If this passes I expect people here will go apoplectic. If you thought PopeGate was bad.... woooo that would be a blip on the radar compared to this.

to allow as many citizens as possible to exercise their right to vote.

Hillary supporters gloat about and celebrate when a closed primary comes up because they think Sanders can't win closed primaries and they think independents are interfering with their party

possibly be against something like this and still consider themselves Democrats?

Would apply to upcoming elections if governor doesn't veto it.

when exactly? Sometime in March? So even if it passes and is "effective immediately", it still won't affect this election unfortunately.

it would allow anybody registered as an independent or Republican to vote in the Democratic primary, party affiliations for those people had to be changed by October in order to vote in the Democratic primary, it would still have a big effect on the primary

good point. lol..

But if you're already registered as a Republican or Independent and want to switch to Democratic, the deadline was last October 9th. The speculation is that this could hurt Bernie since he has support from a lot of Independents and those Republicans who hate Trump. But not everyone had settled on a candidate as of last year and New York is a closed primary.

Hopefully this bill passes asap and is effective asap.

Was only for those who had never voted before. I annoyed a friend of mine who had never bothered to vote (told her since she's female and gay that it's important) until she registered. She registered as a Democrat and is planning to vote for Bernie. But those who have always voted are out of luck unless they were already registered as Democrats - or had thought ahead in time to re-register last year.

The Hillary supporters head explosions will be heard world wide.

After I saw it I went to the link and signed up, voted and retweeted the link.

Bills don't move that fast from my observation.

Also, the text of the pdf says "effective immediately".

That's the last day the assembly meets this month. At it is now, it's still in committee where it's been since March 24th.

There's no way this can make it to debate by the Senate in the next few business days. Let alone be passed and signed in time.

Sorry Bernsters, no 11th-hour miracle saves are coming here.

The bill has only been referred to the Election committee, it hasn't even moved out to the floor yet. If it passed both of those, it'd have to wait for the Senate to work on their version, reconcile any differences, then off for the governor's signature.

That isn't going to happen by the 19th, this is Civics 101 here, legislation does not travel that fast.

And we're not even getting into the supremely unethical move to change an election on the eve of actually holding it. You would give poll workers only days to work out a new process of verifying these newly-eligible voters?

I just wonder at what plane of reality the Sanders Camp exists on at times...

Seems like something ALL Democrats should get behind IMO.

But you have to be in the party to pick the party's nominee, that should be petty fundamental.

It's more a question of whether Sanders wins 53-47 or, with this bill, 62-38.

New York is a wee bit more multicultural now. If he hits 45% it will be a moral victory, and he's still be essentially mathematically eliminated from the race.

So you think Hillary Clinton owns everyone who isn't white, do you? Well she and her clown husband and clown team have been working hard to alienate them. And Sanders to speak to them.

That's right, New York is extremely multicultural and its many cultures among the registered Democrats (and beyond, in November) will be voting in the majority for Sanders.

Particularly in Texas and Florida, where she walloped him at a 70% rate in the Latino vote.

Why is that?

People are not walking identity categories who react like pavlov's dogs presented with stimuli. They can think for themselves, and they vary even within these identity categories.

In any case, you are probably aware that you are playing fast and loose with the Latinos especially. There's a reason you're talking Texas and Florida, because that's completely untrue in the rest of the country. And certainly in New York - I don't think you have any idea what's coming there.

That was a unique situation, and the law was ultimately voided as unconstitutional.

The Senate passed it at 3-0 on a goddamned Sunday afternoon when the other 97 weren't even there.

That wa sa piec of political scumbaggery which I hope is prohibited form now on.

I prefer our closed primary.

Everyone is affected by the rigged system - which is rigged fifty different ways, one for every state. It's a vast joke, the whole thing, no matter who's gaining from it.

You are warned when you registered that you can't vote in a primary.


And if you actually read what I wrote you would see I wrote our.

My we is the citizens and people.

I thought this was a pretty good link about the rally
http://patch.com/new-york/sunset-park/clinton-rally-sunset-park-brings-out-supporters-protesters-0

it could take effect before the primary. In fact, that seems impossible to me. It might not even pass and might not be signed by the Governor if it did.

I wouldn't count on this.

...and no procedures, we get another state with crazy long lines and confusion. Registered Dems will be blocked by independents wanting to vote. More voter suppression. Lovely.



By any means necessary.