I am not a registered Democrat. I can't be. Neither can Bernie

[MADem]

154. All Sanders (or anyone) has to do is file a "Consent Form" with the petiton forms

(1000 signatures plus a filing fee required to endorse the candidate for election in VT) which state, on the petition forms, what party he's running under, and, on the Consent Form, how he wants his name and PARTY affiliation to appear on the ballot.

This is similar to the process for getting on the ballot in most states. The candidates tell the state election commissioner(s) or Secretaries of State, whoever runs the show, how they want their names to read on the ballot. Joe Blow, Republican, Fred Kadiddlehopper, Green, Bernard Sanders, Democrat.

He WILL have a party affiliation beside his name on the ballot(s).

In the case of Vermont and some other states, it's not about the VOTER's registration, it's about the declared, in-writing, affiliation of the CANDIDATE.

Further, once the candidates have formally declared, they have to file with the FEC and state their party affiliation on those forms as well.


You can look up what I've said--I've provided links in support of this info in the past on this website, if you have trouble finding the material on GOOGLE I can look it up again. It's all very straightforward.