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Democrats In Florida File Lawsuit To Exclude Sanders From Primary Ballot
International Business Times ^
| 2/26/20
| Llowell Williams
Posted on 02/26/2020 3:39:47 PM PST by Libloather
This week two Democrats in Florida filed a lawsuit aimed at keeping Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., from being listed on the states presidential primary ballot.
Registered Democrats Frank Bach and George Brown argue in their lawsuit that Sanders cannot be allowed on the ballot because he is a registered independent, not a Democrat, pointing out that he has also raised campaign funding as an independent. Sanders does caucus with Democrats in the Senate, however.
Former circuit court judge Karen Givers is representing the two plaintiffs. Speaking with Politico, Givers argued that Florida is a closed primary state, yet here we have someone who is an independent on the Democratic ballot. You cant be an independent and be a member of the party.
Givers said that Bach and Brown are military veterans registered as Democrats.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: democrats; florida; lawsuit; sanders; whoops
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To: immadashell
If he walks like a RAT, talks like a RAT and smells like a RAT...
He may be a rat or a registered socialist.
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posted on
02/26/2020 6:00:38 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
( Phil Haney did not kill himself. RIP, Phil!)
To: samtheman
Fifty Ways To Steal An Election, and then sell it to the highest bidder on EBay!
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02/26/2020 6:16:21 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
( Phil Haney did not kill himself. RIP, Phil!)
To: 386wt
“Can a registered independent vote in the FL democrat or republican closed primary? I know you cannot in CA.”
No you cannot. I’m a registered Independent and did not know that. Showed up to vote in a primary and was turned away. I came from an open primary/caucus state so was surprised to find out how it works.
I understand both ways but failed to do my homework at the time.
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posted on
02/26/2020 6:38:18 PM PST
by
John Milner
(Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
To: Libloather
If they can run a Kenyan, then they can run an independent.
There, I said it!
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posted on
02/26/2020 6:52:12 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
("Sorry, your race card has been declined. Can you present any other form of argument?")
To: Libloather
I think this counts as DNC election interference.
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posted on
02/26/2020 7:59:44 PM PST
by
tbw2
To: Libloather
Florida breaking out the cuckold stick...again...
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02/27/2020 3:44:05 AM PST
by
trebb
(Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
To: samtheman
To: cgbg
This is how it works:
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/05/700524861/bernie-sanders-signs-democratic-party-loyalty-pledge-for-2020-run
The lawsuit is frivolous.
But is it? The loyalty pledge is with the national party, yet I'm pretty sure the state parties run the elections in their own state. Are they bound by everything the national party does?
Also, according to the pledge, the Dem candidates swear that they are members of the Dem party, uphold Dem points, etc. Yet, according to others here, Bernie's already registered for the Senate run in 2024, as an independent. Not to mention I don't think he even superficially rejoined the Dem party for this year's nomination, like he did in 2016.
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