Tennessee Supreme Court bucks Robby Starbuck from GOP primary at behest of party leaders

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Ouch

moving closer to the closed-door practices of the dems here
who use caucuses instead of primaries to select their candidate when several are vying for a nomination...



Tennessee Supreme Court bucks Robby Starbuck from GOP primary at behest of party leaders
"The law now is that parties don’t have to face their voters to explain why they’re removing a candidate," Starbuck said.


summing up:


"The law now is that parties don’t have to face their voters to explain why they’re removing a candidate," he continued. "They can just decide they only want a few select party puppet options." Starbuck went on to highlight that, in Republican-dominant Tennessee, such a practice would effectively mean the party could choose the state's representatives and officials behind closed doors.

"In a super majority state like ours that means many reps will be SELECTED in secret instead of ELECTED," he said.