Hell no. I'm technically a Libertarian. I have never voted for a democrat.
The way that I see this we have zero elected representation within the state of Colorado that will listen to a damn word that we say. I have gotten so many "thank you for your interest, but stick it up your ass" responses that I genuinely feel that it is useless to even contact most of them. So if we can not get anything done on that front, we are going to need other methods, lobbying maybe something to give us a voice that the ass hats running this state have no choice but to listen to and at least acknowledge in a public realm. We are going to need to talk to the people that listen to us (NRA RMGO etc...) and see what opportunities are out there for us to help in the fight. This is not to say that we should not be hammering these jackwagons with emails, postcards and letters; we should be jamming their inbox's. But from a legislative front only they will know that and they will do what they want to unless someone is able to confront them on a public front that they will be forced to acknowledge. I have been donating what I can and contacting everyone via email and postcard and I hope that it is in some way productive. I just hope that everyone else is doing the same.
The biggest and best change that could be made to state govt is to change how primaries work. Allow anyone to vote in one of the primaries, not just registered members of the party. Too many elections are decided in the primaries which means if you aren't a member of that party you have no voice at all.
News on the radio this morning said that Biden was pushing for three things: 1) Ban on high capacity magazines 2) Universal background checks AND 3) a reinstatement of the AWB.I think the gun-banners are still charging full steam ahead.
Why exactly should you have a say in a party's nomination process if you're not a member of that party? There have already been plenty of shenanigans in states that allow this with people from Party X crossing lines to vote in Party Y's primary to get the easiest person to defeat or the "least evil" alternative.
I've taken advantage of this myself when I've had it available but it's really a stupid idea. If you want a say in Party X's nominees, then join Party X. Otherwise, quit crying about who they choose to nominate.
because someone has drawn the lines to make damn sure my vote doesn't count?
Allowing people to say 90 days before the primary "let me vote in X primary" would be the same as switching parties to get into the primary. Without having to stand up & be counted as a member of that party.