Why Have An Election at All?

Gail Kerr with the Tennessean offers her take on Sen. Rosalind Kurita's stolen election for Tennessee Senate District 22. She makes the same point I do: why have taxpayers fund a political party's primary if the party can change the result at its discretion? Mindboggling.

It's no surprise that all the recent endorsements but two made by the editorial staff of the Tennessean are Democratic incumbents or candidates. (The first exception being incumbent Republican Susan Lynn for House District 57, though it was buffered with the comment that "this newspaper disagrees with Lynn on several issues.") The next exception was Rosalind Kurita, meaning that experience trumped partisanship for a change.

With early voting beginning yesterday, I would encourage voters in Montgomery, Cheatham, and Houston counties to write in Sen. Kurita's name on the ballot. If you're not sure how, ask a polling person for assistance.





Send the Tennessee Democratic Party a clear message that it cannot change the outcome of an election and dismiss the will of the people.

It may be legal in Tennessee, but it isn't right.