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portlander23

(2,078 posts)
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 04:52 PM Oct 2015

Sanders moves to clear up possible questions about eligibility for NH primary

Sanders moves to clear up possible questions about eligibility for NH primary
WMUR
Oct 27, 2015

Sanders, who is an independent, on Friday received confirmation that he is a qualified candidate in the March 1, 2016 Democratic presidential primary in his home state of Vermont.

That move, backed up by more than 1,000 signatures as required by Vermont law, should dispel any remaining question about Sanders’ qualifications to run in the Democratic primary in the Granite State, a campaign spokesman told WMUR.com.

“We received a letter from the Vermont Secretary of State on Friday stating that Sen. Sanders will be on the Vermont ballot as a Democratic candidate for president,” campaign spokesman Michael Briggs said.

“We think that this is one more piece of information that buttresses the point that he is qualified to be on the New Hampshire ballot as a Democratic candidate for president, along with about 20 other points.”

Sanders’ qualifications to file in the New Hampshire Democratic primary has been the subject of speculation for six months. WMUR.com reported in April that Sanders’ decisions to reject the nominations of the Democratic Party when he successfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 2006 and 2012 could be an issue for him when he tries to file for president in the New Hampshire Democratic primary.

New Hampshire law requires a candidate to fill out and sign a form that states in part, “I am a registered member of the (BLANK) party….” The candidate fills in the blank with a political party. View the form here.

But the difference with Sanders is that he chose not to run for the U.S. Senate as a Democrat in 2006 and 2012, even after winning the Democratic primaries in those years. He exercised an option available in Vermont to reject the nominations of the Democratic Party and instead chose to run as an independent.

Briggs said the Sanders campaign believes his eligibility to be on the New Hampshire ballot was never seriously in question. But the Vermont Secretary of State’s recognition of him as a “qualified candidate” for that state’s Democratic primary is another point that backs up its position, he said.

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Sanders moves to clear up possible questions about eligibility for NH primary (Original Post) portlander23 Oct 2015 OP
Woot! I didn't realize there was any serious question about this. -nt- 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #1
But I was told that the DNC was going to keep him off the ballot... brooklynite Oct 2015 #2

brooklynite

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2. But I was told that the DNC was going to keep him off the ballot...
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 05:36 PM
Oct 2015

...its almost as if they wanted an open Primary.

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