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Showing Original Post only (View all)MNSBC: Why does New York Make it So Hard to Vote? [View all]
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/why-does-new-york-make-it-so-hard-votesnip
In recent years, restrictions on voting in Republican-controlled states from Arizona to North Carolina and Texas to Wisconsin have kept large numbers of legitimate voters from the polls and sparked national outrage. But another state with voting rules almost as strict has largely escaped attention: deep blue New York.
Now, as Tuesdays presidential primaries approach, the Empire States woeful record on access to the ballot is at last coming under scrutiny. Thats thanks in part to Donald Trumps kids, Ivanka and Eric, who said they wont be voting for their dad Tuesday in the GOP primary because they missed the deadline to change their party affiliation from independent to Republican. (New York, like many states, has closed primaries.) Ivanka blamed New Yorks onerous rules.
Trumps lawyer and longtime consigliere Michael Cohen, a registered Democrat, has admitted hes in the same spot.
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It does not make sense to me that Trump kids, the college students for Bernie,
yeoman6987
Apr 2016
#32
Why even have party primaries? Just throw all candidates into the same primary.
LonePirate
Apr 2016
#3
The deadline to switch party registration fell before the first Democratic debate.
strategery blunder
Apr 2016
#5
Why should I need to check my registration to know that I'm a Democrat?
strategery blunder
Apr 2016
#7
You are allowed to vote in the GE. You have no RIGHT to vote for the Democratic Party nominee.
randome
Apr 2016
#12
Well maybe but six months before the primary is a bit too long for a deadline
yeoman6987
Apr 2016
#33
My idea for truly open primaries would put an end to your complaint about the deadline being absurd.
LonePirate
Apr 2016
#13
It's kinda weird that proposers of open primaries don't look at the negatives
anigbrowl
Apr 2016
#27
Open primaries mean more liberal candidates nominated by the Democratic Party
Eric J in MN
Apr 2016
#35
when I first registered to vote in New York State, there was a one year residency requirement,
yeoman6987
Apr 2016
#36
Helps prevent the other side from playing games with the nominating process of the opposing party.
DCBob
Apr 2016
#22
New York has lousy turnout as a result of their voting restrictions. They should be ashamed.
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#23