Texas One-Step Campaign

Political bosses have been known to urge their lackeys to “vote early and often” in elections.

The phrase has even been turned into a running joke. But here in Texas we have a highly questionable system of selecting pledged delegates that not only allows, but encourages, voting twice in the same election.

After voting in the Democratic Primary a voter can return that evening and vote a second time in his precinct caucus. Both votes are for choosing pledged delegates: two-thirds of the pledged delegates are chosen by the primary votes and one-third by the caucus votes.

Thus of Texas