Bernie Sanders

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5. This is jaw-dropping corruption! Insane corruption! Completely out-of-control...

Tue Apr 19, 2016, 05:53 AM

Apr 2016

corruption!

...the New York Democratic Party ....revised the rule for terminating party membership due to inactivity...such that party membership would lapse (and party affiliation changed to, you guessed it, 'Independent' or 'Inactive') if a member did not participate in any two consecutive election cycles, including non-federal, non-state election cycles.

There was little publicity surrounding this rule change. Consequently, millions of Democratic voters who voted last in 2012 (like, say Millennials voting for Obama) had their party affiliations switched without notification. Without notification that is unless you had donated to the Hillary campaign or one of her supporting superPACs in which case you received a kindly email or letter from a Hillary PAC notifying you to reset your party affiliation before the October deadline.--from the OP (my emphasis)

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We are about to witness the largest disenfranchisement of registered voters in any state primary [View all] Kip Humphrey Apr 2016 OP

wooooooooooot! EdwardBernays Apr 2016 #1

I haven't stopped thinking about this all night. bjo59 Apr 2016 #2

I hear you... Nyan Apr 2016 #9

So tired of corruption. merrily Apr 2016 #3

Planned for a long time. elleng Apr 2016 #4

This is jaw-dropping corruption! Insane corruption! Completely out-of-control... Peace Patriot Apr 2016 #5

Yes it is. elleng Apr 2016 #6

It couldn't be more clear. Nyan Apr 2016 #10

Where did you find this?? This is huge. lostnfound Apr 2016 #7

That certainly explains why the changes davidpdx Apr 2016 #8

What an outrage NJCher Apr 2016 #11

I grew up thinking peope were born democrats and that the party always took back strays HereSince1628 Apr 2016 #13

I agree, and it's going to shrink even more. Duval Apr 2016 #19

The number of independent voters in New York is mall compared to other states and Blue Meany Apr 2016 #12

Do you have a link to this? mak3cats Apr 2016 #14

They don't call it The Clinton Machine for nothing - "The Corrupt Clinton Machine"... polichick Apr 2016 #15

I think it's one of the rules in California leftcoastmountains Apr 2016 #16

So Hillary notified her donors... If her campaign was specifically informed about this change, was JudyM Apr 2016 #17

knrnt Rebkeh Apr 2016 #18

some progress... Kip Humphrey Apr 2016 #20

This used to be the case RoccoR5955 Apr 2016 #21

Kip, is there a link supporting the Democratic Party rule change? mak3cats Apr 2016 #22