MNSBC: Why does New York Make it So Hard to Vote?

[LiberalElite]

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/why-does-new-york-make-it-so-hard-vote

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n recent years, restrictions on voting in Republican-controlled states from Arizona to North Carolina and Texas to Wisconsin have kept large numbers of legitimate voters from the polls and sparked national outrage. But another state with voting rules almost as strict has largely escaped attention: deep blue New York.

Now, as Tuesday’s presidential primaries approach, the Empire State’s woeful record on access to the ballot is at last coming under scrutiny. That’s thanks in part to Donald Trump’s kids, Ivanka and Eric, who said they won’t be voting for their dad Tuesday in the GOP primary because they missed the deadline to change their party affiliation from independent to Republican. (New York, like many states, has closed primaries.) Ivanka blamed New Yorks “onerous” rules.

Trump’s lawyer and longtime consigliere Michael Cohen, a registered Democrat, has admitted he’s in the same spot.

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xposting in New York and GD

[slipslidingaway]

1. In 2008 NY held their primary in February, if people had to declare a party 4 months ahead of time .

and I am not sure of the date to switch party affiliations in 2008. In 2012 they and this year the primary is in April, making the deadline to switch party affiliations 6 months before the primary and this year it was before the DNC scheduled the first debate.

With all the technology we now have and millions of dollars and trades being done in almost a moment's notice we should be able to give people more time to have their vote be counted.