Vermont state law is that there is no party registration. So does New Hampshire automatically exclude all potential candidates who live and are registered to vote in Vermont?

ETA: from Wikipedia

individual states control the election rules within their borders. Comparing what New Hampshire allows and what Vermont allows, is apples and oranges.

for Bernie, how would that bring about "the end of the Democratic Party?"

candidate. NH has no right to change that. They will be taken to court if they try.

When and if he does that, the problem is resolved, no?

party registration in Vermont. Where would NH suggest he go to register?

declares his intention to run in the NH Presidential primary, he'll be asked, "what Party?" He puts Democrat on the form and he's in the Democratic primary. Easy.

state you live in and getting on a ballot to run for president. What loops does one have to jump through to get on NH ballot? If Dean who also lived in Vermont did it then I am sure Bernie can qualify. I don't think this issue is going to be a problem. Especially since the DNC has accepted him as one of the Democratic candidates.

do the same.

Sanders is a resident of Vermont.

He can't go to another state and register as a resident voter.

We don't have national voter registration in the United States.

I'm sure there are forms to be filled out even in New Hampshire to run in the Democratic Party presidential primary -- Sanders will fill them for the Democratic contest.

If there is a technical legal problem with New Hampshire, undoubtedly a lawsuit will quickly resolve the problem. Sanders is running as a Democrat -- plain and simple.

Presidential ballot, that's when he does it. It's not about registering to vote, it's about registering to run in a Party's Presidential primary.

wins the nomination the Rs would look like idiots to say he could not take part.

He'll be on the ballot and everyone knows it.

their election law(s). Couldn't be that difficult.

republicans would be opposed to giving Hilary a challenge? As far as republicans are concerned, the more divided the democrats, the better for them.

If it was up to them, they would let Bernie and 10 other independents into the democrat primary ballot.

"the law! the law, we must uphold the law." I think they would see greater opportunity for division in the Party if they refused to change the law, thereby denying him a slot on the Democratic ballot.

All he has to do is sign a piece of paper declaring he is running as a Democrat and he has already said will do that.

It's hardly controversial.

We don't have party registration here in Wisconsin, either, so that might create a challenge for that Governor (or "GovernEr," as he spells it) who shall not be named, over on the Republican side of things.

Or is this just a BS attempt?

It is just political writers with too much time on their hands. Dean was not blocked and there was no conversation about it. Obama comes from IL with no party registration and he was not blocked and there was no attempt to do so.

BTW in Vermont your party status IS tracked. Every 4 years in the presidential primary you are asked in Vermont whether you would like a Democratic ballot or Republican ballot. That choice is marked down and public record.

to handle primary races, perhaps they shouldn't be the first state to hold primaries. And any other Dem candidate wouldn't want to hide behind some sort of election rules to avoid running against another candidate without looking afraid of the results... IMO

It was probably blogged (not reblogged) by Political Wire because it's news.

I don't have a problem with that but was just saying it's not breaking news.

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And as long as your blog is a reputable mainstream news website and/or blog.

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The news wasn't posted in LBN prior to this OP, and further, it was broken today by Political Wire, making it LBN

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Carry on.

Thank you.

Sorry trying to stay positive and not get in arguments.

Many of you seem to be confusing voter registration with whatever they require to be listed on a state's primary ballot.

Bernie can't register to vote anywhere but Vermont, and I don't think his party registration in Vermont is going to be relevant.

He'll follow the rules.

I think it will make for some amazing debates from Hillary Clinton and ultimately give us the absolutely best candidate for the general election. Should it be Hillary, she will be a better Candidate for having Sanders in the primary and if it's Sanders we can't go wrong with him as a President.

Total win all around.

The Democratic Debates will be so much better as oppose to the GOP which will be whom can wrap the US flag the tighest around them while sucking up to Israel saving the fetuses carrying the most guns and denying science. The debates will not cover any real issues like helping the working class of this country or income equality.

He will need thousands of Democratic notaries to get signatures.

I am hoping it will be just a form that he fills out.

I don't remember these types of problems with Howard Dean.

As I understand it, it is a simple form Sanders has to fill out. That is the law here as we have closed primaries and Kentucky recognizes only two parties in national elections and one must be registered with one or the other party to be on the primary ballot.

Obama was on the NH ballot.

Senator Leahy is a Democrat. Check out the state legislature, controlled by Democrats. There is a Democratic party of Vermont. Google it.

Republicans and Progressives also serve as members of their respective parties.

In Presidential primaries, Vermont citizens must choose a party and that choice is recorded. In non Presidential primaries, voters are allowed to vote for one of the three parties, but it is not recorded.

There are parties in Vermont, and elected members belong to those parties. You can find this information on the registrar of voters website.

Sanders ran as an independent, and this may hurt him in a number of states. Each states decide on their own rules.

That choice, if any, is recorded.

The premise for keeping Sanders off is dumb and that same premise would have kept Bush 41, Busch 43 and Carnival Cruz off the GOP ballot because in Texas you do not register to vote by party. Bernie Sanders should and will be on the ballot in New Hampshire because it is the right thing to do