2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Do voters in the last primaries deserve to have ANY say in who the nominee is? [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Anyone in Calif. attempting to change party affiliation from some party to any other party is being told, why not go as a
"Non designated voter."
It is a meme the local Registrar of Voters is using.
They will add, "You still can vote in The Democratic Party Primary. You just don't need to saddle yourself with a party designation."
Okay theoretically that is true. But since the ballots sent out by mail were probably prepared by late April, if the voter going in between May 1st and May 23rd does indeed decide to go without a Party designation, they go home and then
next day they find their ballot in the mail, with the OLD PARTY's designation.
This is where it gets tricky:
So technically they still can vote in the Demcoratic Primary.
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Since they have a ballot with the Old Party's Designation, the voter now needs to know they HAVE TO bring that ballot with them, along with the postal card they will get in the mail proving they are now registered Democratic Party.
That ballot sent by mail has to be spoiled, and turned in, before you' re going to be able to vote.
And even then, they might be told they need to vote on a provisional ballot.
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I only know all this because I have surrounded myself with some exceptionally knowledgeable people. But
most voters don't know this.
HRC's people, that is, the DNC, control the vote count. Who knows if those provisional ballots than get counted?
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