Judge Rejects Challenge to New York's 'Closed Primary' System

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10. The judge gets it exactly right

A very concise explanation of the reason for closed primaries:

“The court is concerned that a ruling in (Moody's) favor will denigrate the associational rights of the political parties and their members and may lead to 'party raiding' whereby voters not aligned with a particular party or its philosophy or goals will vote for the weaker or weakest candidate ... to prevail in the general election,” the judge wrote.

Too bad the "independents" can't be bothered to learn their state's election rules. Too bad the Sanders campaign didn't train staff and volunteers to educate their supporters. But of course, it's fraud!