9,000 Party-switchers to the Democratic Party in Ky. lose right to vote....

[ElsewheresDaughter]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Thousands of Kentuckians have switched political parties over the past three months, apparently in hopes of voting in the Democratic presidential primary.

Problem is Secretary of State Trey Grayson says Kentucky law forbids people who switch parties after Dec. 31 from voting in the presidential primary.

Grayson said Kentucky election officials have been warning political groups and campaign workers that encouraging Republicans and independents to switch to the Democratic Party will be of no benefit in the primary.

Some 9,000 people have switched parties since Jan. 1.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-03-27-ky-vote_N.htm

[jefferson_dem]

1. LOL! Limpbots foiled in their attempts to screw with our Democratic process...

Serves 'em right.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

33. Limpballs was asked by NCGOP to lay off

cause they have some candidates running tough primaries, including the gubenatorial contest.

So Limpballs announced on Friday for NC republicans to hold off till further instruction.

What a jerk he is. But I'm glad our GOP at this time aren't going to f' up the
democratic primary.

[MaineDem]

2. That's always been the rule

Dec. 31 is the deadline as quoted in the KY Dem's Delegate Selection Plan from a year ago.

Silly people.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

3. and it is a good rule that more states should adopt...keeps the Primary water from being muddied no?

[MaineDem]

4. Indeed

I wish our state made it harder to switch parties. We have a 14-day period but I wish it was a longer time before the caucuses that other parties had to switch.

[SoCalDem]

5. I wish ALL states did this.. Parties should be selecting their OWN candidates

I understand why some people want to be "independents", but if you do not have strong enough feelings for either party, to actually identify yourself with them, then you just sit out the primaries, and vote any way you like in the generals.

If you want to be part of the selection process, then join up..and do it BEFORE the actual campaigning starts..

It would be like High School "A", having their Homecoming Queen candidates, being chosen by High School "B"..

[cali]

11. There is no party registration in my state

and we don't need it, thank you very much. Vermont does just fine without it.

[MaineDem]

14. I never realized that.

I always thought you had party registration. The things one learns at DU.

:hi:

[SoCalDem]

17. States that don't have registration by party are entirely another breed

and they do their own thing.. that's not the issue here..

The deliberate skewing of primary elections is the issue.

In states with NO formal afilliation, there would be no way to even try and track mischief, so it must not be an issue..

Vermont does not strike me as very fertile gound for Limbaugh to plant in anyway :evilgrin:

[mindfulNJ]

6. That's ok...

They'll all be voting Dem now in the general...right?

:sarcasm:

[UALRBSofL]

7. ED thanks for posting the article

Seeing Obama has gotten more republican voters then Clinton in most primaries, this is a good thing.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

10. true that!

[goldcanyonaz]

8. I wish all states had this rule. Arizona has the same rule.

[UALRBSofL]

15. goldcanyon florida has a closed primary

and we don't have those idiotic caucuses either. Republicans are not allowed to switch to try and throw an election. :)

[goldcanyonaz]

16. Florida loves Hillary.

:loveya:

[rasputin1952]

9. What is it with the RW and doing anything on a nun-sullied...

field?

They cannot win unless they "cheat" at something...and when they DO win, they screw everything up so it takes decades to repair...:eyes:

[ElsewheresDaughter]

12. it's just in the GOP's DNA....and it's a very ugly/nasty gene pool

[stray cat]

13. I wonder how many voters we are losing who really want to vote dems

because they are unhappy with the job the repubs have done.

[frogcycle]

18. very few

and it really doesn't matter

if that is the case, they can vote for the dem in the fall. just being unhappy with the republicans need not give you a say in the choice of dem nominee

[mdmc]

25. A registered republican could always write in hillary or obama

when they voted in their party primary

[Lint Head]

19. Rush your balls are limp and so is your message.

:dem:

[Maribelle]

22. You need to get your mind off men's pants

[catgirl]

20. K & R

9000 less votes for McCain in Nov. :-)

[ElsewheresDaughter]

23. ahahaha 9,000 can't vote in the GE in Nov for McCain?

[SoCalDem]

30. They should be able to vote in November

they only switched parties..

[ElsewheresDaughter]

31. meh

[Maribelle]

21. So Obama's 'BE A DEMOCRAT FOR A DAY' campaign is on hiatus in Kentucky.

Poor Obama, he's not going to be able to spoon feed republicans at the same time he is stopping 2.2 million democrats from having their voices heard.

2.2 million democrats - - that's an appalling number

[mdmc]

24. The same law is in effect in NYS my friend

In NYS we have a closed primary. It is open only to party members.
You need to be registered in the party to vote in the primary.
If you are already registered as a member of a political party, it takes one year for your membership to switch.

I think it is a very thoughtful law.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

26. yes it is and I am so happy with it and my lever voting machines too.

[mdmc]

29. gotta love the levers

:)

[Romulox]

27. LOL. Obama opposed a re-vote in Michigan because people who voted in the Republican Primary

(the RNC counted Michigan's votes) wouldn't be given a chance to vote for a second time in the Democratic re-vote. :eyes:

[SoCalDem]

28. They did not lose their right to VOTE..but they did lose their right

to vote in the opposing party's primary. The republican candidate has already been chosen, long before their primary, so they would probably have just sat this one out anyway.

If they were gung-ho to become a democrat, they had plenty of time to switch BEFORE 12-31...If they are truly "fired-up" for HIllary or Barack, they can still vote for the eventual candidate...this November :)

[ElsewheresDaughter]

32. damn it

[Warren Stupidity]

34. so, isn't this sort of like DISENFRANCHISING VOTERS?

And aren't you supposed to be officially opposed to any STUPID RULES that DISENFRANCHISE VOTERS?

Or is it just some voters and some rules?

[ElsewheresDaughter]

35. State Primary election laws.....they work well in NY