A Proclamation honoring 4 forum citizens

[minionofmidas]

Er...I'm not sure that that would change anything.

New registrations of "Democrat" or "Republican" wouldn't county any more, and people registering as such would have to check out all the parties.

Sure they would.
Party registration is not required by law, it's just a precedent everybody keeps following.
Only username and home state are required.
Which gives me an idea:
Repeal "organized party" status - we never really filled it with meaning anyways.
Have the SOFA stop publishing people's party affiliation.
Party membership to be created (for future registerers) by joining at party forums or the like.

[KEmperor]

Er...I'm not sure that that would change anything.

New registrations of "Democrat" or "Republican" wouldn't county any more, and people registering as such would have to check out all the parties.

So basically, they'd register as "Democrat."  Someone in the Democratic party would tell them "You have to register as Atlas Forum Democrat, not just Democrat."  Then they'd re-register as "Atlas Forum Democrat."  This would all happen within a day.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Er...I'm not sure that that would change anything.

New registrations of "Democrat" or "Republican" wouldn't county any more, and people registering as such would have to check out all the parties.

So basically, they'd register as "Democrat."  Someone in the Democratic party would tell them "You have to register as Atlas Forum Democrat, not just Democrat."  Then they'd re-register as "Atlas Forum Democrat."  This would all happen within a day.

Point is at least they'd know that the party system is different here. You can't stop people joining the AFDNC just because you hate it.

[KEmperor]

Er...I'm not sure that that would change anything.

New registrations of "Democrat" or "Republican" wouldn't county any more, and people registering as such would have to check out all the parties.

So basically, they'd register as "Democrat."  Someone in the Democratic party would tell them "You have to register as Atlas Forum Democrat, not just Democrat."  Then they'd re-register as "Atlas Forum Democrat."  This would all happen within a day.

Point is at least they'd know that the party system is different here. You can't stop people joining the AFDNC just because you hate it.

I want to stop people joining the Democratic party if the sole reason is that they are Democrats in real life, without considering the other parties that might more more appropriate for them.

[Gabu]

Er...I'm not sure that that would change anything.

New registrations of "Democrat" or "Republican" wouldn't county any more, and people registering as such would have to check out all the parties.

So basically, they'd register as "Democrat."  Someone in the Democratic party would tell them "You have to register as Atlas Forum Democrat, not just Democrat."  Then they'd re-register as "Atlas Forum Democrat."  This would all happen within a day.

Point is at least they'd know that the party system is different here. You can't stop people joining the AFDNC just because you hate it.

I'd have to agree with KEmperor on this one.  They're not going to bother checking out all of the parties unless the response they receive is, "There is no Democratic Party; see this thread (which would be a link to the READ FIRST topic) for information on what parties we have."  Naming us the "Atlas Democrats" is not going to make people think "oh, they're not the Democrats, I'd better look at the other parties before registering."