First, I have to say how delighted I was to come across a blog with both Michigan politics and cryptography jokes on the same page—two of my favorite things.

You’re right that the situation is tricky. I’m a lifelong Democrat, and voted in the Republican primary after the Democratic party told me they didn’t want my vote. All of the Democrats I know did the same thing. We will not be happy if we can’t participate in a re-vote, but on the other hand if everybody is allowed to vote, including Republicans, you can bets lots of people will cross over, and the election won’t really reflect the will of Michigan Democrats.

At first I was very put off by the prospect of a re-vote that I couldn’t participate in. I felt it disenfranchised all of the Michigan Democrats who were paying close enough attention to know that their vote in the Democratic primary was meaningless. But my wife, who is an attorney and studied constitutional law in school, reminded me that disenfranchised means denied the right to vote, and I actually did get to vote, even if it was under bad circumstances. So I’m resigned to accepting that if the Michigan Democratic Party holds primaries I can’t participate in, they’re basically legitimate and I will be OK with it.