Hillary For President

[Mr. Lin]

Originally Posted by bobabode

New York rules have been in place for decades and somehow the Sanders campaign dropped the ball when they should've been telling their supporters to change their party affiliation last fall.

Soviet? Heh, heh. Good one Tom.

Perhaps they should have done a better job pointing out to people the ridiculous NY requirement to change your party affiliation all the way back in Oct. of 2015 Bob, but the fact that this (closed primary) has been a rule for decades does not make it ok. As I said in another thread recently, with the two-party system forced upon us, having "closed primaries" is an outrage.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Mr. Lin

Perhaps they should have done a better job pointing out to people the ridiculous NY requirement to change your party affiliation all the way back in Oct. of 2015 Bob, but the fact that this (closed primary) has been a rule for decades does not make it ok. As I said in another thread recently, with the two-party system forced upon us, having "closed primaries" is an outrage.

Get e load of this:

http://ktla.com/2016/04/18/up-to-500...-june-primary/

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Get e load of this:

http://ktla.com/2016/04/18/up-to-500...-june-primary/

But at least in California they have a reasonable deadline for changing party registration. It's May 23rd, 15 days before the election.

Unlike the Soviet Style State of New York where you have to do it over 6 months in advance.

Check this out:

http://www.alternet.org/election-201...states-primary

27 Percent of New York’s Registered Voters Won’t Be Able to Vote in the State’s Primary

continue

[Mr. Lin]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Get e load of this:

http://ktla.com/2016/04/18/up-to-500...-june-primary/

I was just reading about the accidental registrations with AIP. Hopefully people will change back in time.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Get e load of this:

http://ktla.com/2016/04/18/up-to-500...-june-primary/

Why do you hate John Birchers?

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Why do you hate John Birchers?

They're not Birchers. They're segregationists. The AIP was George Wallace's party and CA is the only state where they're still active.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americ...ependent_Party

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Boreas

They're not Birchers. They're segregationists. The AIP was George Wallace's party and CA is the only state where they're still active.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americ...ependent_Party

John Schmitz (a Bircher) was one of them and their presidential candidate in '72. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_G._Schmitz