In California people have had over a year to register to vote as a Democratic

[still_one]

Yesterday was the last day to register to vote in California in order to vote in the June 7th primary. People had until midnight yesterday to register.

California is one of the most progressive states for voting registration in the country. California has online voting registration, and allows voters to vote by mail if desired.

California also allows voters to register with the designation of NPP, (no party preference), and for a presidential primary, allows those voters to request a ballot for one of the following parties:

American Independent Party
Democratic Party
Libertarian Party

The republican party in California does not allow someone who registers as NPP to vote in their primary. Republicans require someone to register as a republican to vote in their primary. Not so with Democrats.

Someone who has registered as NPP, and wants to vote the Democratic ballot, but never requested a Democratic ballot, all they need to do is take their non-partisan ballot into the polling place on election day, and exchange it for a Democratic ballot.

Of course anyone could have registered as a Democratic in the first place, and would not have to take that extra step, that someone who registers as NPP would have to.
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So now we are told that Sanders' supporters filed a federal lawsuit to extend voter registration beyond yesterday's deadline, through the election day.

The most telling thing was a spokesperson involved in this lawsuit stated "there are a lot of republicans in California who would be interested in voting for Bernie Sanders, and may not know they have to take that extra step or re-register"

Isn't that great that some folks feel so motivated to want republicans to help determine who the Democratic nominee will be?

While their concern is noted, people have had OVER A YEAR to register with the Democratic party in California, and choose not to do so. So thanks, but no thanks for your concern. California is doing just fine.

[SunSeeker]

1. Funny how all these hand-wringers had no issue with this deadline in prior primaries. nt

[still_one]

3. Isn't that the truth. This 11th hour garbage is nonsense.

[Cha]

2. burnie wants the publicity and all the repubbie votes he can get.

Great report from California's Voting Process, stillone.. Mahalo

[still_one]

4. That is why they want Open primaries, so they get cross-over votes. They are so obvious

it is pathetic

[LiberalFighter]

5. There is one modification to the allocation of delegates that I might consider in the future.

States with caucuses or open primaries would have their delegates reduced. Maybe take away all of their at-large or PLEO delegates. They would be left with one of those and all of their district level and automatic delegates.

Maybe this scenario. Iowa is a caucus state and has 29 district delegates, 9 at-large, and 6 PLEO delegates. If it is based on whether they are a caucus or open primary then because it is not a primary state it would lose their at-large delegates. If it was an open primary it would lose their PLEO delegates.

[Cha]

7. Obviously desperate.. they started out their campaign wrong and

it didn't improve AFAIC. Got a lot worse.

[Her Sister]

6. Was anyone preventing them from registering?

Is it free? Is anyone free to join the Democratic party?

[BlueCaliDem]

10. No. Yes. Absolutely. But they don't want that. They want to vote in the Democratic Party

primaries without having to register as a Democrat. This is a Republican's wet-dream: get to decide which Democrat wins the Democratic Party nomination and pick the weakest so their Party can easily beat him/her.

And BS is a-ok with that.

[Her Sister]

11. Ooooh! I like your California H Flag!!!

So beautiful!

[BlueCaliDem]

12. Aw thanks, Sister. Are you from California, too? eom

[Her Sister]

13. No not at all!!!

Only times there were on the way flying to somewhere else!

or some desert training when a soldier long time ago!

[BlueCaliDem]

21. Well, be that as it may, you have my full permission to use the Ca-H any which way you like. :-)

[Her Sister]

22. Lol! Kisses from the east coast all the way to the west coast!!

[BlueCaliDem]

23. Thanks so much, Her Sister! Catching all the love from the East Coast and luvin' it!

Edited to add: And sending a lot back!

[Her Sister]

25. Yep you know it! June 7th California and NJ (am in NY) Voting!

East to West! and in between! New and Old! North to South!

Let's send HER properly to the White~House!!!!!

[still_one]

16. Actually yes, and they just captured the person who is responsible for that

[Her Sister]

17. Oh oh that ending ~ not cool!

I want this nonsense stopped immediately! Not sure the connection to Voting registration but am sure we will find it!

[still_one]

19. exactly, they will find a connection

[TwilightZone]

8. They're just building in another excuse so they can bitch about fraud when they lose.

They file pointless suits like this, then use them as an excuse when they lose.

If we'd only had another week (tacked on to the year we already had)!!!

[nini]

9. if all these people bitching about that on the internet actually went online to register

they wouldn't have a problem. Instead they were too busy bitching and moaning as the clock ticked.

My son re-registered online and it was easy. Granted you had to provide info proving who you are but that's how it should be.

This is more proof you don't achieve much just trolling on the internets..you have to take real action to accomplish things.

[still_one]

15. Thanks nini, and California makes it quite easy

[sarae]

14. You'd think registering as a Democrat would require giving up your first-born

the way some people go on about it.

[SharonClark]

18. A year? That is not long enough! They want a year plus 10 days!

[beachbumbob]

20. But rules are too difficult...and really we are entitled so they dont

Apply...bam!!!!

[mercuryblues]

24. the republican party

has its nominee, so they want to vote for Sanders. Sanders says come on, I will file a lawsuit to get your primary vote!

Those republican voters would never vote for him in the general. Bernie is willing to burn bridges on his way out of town.

[Her Sister]

27. Sanders tries to get a FOX Debate!

Things that make you go Hmmmmm! Connection, connection, anyone?

[Walk away]

26. Yes but Bernie Followers are....well, you know...

[still_one]

28. yup I know

[Gothmog]

29. So far the Sanders people have not doing well in these lawsuits

The pleadings in the Arizona and the New York lawsuits were really sad

[Gothmog]

30. Hearing for California primary lawsuit set for after voting

Sanders lost this lawsuit also http://www.ocregister.com/articles/primary-717076-hearing-voters.html

SACRAMENTO – A federal judge has set an Aug. 18 hearing date in a lawsuit filed by a Bernie Sanders supporter seeking to extend California’s voter registration deadline ahead of the primary election, meaning the plaintiffs likely won’t get a hearing before the state’s June 7 primary.

Attorney William Simpich argued in the filing that the process for unaffiliated voters to get a presidential primary ballot – particularly those seeking to cast ballots in the Democratic primary contest between Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton – was too confusing and would leave many voters disenfranchised. He said at least two counties failed to notify some voters of their right to request a ballot to vote in the Democratic, Libertarian or American Independent Party contests.

“Thousands of Californians are in imminent danger of being disenfranchised in the 2016 presidential primary election ending on June 7, 2016, and will continue to be shut out of the democratic process unless and until defendants reform their voting by mail practices, Simpich wrote in the filing on behalf of two voters, a group called the Voting Rights Defense Project and the American Independent Party.

Simpich had asked the court to extend the registration deadline to election day, but the response from U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup on Tuesday means the case will not be addressed by then.

[still_one]

31. Thanks. It was a lawsuit without merit

[Gothmog]

32. I agree with your analysis

I watch several legal blogs and saw this

[Gothmog]

33. Judge rejects Bernie Sanders’ supporter’s voting lawsuit

Yeah http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jun/1/judge-rejects-bernie-sanders-supporters-voting-law/

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit by a Bernie Sanders supporter who argued elections officials in California were robbing unaffiliated voters of the chance to vote in the state’s June 7 Democratic presidential primary.

U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup in San Francisco said Wednesday the Voting Rights Defense Project waited too long to request an injunction for radio and TV ads informing unaffiliated voters that they can vote in the presidential primary of the Democratic, American Independent and Libertarian parties.

The group had argued that county elections officials were failing to inform unaffiliated voters of that right, threatening to disenfranchise thousands of voters. Its lawsuit named California Secretary of State Alex Padilla and two county elections officials.

Padilla said the lawsuit was frivolous.

[still_one]

34. SOS Padilla is right, the lawsuit was frivolous. These rules have been in place for over a decade,

and anyone who registers to vote in California receives a voter pamphlet which explains the rules in detail