2016 Postmortem

brooklynite

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17. This is embarassing...

Mon May 2, 2016, 03:09 PM

May 2016

Your constitutional rights apply to your right to vote for CANDIDATES running for elected office. They do NOT apply to the process by which a candidate is nominated by his or her Party. You are welcome to say that a Primary election sponsored by the State Government should be open to all, and you are welcome to say that you were injured by being forced to pay (through taxes) for an election you were not allowed to participate in. You are NOT welcome to claim that this is "unconstitutional".

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“New York’s Primary may have been unconstitutional.” Even Trump's kids couldn't vote for him. [View all] pantsonfire May 2016 OP

Not registering is not being disenfranchised. It's being ignorant of your responsibilities. CrowCityDem May 2016 #1

While I would agree NWCorona May 2016 #5

There is a reason for the deadline. You may not agree with it but it's at least arguable. randome May 2016 #13

Primaries should be closed, but party declaration should be right up to the casting of a vote. TheBlackAdder May 2016 #39

So it's 3:30 in NY now. What was today's ruling? pnwmom May 2016 #2

Still waiting to hear the ruling....n/t pantsonfire May 2016 #11

The judge ruled against the Temporary Restraining Order more than an hour ago. pnwmom May 2016 #15

Added a photo of the ruling as an edit at the end of the OP...n/t pantsonfire May 2016 #21

I took extreme (guilty) pleasure in the fact that they couldn't vote for Trump nt NWCorona May 2016 #3

There is no right to vote in a party's primary. NobodyHere May 2016 #4

LOL, transparently carrying Trump's water. FSogol May 2016 #6

Voting for a party's nominee is not a right, so that first one is dead on arrival Tarc May 2016 #7

Because parties are private not public? n/t pantsonfire May 2016 #22

Trumps children who refused to register on time were irresponsible not disenfranchised. Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #8

This is an incredibly stupid lawsuit KingFlorez May 2016 #9

What about the second lawsuit? n/t pantsonfire May 2016 #12

Why are you posting this without mentioning the judge denied the temporary restraining order pnwmom May 2016 #10

The "young" Turks aren't even pretending to have any journalistic integrity, are they? synergie May 2016 #18

At least they don't routinely factor in superdelegates in the "official" count... pantsonfire May 2016 #23

so you're saying they are slightly better than the rest of the Bernie media? synergie May 2016 #26

What's the Bernie Media? Who are these people? pantsonfire May 2016 #28

Neither do the pledged delegates mythology May 2016 #32

Um, none of this affects the outcome, or applies to Indies who didn't bother synergie May 2016 #14

I find it curious that you are not complaining about Caucasus. nt fun n serious May 2016 #16

They only complain about the caucuses Bernie didn't do as well in -- NV and Iowa. nt pnwmom May 2016 #19

Almost like they don't care about voter disenfranchisement when it's in favor of their synergie May 2016 #20

Their hypocrisy is disgusting. fun n serious May 2016 #25

NO no no....I tried to bring up voter suppression in other states... pantsonfire May 2016 #27

NY IS... fun n serious May 2016 #31

The lack of awareness of it is disturbing. Cognitive dissonance at play. synergie May 2016 #33

Yep. I say PULL the bargaining power away. fun n serious May 2016 #34

What would he even be bargaining for? Her policies are more progressive and synergie May 2016 #35

Whatever it is he thinks he has. fun n serious May 2016 #38

This is embarassing... brooklynite May 2016 #17

It's based on the NY Constitution and he is welcome... pantsonfire May 2016 #24

Actually the judge who rejected this is, and it's a FAIL. synergie May 2016 #36

LOL! Trump's kids weren't registered. And hadn't been registered. Give it a rest. Buzz Clik May 2016 #29

They were/are registered Democrats....n/t pantsonfire May 2016 #30

So you'll believe anything a Trump says? Figures. randome May 2016 #37