Talk:Ivy Taylor

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Removed reference of her being a Democrat

I removed this line "Though she considers herself an independent politician, Taylor is a registered Democrat because she votes in party primaries."

As any Texas voter knows, there is no party registration in this state, so it is factually inaccurate. Further, neither of the two articles sourced on that paragraph reference her voting in Democratic primaries.

136.49.117.55 (talk) 00:07, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong. From the article you removed: "Taylor, a registered Democrat". Texas does allow party registration. - SanAnMan (talk) 03:55, 3 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The article is clearly wrong. When you vote in a Texas primary, the poll worker stamps your voter registration card with the party primary you participate in. Nothing on the card indicates "registration" as commonly understood. I just pulled mine out, all it says is "Voted in the ____ Party Primary". The likeliest interpretation of this article is that Taylor has voted in Democratic primaries before, but no evidence of that is presented. That is also not the same thing as being a registered member of a political party. The Secretary of State's website explicitly states no partisan registration is required to vote in a party's primary:

Q: Do I have to register or affiliate with a party before I vote in the primary?

A: No. A registered voter is not required to pre-register or take any steps towards affiliating themselves with a party before voting in a party’s primary election. (§162.003) Additionally, when a person registers to vote in Texas, they do not register with any kind of party affiliation.

https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/laws/advisory2020-05.shtml

There is a note about swearing an oath of allegiance to a political party. Given Taylor's lack of interest in partisan politics, it seems highly unlikely that she has sworn this type of oath or that this is what the article is referring to.

University of Virginia Center for Politics article:

"To be sure, there are a number of major states that do not register voters by party, such as Texas, Georgia, Washington, and the keystones of the industrial Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin."

https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/registering-by-party-where-the-democrats-and-republicans-are-ahead/

Ballotpedia excludes Texas from their list of state's with partisan registration.

"The remaining 19 states did not ask voters to indicate partisan affiliation on their registration forms."

https://ballotpedia.org/Partisan_affiliations_of_registered_voters

A Huffington Post article on partisan registration. There is an attached Google Spreadsheet which lists Texas under "States That Record Party Primary Vote History" and not "States That Register Voters".

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/state-party-registration_n_5399977

This is a fairly important point given this Wikipedia article turns up on Google searches for "Ivy Taylor Democrat or Republican", "Ivy Taylor Political Party", etc. etc.

136.49.117.55 (talk) 00:09, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"The article is clearly wrong." Wow, that's an WP:OPINION statement if I've ever heard one. Perhaps you'd like to challenge these other articles? Texas Monthly article "Taylor’s position signaled her willingness to align herself with conservative business leaders, even though she is a Democrat."; MySanAntonio article "...while Taylor, who generally votes in Democratic primaries, has been the conservative option." ; SA Current "Six days on the job, Taylor, a Democrat, made good with the city’s North Side conservatives...". Unless you can give CITED PROOF that contradicts these statements, your opinion is just that. - SanAnMan (talk) 17:12, 8 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

lol, you completely ignore all of the supporting evidence for my statement. Where is the proof she is a registered Democrat, besides one line in an old article? As I have documented from both governmental and authoritative national sources on voting laws, there is no party registration in Texas. Ivy Taylor is not a registered Texas Democrat because there is no such thing as a registered Texas Democrat. None of the articles you have cited in any way dispute this point. Can you provide any evidence to the contrary? How about providing basic steps on how to register by party in Texas? Surely there would be very easy to find guidelines on how to do so if this is possible, as you assert. Ivy Taylor may consider herself a Democrat, she may have run with support from Democratic organizations, she may vote in Democratic primaries. All of these items would be useful things to look into and document with supporting evidence. However, that is not the same thing as being a registered Democrat, as this Wikipedia article currently incorrectly claims, per the items I have cited. To quote Owen Wilson "wooooooooooow". 136.49.117.55 (talk) 19:15, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mobile view

I have updated the article to allow the election history content to be seen in the mobile version of this page. I have no idea why this content needs to be entirely omitted from the mobile version. Please discuss here. Frietjes (talk) 15:37, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The content is an identical copy to content in other articles. There is no need to have it being displayed "for a mobile version" twice in two separate places. It can be easily expanded for mobile view if desired. Your change seems arbitrary and without cause. - SanAnMan (talk) 13:35, 19 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]