Many in New York State won't be able to vote for their candidate on April 19. NY is the only state that requires registered voters to declare party affiliation more than 6 months prior to primary elections-Guardian, 4/12/16

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New York State's unique rules were deemed "constitutional" by a 1973 State Supreme Court decision.

If you were a registered Democrat in New York but now want to vote for Trump, you can't. The deadline to change party affiliation was October 9, 2015.

"New York is the only state in which currently registered voters must declare their party affiliation more than six months before a primary in order to vote." No same-day registration here, even to cast a provisional ballot. It's much easier if you're a first time voter. You had until March 26, 2016 to register:

4/12/16, "Early primary deadlines frustrate New Yorkers left unable to vote," Guardian, Megan Carpentier in New York 

"It’s already too late for would-be voters to register for the primary – news that has come as a surprise to many in a ‘complicated and inaccessible’ system."

"As New York’s primary approaches, it is only now that many would-be voters are realizing they will be unable to vote next Tuesday.

New York is one of only 11 states with closed primaries – ie primaries in which only voters who are registered as Republicans or Democrats are allowed to cast ballots – and it is the only state in which currently registered voters must declare their party affiliation more than six months before a primary in order to vote.

More than 2.9 million of New York’s 10.7 million active voters were not registered Democrats or Republicans as of April 2016 – in part because at least some of them found out after 9 October 2015 that, beginning that day, they could not change their party affiliation until 15 November."...

Get this:

"The constitutionality of the deadline for party affiliation changes was upheld by the state supreme court in 1973." (last sentence of article)

This is the Establishment. Imagine going to the State Supreme Court for something like this. ed. 







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