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2016 Postmortem

silvershadow

(10,336 posts) Fri May 6, 2016, 06:49 PM May 2016

California residents who wish to vote in the Democratic primary have until May 23 to register:

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California residents who wish to vote in the Democratic primary have until May 23 to register: (Original Post) silvershadow May 2016 OP

Lot of people are finding they are not registered, though they should be ghostsinthemachine May 2016 #1

Walked my precinct this week. oldandhappy May 2016 #2

California's system seems like the fairest re. open/closed primaries democrattotheend May 2016 #3

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)

1. Lot of people are finding they are not registered, though they should be

Reply to silvershadow (Original post)

Fri May 6, 2016, 06:53 PM

May 2016

http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/registration-status/

Be sure to check. I wasn't, even though I re registered a few months ago. Be sure, hit the link above

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)

2. Walked my precinct this week.

Reply to silvershadow (Original post)

Fri May 6, 2016, 07:02 PM

May 2016

Stopped to check where I knew the person had moved in recently. Good citizen that she is, she had already re-registered and had her sample ballot.

democrattotheend

(11,605 posts)

3. California's system seems like the fairest re. open/closed primaries

Reply to silvershadow (Original post)

Fri May 6, 2016, 08:12 PM

May 2016

I think California has the right idea. By allowing independents but not members of other parties to vote in each primary, they allow the true independents who want the opportunity to vote for the best candidate of the available choices on both sides to do so, but minimize the ability for members of other parties to engage in strategic voting. I think that's the fairest solution to the open/closed primary debate.

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