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In reply to the discussion: 27 Percent of New York’s Registered Voters Won’t Be Able to Vote in the State’s Primary [View all]elljay
(1,178 posts)Just because you and I may have decided a long time ago what party we support and which candidate doesn't mean that everybody else has. Not everyone follows politics regularly. There was not as much information available 6 months ago and quite a few people either didn't make up their minds or didn't even know that there was a party registration deadline. Instead of placing unnecessary barriers in front of them, we need to have a way for people who take a longer time to process the information and decide that they would like to become Democrats to do so and vote in the primary. This should have nothing to do with which candidate they support but with our desire to grow the Democratic party and to encourage the unaffiliated to join us and participate.