I bit the bullet and voted in the Arkansas Rethuglican primary.

[TomSlick]

Arkansas has an open primary and the only election was on the Rethuglican primary. I had a list of people to vote against, starting with Sara (Smokey Eyes) Huckabee Sanders for Governor.

When asked what ballot I wanted I muttered "Republican, God help me." The worker laughed an gave me the ballot.
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[MyMission]

1. I did the same thing in the NC primary

Early voting today, I was number 871 at that location.

I'm registered as a UNA, unaffiliated is what it's called here, so I can vote in either primary.

I was voting against cawthorn, and chuck Edwards for Congress, and against a few for Senate.

There are 7 other races in the local GOPQ primary, and the winners will run unopposed in November, so the primary is the only way to have a voice in this red zone.

Dems are not running candidates for any of them; every few years they try but only get 40%, so then they don't usually have many challengers to these local races.
Still, I'm disappointed there weren't any Dems running for the 4 judicial slots, which includes a state supreme court;or county DA, state legislature rep, county board of commissioner seat.

I voted in their primary several years ago to vote out the sheriff, who had a challenger in their primary. The challenger won, 7,000 to 5,000, and therefore won the election 6 months later because he ran unopposed.

I hope we both have an impact. It was very unpleasant reading through the candidates profiles and statements to figure out who to vote for, but it helped rule a lot out. I had to read "my philosophy best aligns with Alito" and "I'm an America first candidate" and "I'm a conservative Christian" and a few others I've forgotten, having rejected them immediately.

We are warriors!
Looking forward to a Blue Wave in November!

[TomSlick]

2. In Arkansas, the primaries are completely open and we can vote in either primary.

I've never voted in the Rethuglican primary before but all the local races were in the GQP primary. Besides, I had to vote against Sarah. In the other state-wide elections, I voted for the least crazy of the options.

[MyMission]

5. Finding the least crazy candidates was a real chore

Are you a member of the Arkansas group? You should post this there to alert them.
I posted in the NC group that I was going to vote in the GOPQ primary, complaining about having to review conservative candidates to find the least objectionable, got support, suggestions.

I think it's great that you can vote in either primary, as a Democrat. Several states allow that. I'm independent, or unaffiliated so I can do that here in NC. But I'm a Democrat, underground.
And I always vote, always vote blue. (Except for the occasional GOPQ primary, to hopefully mess with them!)

[Mr.Bill]

3. The first time I voted, in '72

I even registered republican just so I could vote against Nixon in the primary. No open primary back then.

[TomSlick]

4. Wow. You really bit the bullet.

We do what we gotta do.