California Emergency Injunction seeking Election Requirements before June 7th *Denied*

[sweetmizre]

SAN FRANCISCO (June 1, 2016)-A federal judge in San Francisco delivered a blistering rejection to a bid by supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign for an emergency court order that would have imposed significant eleventh hour requirements on elections officials in California’s June 7 Presidential PrimaryU.S. District Court Judge

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[melancolour]

Welcome to the law, people. It doesn't work the way the Sanders dream land would like it to.

[pairatime]

compelling statewide television, radio, internet and email announcements to inform voters about state election laws;

And how much would that have cost the state to pay for all that? Especially when anyone paying any attention or who puts any effort into it could find it out for themselves.

And as for the voters deadline, they are already being nice not making it 30 days out, day of registration is just horrible. You have months/years to register if you wait until the last moment that's all on you not the state.

[homicidalslayer]

This is one of my biggest problems with the Sanders campaign; how fucking late they are with damn near everything.

You announced your presidential campaign April 30, 2015. The first primary was February, 2016.

At the very fucking latest, your staff should have been aware of the registration deadlines for each of the 50 states by December 2015, and been pestering independent voters accordingly.

Your caucus delegates should have all been thoroughly informed of the rules, even when those rules are painfully obvious.

Instead, they're crying "corruption" and "fraud" at pre-existing rules that don't favor them.

Also, do a better job of denouncing the death threats, this shit is seriously out of hand.

[invisiblegirlx]

I agree. the sanders campaign has been abysmal at informing its base of the rules. They were not nearly organized enough probably cause they didn't imagine getting this far.

[sweetmizre]

You bet!

[invisiblegirlx]

But it is a confusing system for independents? They should make it clearer. Of course the sanders campaign should have done a better job informing its voters, but they should be making it easier to vote, not harder. If they don't have enough ballots for independents coming on voting day cause they couldn't vote early it might end up being a problem for Sanders voters. Everyone should be disappointed that voters who come out to vote might not get a chance to do so.

[homicidalslayer]

If a voter is registered 'Democrat' or 'No Party Preference' by May 23rd, they can receive a ballot for the Democratic Primary.

The GOP decided to close its primary, and thus California Voters had to be registered 'Republican' by May 23rd in order to receive a GOP ballot.

If you are a registered member of an Independent Party (Libertarian, Green Party, California Independents, etc), no partisan ballots for you. A non-partisan ballot that does not include Presidential Primary Candidates is available (legislature, judges, ballot propositions, etc), per Prop 10.

Where is the confusion?

[bombay]