party convention. Prospective delegates are identified as favorable to a specific candidate or uncommitted. After discussion and debate an informal vote is taken to determine which delegates should be chosen.

The Primary

Awarding the Delegates

Step Two: The Iowa Caucuses

The first event of the primary season isn’t a primary at all – it’s a series of caucuses, in Iowa. These took place on Monday 3 February, in somewhat chaotic fashion.

What are caucuses?

A caucus involves people attending a meeting – maybe for a few hours – before they vote on their preferred candidate, perhaps via a head count or a show of hands. Those meetings might be in just a few select locations – you can’t just turn up at a polling station.

As a result, caucuses tend to really suit candidates who are good at rousing their supporters to get out of bed. People like Bernie Sanders, for example, who performed well in Iowa this time, as did Pete Buttigieg.

Democrats’ key issues explained

Caucuses used to be far more popular back in the day, but this year, Democrats are holding only four in US states – in Nevada, North Dakota, Wyoming and Iowa.

If any candidate gets under 15% of the vote in any caucus, their supporters then get to pick a second choice from among the candidates who did get more than 15%, or they can just choose to sit out the second vote.

Why does Iowa matter?

A win there for any candidate can help give them momentum and propel them to victory in the primaries.

Why does Iowa not matter?

Iowa doesn’t represent the entire US – it’s largely white, so the way people vote there is very, very different than in other states.

How Are Primary Elections Conducted In California

All candidates for voter-nominated offices are listed on one ballot and only the top two vote-getters in the primary election regardless of party preference – move on to the general election. Write-in candidates for voter-nominated offices can only run in the primary election. A write-in candidate will only move on to the general election if the candidate is one of the top two vote-getters in the primary election.

Prior to the Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act, the top vote-getter from each qualified political party, as well as any write-in candidate who received a certain percentage of votes, moved on to the general election.

The Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act does not apply to candidates running for U.S. President, county central committee, or local office.

Primary Election Snafus Show Challenges For November Vote

Republicans’ and Democrats’ vastly different starting points help explain why the politics over voting and elections have been and likely will remain so fraught, through and beyond Election Day this year.

Sometimes it seems as if the politicians involved barely live in the same country. It has become common for one side to discount the legitimacy of a victory by the other.

And the coronavirus pandemic, which has scrambled nearly everything about life in the United States, makes understanding it all even more complicated. Here’s what you need to know to decode this year’s voting controversies.

The Rosetta stone

The key that unlocks so much of the partisan debate about voting is one word: turnout.

An old truism holds that, all other things held equal, a smaller pool of voters tends to be better for Republicans and the larger the pool gets, the better for Democrats.

This isn’t mathematically ironclad, as politicians learn and relearn regularly. But this assumption is the foundation upon which much else is built.

What The Gov: If I Voted Republican In A Primary Can I Vote Democrat In The General

Illinois primary elections force voters to ask for a partisan ballot. From primaries to the general in November, heres what you should know about party identification and voting.

This article is part of a series called “What the Gov,” where BGA Engagement Editor Mia Sato takes reader questions related to Illinois government and upcoming elections and tracks down the answers. Ask your own question here.

Voters hear a lot about party politics at all levels of government, from Congress all the way down to local municipal elections. Some voters align closely with a party and others cast their vote on a case-by-case basis. But how does party identification impact how you can vote? Several readers were stumped.

Cynthia Mosley, a retired Chicago Public Schools teacher living on Chicagos Southside, is one of them. She remembers her mother didn’t vote in the primaries because it meant saying aloud to a poll worker which partys ballot she wanted. Cynthia wondered why voters have to declare a party to vote in the primary.

Another reader was thinking forward: could she could vote for any partys candidates in the general, or did she have to be registered with that party?

Were just a few weeks out from the November election and voters have a lot of questions both about the systems Illinois has and how it plays out in the voting process. Heres what you should know.

The Presidential Primary Will Not Use The Familiar Top Two Ballot

California voters can be forgiven for assuming that political party registration doesnt really matter.

In 2010 voters backed a measure to create the states nonpartisan top two election system, in which all primary voters fill out a ballot with every candidate on it regardless of either the voters or the candidates political party. The top two winners then move on to the general election ballot even if theyre both from the same party.

In races for state legislative and congressional seats, the top two method will still reign on the 2020 ballot. 

But when you vote in the presidential primary, its back to the old partisan system: Democrats on the Democratic ballot, Republicans on the Republican ballot, and so on.

So while voting in California usually goes like this under the top two:

In the presidential primary, it looks a little more like this:

The 2020 Democratic Primary Is Giving Some Republicans Dj Vu

A large, diffuse and unyielding field of candidates is helping Bernie Sanders dominate. Republicans who tried to beat Donald J. Trump in 2016 see parallels.

FARGO, N.D. After a disappointing sixth-place finish in Nevada, which followed a less disappointing third-place finish in New Hampshire but a humbling fifth-place finish in Iowa, Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota looked out at the crowd of more than 1,000 and predicted victory in the North Dakota primary at the time, more than two weeks away.

Somehow, I have a feeling this primary is still going to be going on, she said.

That much seems certain.

The no-end-in-sight nature of the contest for the Democratic nomination is alarming those in the party who are hoping to blunt the momentum of the front-runner, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. The most likely way they believe that could happen a critical mass of the senators rivals drop out so voters can coalesce around a single alternative seems like the least likely outcome.

The irony is thick. Mr. Sanders, the candidate many establishment Democrats fear would have the most trouble beating President Trump in November, is benefiting from some of the same dynamics that helped Mr. Trump stampede to the Republican nomination four years ago.

As Republicans who weathered 2016 observe 2020, they are feeling a distinct sense of déjà vu. The parallels are not perfect, but there are many right down to the candidates themselves.

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