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Iamaartist

(3,300 posts)
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 07:03 PM Apr 2016

New York judge sides with Hillary Clinton against Bernie Sanders on voter registration rules

http://www.dailynewsbin.com/opinion/new-york-judge-shuts-down-sore-loser-antics-of-bernie-sanders-fans/24541/

What do you do when you know your preferred candidate can’t win fair and square in popular voting? You go running to a judge and demand that the voting rules be changed at the last second so people who aren’t democrats and didn’t bother to register for the democratic primary can come rushing in and ambush the results. But as it turns out they picked the wrong judge to mess with, because Judge Joanna Seybert wasn’t having any of it today.

Judge Seybert officially denied the application today for New York voting laws to be changed, a ruling which was always a given. The complainants had no legal standing for their claim, nor would a judge have any legal basis for changing the agreed-upon registration rules. For that matter, there was zero chance that any judge would have altered the rules five hours after voting in the state had already begun. But this complaint was never about winning, as evidenced by the fact that it was filed too late to matter.

Upon figuring out that Bernie Sanders wasn’t going to win New York, he and his campaign and their supporters have spent the last days laying the groundwork so when he loses to Hillary Clinton, they can claim she only won by “cheating” or “conspiracy.” But if they’re going to spin that, they’ll have to make the case that a district judge was somehow in on the conspiracy, because she just ruled that there was no basis for their legal complaint whatsoever.


Good for Hillary which we knew...its almost over with.....
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New York judge sides with Hillary Clinton against Bernie Sanders on voter registration rules (Original Post) Iamaartist Apr 2016 OP
Well of course apcalc Apr 2016 #1
Good for the voting procedures in NY. Those who complain about oligarphy, this is a good example Thinkingabout Apr 2016 #2
With such a baseless title... GuerillaLiberal Apr 2016 #3
What part of DENIED do you not get? SunSeeker Apr 2016 #6
... William769 Apr 2016 #8
Good article. Not sure about the title though. savalez Apr 2016 #4
Guess one has to asked the writer......... Iamaartist Apr 2016 #5
Exactly. n/t Lucinda Apr 2016 #7
I would never use DailyNewsBin LiberalFighter Apr 2016 #9

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
2. Good for the voting procedures in NY. Those who complain about oligarphy, this is a good example
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 07:06 PM
Apr 2016

which should be followed. We don't need a small group ruling the rest of the nation. There was more to running a campaign than those in charge, lot of responsibilities than just running a few rallies. They took their eye off of the ball.

SunSeeker

(51,557 posts)
6. What part of DENIED do you not get?
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 07:51 PM
Apr 2016

Here's the judge's actual ruling:




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Oh, and I realize you just joined DU today, but this is the Hillary Group, a protected group for Hillary supporters. We welcome folks in this forum who support Hillary.

savalez

(3,517 posts)
4. Good article. Not sure about the title though.
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 07:27 PM
Apr 2016

The Judge didn't "side with Hillary". She sided with the law. Oh well.

LiberalFighter

(50,928 posts)
9. I would never use DailyNewsBin
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 09:25 PM
Apr 2016

I would rather use an original source.

I also find it wrong for them to use that headline. Voter registration laws are not about Hillary Clinton or for Bernie Sanders.

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