“We are encouraging all independent and disenfranchised voters to VOTE (Tuesday) by provisional ballot,” Shyla Nelson of Election Justice USA said. “They should tell poll workers that there is a motion pending in Federal District Court to declare the Primary open.”


Election Justice USA filed the voters’ lawsuit in New York on Monday. The lawsuit asked for the immediate restoration of the voting rights of New York residents who had been previously registered to vote but found themselves no longer registered. Recently, it was discovered that at least 54,000 Democratic voters in Brooklyn, Bernie Sanders’ hometown, vanished from the system sometime between November and April, according to the New York Post. Other reports indicate the number of voters that have vanished from the system to be much higher.

So 60k voters disappear in Brooklyn w/ no clear reasonhttps://t.co/18klVy1t00
Good breakdown of lawsuit filed here: https://t.co/mwZ5SyrwfK

— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) April 18, 2016

A voter purge in Brooklyn may have removed as many as 126,000 Democratic voters from the rolls between Nov. 2015… https://t.co/Qt8rbcLGcU

— WCPT Radio (@wcptradio) April 19, 2016

A political journalist for the Young Turks and previously of MSNBC has been tweeting live updates from the case. The judge instructed the lawyer for the voters to give formal notice to the elections board and the Attorney General, which they did. Election Justice USA has expressed that the organization’s leaders are extremely hopeful for a verdict that will allow all New York voters to have their ballots counted.

#NYPrimary lawsuit UPDATE: Judge told attorney 2 give formal notice 2 BOE/Attorney Gen-They just did, AG should appear in court within hour

— Jordan (@JordanChariton) April 19, 2016

Judge in the #NYPrimary lawsuit case is Sandra Feuerstein: Fun Fact–went to Univ of Vermont #FeeltheBern https://t.co/be3NQjhNQB

— Jordan (@JordanChariton) April 19, 2016

New York voters on Tuesday are also facing additional hurdles, according to Election Justice USA. Voters have reported that their polling locations have been switched at the seemingly last minute. A database of the switched polling locations and the new places where the voters in those precincts should cast their ballots is available online.

Last month, Assemblyman Fred Thiele introduced legislation to the New York State Legislature for open primaries, but for Tuesday’s primary, New York voters who have found themselves purged or registered as having no party affiliation are urged to show up at their polling locations and cast their votes with a provisional ballot.


I have no idea myself......?