Suing to force California, on the eve of their Primary, to spend money doing the job of the Sanders Campaign?
Makes PERFECT sense.
A few months ago I remember that when Trump said or did something totally disgusting I thought that now he canāt get any more Trumpish. I was wrong. And now, every day, I think Bernie canāt get any more Bernie-ish, and again, every day, he proves me wrong.
The George Wallace AIP?? We arenāt picky about who we choose for bed buddies, are we Senator?
In the lawsuit, Simpich calls for California officials to launch a public awareness campaign to educate California voters on the rules for the presidential primary by March 31, the deadline for requesting a mail-in ballot. The lawsuit also asks that the deadline for registering to vote be extended until June 7, the day of the primary.
Unless things have changed in the Golden State in the decade since I left, the āeducationā you seek can be found in the Voterās Guide Pamphlet mailed to all people registered to vote. The rules are there, in black and white. Jeeziss, people, what are you expecting? California is one of the best in the nation at informing its citizens of the laws, rules of the parties, who is on the ballot, the initiatives, what each one means, how it affects the budget, who is endorsing who and what, etc. Here in Virginia, ZILCH ā we get NO voter pamphlet ever. Try opening up and reading your Voter Pamphlets, for dogās sake.
William Simpich, the attorney that filed the lawsuit, told the LA Times that California voters are confused about the primary process in the state. He said that many voters who are not affiliated with a political party are not aware that they can still vote in the open Democratic primary.
And why is this the responsibility of the Democratic Party?
Not to mention itās a private entity not subject to general election rules.
I live in LA and I received a robo call about a week ago that essentially explained who could vote in the Republican Primary and who could vote in the Democratic primary, and the deadline (today) for registering or changing your party affiliation.
I also received sample ballots and a voter information guide that explained this about 2 weeks ago.
If you are half way engaged, none of this should be a surprise.
I personally am OK with registering up until the day of the election, but that really should be done by the legislature, not by an 11th hour lawsuit that essentially changes the rules.
They are trying to claim that it is confusing to primary voters that there are different rules for general elections and primary elections, well DUH!. It is a primary after all where a party selects its representative to place before the people in the general to place before the people in the general of course the rules will be different.
Sanders loser must loseā¦
If the CA court would agree to this then the primary would actually become rigged.
William Simpich, the attorney that filed the lawsuit, told the LA Times that California voters are confused about the primary process in the state. He said that many voters who are not affiliated with a political party are not aware that they can still vote in the open Democratic primary.
So everything should be upended because the Bernie Bros are too fucking stupid to seek out information on their own?
Amen on both counts re: voter awareness and how states differ.
Unless they are not registered to vote, they donāt even have to seek out the information. They literally would have to dodge the mail man, or refuse to read the information the Registrar of Voters mailed to all registered voters to not know who can vote for who.
Guess they all slept through Civics when they took it 2 or 3 years ago.
Bernie wants to rig the California vote?
May 31 is the deadline for requesting a mail-in ballot. It would be a little difficult to meet the mail-in ballot deadline if it was March 31, Miss MacNeal.
Why do āopenā primaries exclude voters from other states? There might be citizens in neighboring states who didnāt notice the presidential election and now want to exercise their civic duty.
Why does DWS always make it hard for new voters?
the only people that are āconfusedā about the California Primary are the superficial idiots that thought they were making a statement by registering American Independentā¦
when they didnāt look at what that really meant and then are suddenly surprised that it didnāt mean what they thought it meantā¦
Also, why do only citizens get to vote? And people over 18? Why canāt 17 year old immigrants non-citizen Republicans living in Oregon vote in the āopenā Democratic primary?
You know that it has nothing to do with DWS or the DNC, right? Itās the State of California.
If I could afford it, Iād be a Californian again. Those born with silver spoons have no clue how us lessers live ā but the same can be said of those born and raised in the better states. They have no idea how fortunate they have it. I mean, seriously, itās right there in the danged guides sent to everyone registered to vote. Those pamphlets are usually pretty hefty, too, and very detailed.
[PS ā If any nice and honest person out there is ever on the lookout for a clean, honest and (fairly) quiet housemate, let me know! Preferably in the Bay Area or a large metropolitan region with great public transport. No kidding. 
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Oh, FFS. These are rules that have been in place forever. Just because you want to start a ārevolutionā doesnāt mean you can throw a fit because you didnāt follow rules that are pretty much everywhere (including through the Sanders campaign)