2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: For 2020, the Democratic Party Should Take Back Its Nomination Methods [View all]MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)A state party has every right to require registration with the party in the state to be a member of the party and there is not a thing the state can do to stop it.
It doesn't fucking matter what the law says, the state has no right to tell a party it cannot register members itself. Political Parties are private organizations and membership cannot be restricted by the state. Yes, you cannot register THROUGH THE STATE in Michigan but the state of Michigan has absolutely no power to stop the Democratic Party from privately registering members and holding binding caucuses to determine nominees at all levels. In fact, for the state of Michigan to do such a thing would be a flagrant violation of the first amendment.
In fact, you can register with the DNC. I am. I carry a DNC Card as a national member of the Demoratic Party.
Closed party run primaries everywhere. To fuck with non-Democrats having any say on our nominees,