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Hillary Clinton
In reply to the discussion: Sanders Folks Upset About Registration Rules in NY [View all]Historic NY
(40,037 posts)58. The biggest reason........ignorance.
Because many voters only turn out for presidential elections, and Democrats didn't have a primary in 2012, it has been eight years since many people thought about their registration, he said.
Next comes up to date address vs a post office box. NY requires you list an actual domicile. In 2008 I worked my county and that was the second major issue mostly due to people not even keeping a correct address with DMV one of the major sources for cross checking voter registration. License Renewals are on an 8yr cycle.
People ignore the cards sent by the BOE, people think that because they registered for one party or the other its ok it automatically changes when they vote for the other guy. It tells you all about changing party affiliation.
I would question the voters ok when did you vote last, school board, fire commissioner elections, ok maybe your local elections, did you show up for jury duty, nine out of ten times the answer was no.
The best one is people trying to vote in the location (District) they hadn't resided in more than 10 yrs, because that is the place they always went.
They wonder why they were purged. They would get a provisional ballot in the General Election.
There has been a move to make election day a national holiday......funny but people will only showup for the sales & not the voting booth.
Next comes up to date address vs a post office box. NY requires you list an actual domicile. In 2008 I worked my county and that was the second major issue mostly due to people not even keeping a correct address with DMV one of the major sources for cross checking voter registration. License Renewals are on an 8yr cycle.
People ignore the cards sent by the BOE, people think that because they registered for one party or the other its ok it automatically changes when they vote for the other guy. It tells you all about changing party affiliation.
I would question the voters ok when did you vote last, school board, fire commissioner elections, ok maybe your local elections, did you show up for jury duty, nine out of ten times the answer was no.
The best one is people trying to vote in the location (District) they hadn't resided in more than 10 yrs, because that is the place they always went.
They wonder why they were purged. They would get a provisional ballot in the General Election.
There has been a move to make election day a national holiday......funny but people will only showup for the sales & not the voting booth.
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More attempts for voter fraud, the others has to follow the rules but some thinks they are not
Thinkingabout
Apr 2016
#7
Kind of a wasted effort on their part anyway, since California's practically an open primary.
NuclearDem
Apr 2016
#14
These people... Some of the Sanders folks are nuttier than squirrel shit. n/t
Stand and Fight
Apr 2016
#21
Nance, since they spend HOURS on FB and the internet posting anti-Hillary crap
KittyWampus
Apr 2016
#38
They also put an immense amount of effort into changing results of caucuses after the fact
lolly
Apr 2016
#74
Classic projection from the side whose candidate spent something like $6 million on marketing online
IamMab
Apr 2016
#48
REAL Democracy means having someone hold your hand, never being responsible
KittyWampus
Apr 2016
#39
If an already registered voter changed their party affiliation after 10/9/2015....
Princess Turandot
Apr 2016
#17
They can find their way to an overflow rally, but not to their Board of Elections website? I...
Tarheel_Dem
Apr 2016
#18
One of the things I love about Clinton is that she generally has some kind of connection to local...
IamMab
Apr 2016
#52
And both the Trump & BS campaigns are getting screwed in the delegate race. Hillary's team....
Tarheel_Dem
Apr 2016
#64
I want Democrats to select their parties nominee, thank-you. All they had to do was
still_one
Apr 2016
#41
As far as I am concerned, the view you brought up isn't an issue, and you are probably right, the OP
still_one
Apr 2016
#51
The rules for New York are to allow DEMOCRATS to choose their nominee, instead of independents and
still_one
Apr 2016
#37
Pity - ignorance is bliss, until you realize you blew your chance of voting in the primary.
George II
Apr 2016
#56
That was painfully obvious when they took a headline as something Hillary said.
liberal N proud
Apr 2016
#67