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merrily

(45,251 posts)
Thu May 19, 2016, 01:07 PM May 2016

Notify Californians to register DEMOCRAT, not NPP

Last edited Thu May 19, 2016, 03:21 PM - Edit history (2)

My best understanding:

1. Voters who are registered as not affiliated with any political party (indie) seem likelier to vote in the primary for Bernie than for Hillary.

2. In California, voters who register as not affiliated with any political party are referred to as NPP (No Party Preference) voters.

3. In California, each political party decides if NPP voters can vote in each primary.

4. The Democratic Party is allowing NPP voters to vote in the 2016 Democratic primary, BUT

5. Poll workers will be giving only provisional ballots to NPP voters who request a Democratic ballot.(hat tip madflorian)

6. I just emailed everyone I know in California to be sure they are registered Democratic, not NPP. (I had emailed them only last week, telling them that being registered either Democratic or NPP would work.)

Here is a link to more information about California's NPP voters, which is quite unusual. If you are in California or communicating with anyone there, PLEASE read it. [url]http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/political-parties/no-party-preference/[/url]

MAY 23 is the deadline to register to vote in the California Primary and May 31 is the deadline for absentee ballots.
Other info: [url]http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/upcoming-elections/june-7-2016-presidential-primary-election/[/url]

If anyone knows of better information that is in this post, please post on this thread and I will edit the post as I learn more. Thank you!

Here's the video revealing that the instruction about the provisional ballot is in the manual used for training poll workers.
[url]https://twitter.com/BernieVolunteer/status/733147225040113664[/url]

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merrily

(45,251 posts)
6. IMO, yes. And in this primary, I also cannot think of a singlelegit reason to discriminate that way.
Thu May 19, 2016, 01:48 PM
May 2016

As you may know, more Indies are tending to vote Sanders.

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)
5. Orange County. A heavily Republican area.
Thu May 19, 2016, 01:33 PM
May 2016

On a high note, as a NPP I requested a Democratic mail in ballot, received it, marked it and mailed it today. Put a Batman stamp on it just to be sure it got there unscathed.

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