Are Truthdig and the San Francisco Chronicle misleading California voters?

[mia]

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/this_could_be_make-or-break_monday_for_bernie_sanders_20160522

Gregory Glover, on Truthdig cites the San Francisco Chronicle...

The Sanders campaign is counting on high voter turnout to win big in the Golden State and five other states in the final Super Tuesday round of primaries June 7. So far, the news is encouraging for the Vermont senator: More than 850,000 new voters have registered for the 2016 California elections.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, “the newly registered voters are overwhelmingly young people, with 37 percent under 25 and 64 percent 35 or younger.”

That’s even better news for Sanders, whose message of social justice has won him the lion’s share of young voters this primary season. He is counting on high voter turnout to take a convincing victory in delegate-rich California to the Democratic convention in July—where he can argue that he is the candidate with momentum and a better chance than Hillary Clinton to defeat Donald Trump in the Nov. 8 general election.

California gives Sanders a third reason for hope: The Chronicle reports that so long as they register by Monday, independent voters—another source of strength for his campaign—can ask for the Democratic ballot on election day.


Not true.

"American Independent Party" cannot vote for Bernie!

You must register as either Democrat or No-Party-Preference to vote for Bernie.

If you register as NPP you must request a cross-over-ballot at the polls.

[onecaliberal]

1. The rules are listed at the link below. CA Votes

https://cavotes.org/vote/how-vote/voting-primary-election

[Dr Hobbitstein]

2. American Independent Party =/= independent voters.

NPP=independent voters.

The article is not incorrect.

[Gormy Cuss]

3. ^^^This^^^

Although there are apparently a lot of voters who signed up for this party thinking they were declaring independent status (still scratching my head over that one.)

[mia]

5. You are correct, but many "Independent" voters still misunderstand this.

Those who are registered with the American Independent Party can't vote for a Democrat.

If registered NPP, one must still get a crossover (nonpartisan) ballot in order to vote.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

6. Independent has long meant NPP.

The American Independent Party is a racist, RW party that has nothing to do with independent voters. But they're good at suckering low-info voters into registering with them. As with anything in this world, one should read the fine print before signing.

[Boldine]

4. For this election independents can vote in the primary

How are presidential primary elections conducted in California?
Qualified political parties in California may hold presidential primaries in one of two ways:

Closed presidential primary - only voters indicating a preference for a party may vote for that party's presidential nominee.
Modified-closed presidential primary - the party also allows voters who did not state a party preference to vote for that party's presidential nominee.
If a qualified political party chooses to hold a modified-closed presidential primary, the party must notify the California Secretary of State no later than the 135th day before Election Day.

The Democratic and American Independent parties notified the Secretary of State that they will allow voters who did not state a political party preference to vote the presidential ballot of their parties in the upcoming June 7, 2016, Presidential Primary Election. Their notifications can be found in CC/ROV Memorandum #16036 (PDF).

http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/primary-elections-california/