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stopbush

(24,852 posts) Tue Apr 19, 2016, 01:20 PM Apr 2016

Why no voter registration problems among NY Rs? [View all]

The NY Republican primary is also closed, and while we know that some R voters - like Trump's kids - didn't know that they needed to change their registration to R back in October to vote in today's NY R primary, we're not hearing the whining that hundreds of NYers registered as Rs had their registration changed to not affiliated.

Why is it that this supposed injustice only affects Ds, and more specifically, Ds who want to vote for Sanders?

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Why no voter registration problems among NY Rs? [View all] stopbush Apr 2016 OP

Because the majority of new voters are Independents for Bernie! bkkyosemite Apr 2016 #1

But that would only effect Sanders voters who had stopbush Apr 2016 #5

Again as I have stated before..NY is the earliest of ALL the closed primary states to close bkkyosemite Apr 2016 #6

I pretend my unsupported allegations are facts too LanternWaste Apr 2016 #8

No blinders. The rules are what they are. stopbush Apr 2016 #10

Scalia ha ha ha...everyone has a right to vote for whoever they want to and no party bkkyosemite Apr 2016 #15

Do you not understand that the CJ of the SCOTUS assigns the writing stopbush Apr 2016 #16

Or republicon, for that matter. nt WhiteTara Apr 2016 #7

Maybe they paid attention to the rules liberal N proud Apr 2016 #2

De Blasio Demands Explanation, as Decline in Registered Brooklyn Democrats Doubles think Apr 2016 #3

Of course, that's entirely separate from the primary's deadline issue Orrex Apr 2016 #9

The man who runs the NYC BOE is a Republican and a moron. hrmjustin Apr 2016 #4

because republicans are smarter than the bernie crowd and took a few seconds to learn the procedure? msongs Apr 2016 #11

Typically, (D) voters have more problems. Igel Apr 2016 #12

I didn't notice Ds who are poorer complaining about their stopbush Apr 2016 #13

And, you got your information from where? eom zalinda Apr 2016 #14