This Will Be The Other Choices Primary Season

February 17, 2024
Jack R. Noel

Michigan’s Secretary of State posted a notice about early voting. So I decided to check to see who is on the Michigan primary ballot this time. I was worried that only Biden and Trump would be on it.

I can hardly express my feeling of relief after seeing that there are two other candidates besides Biden for the Democrat nomination and my outright joy at seeing there are six other candidates besides Trump for the Republican nomination.

This is our chance to eliminate both Biden and Trump as possible candidates running for President in 2024.

Michigan’s primary is an open primary — it will be held on February 27. Right now is the time for you to select the alternatives to Biden and Trump. (No matter what state you reside in.)

When I realized that both parties already have selected their candidates, I also realized that doing so is against each party’s rules. This seems like it can’t be true but really, it’s the Press who is responsible. The Press is promoting the idea of inevitability. I had believed in what the Press has been selling until I took a minute to check the actual Michigan ballot.

It is not a great surprise to learn that I was misled on this.