#2016 primary elections

[the-booger-ing]

I’m gonna go vote in the SD primary tomorrow. I’ll try to go early so I don’t have to worry about calling into work or anything. Wish me luck!

[selfish-thunder]

It's always so embarrassing when rich, educated politicians aren't at least as sophisticated as I am.

My mother, talking about Donald Trump.

[caideigan]

Tomorrow is the deadline to register to vote in the California Primary

Tomorrow (May 23rd, 2016) is the last day to register to vote if you want to participate in the California Primary which take place June 7th, 2016.

Note that:

- You must be 18 or older to register - You must register as the party of the candidate you are voting for or you may not be able to vote [EX: Register Democrat if you are voting for Bernie]

Register here:

http://registertovote.ca.gov

[shyfeminist]

This year, it seems, California's presidential primaries may finally matter. But many voters could lose their opportunity to participate if they don't act soon. That's because the June 7 primaries are not open races, in which voters may simply show up and choose among all the possible candidates. Rather, these are party nominating contests, and it is the parties themselves that set the rules about who can participate. Only registered Republicans may cast ballots for Donald Trump, Ted Cruz or John Kasich. The Democratic Party restricts its primary between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders to registered Democrats and to voters listed as "no party preference."

With so much interest in this year's primary, elections officials are concerned that many Californians won't be able to participate in the presidential primary of their choice because they don't know the rules, don't know their party status or have registered for the wrong party. A Times survey recently found, for instance, that three out of four people who had signed up as American Independents didn't realize they had registered for a real, right-wing political party. Many thought they were simply signing up as lower-case “i” independents (the unaffiliated voters California classifies as “no party preference” voters or, as they were formerly called, “decline to state” voters).

^I didn’t know this and was registered Independent, so I hope this helps anyone else who might’ve thought the same!

California has made it fairly easy. (registertovote.ca.gov) There is still time for voters to check their registration and, if they want to, change it to participate in their primary of choice. The deadline is May 23 — two weeks before election day.

[breeeliss]

So I voted today...

Let me tell you, the New York political scene is so fucking suspicious and shady. I woke myself up at the asscrack of dawn to go back to my neighborhood in Queens to vote at the same school building that people in my neighborhood have gone to vote at for years. But apparently, when I go there and ask the security guards where the polls are, they’re like “oh, the location was moved.”

There were no signs indicating this, no one decided to canvas the neighborhood and let people know, and I had to hastily get on my phone to find the new address and walk an extra ten blocks to get there. 

I live in a working class neighborhood full of people that only have minutes to vote before they have to go to work, many of them elderly and disabled and therefore don’t have the resources to go check online to see the new location. They’ll probably assume that if the polls aren’t at the old location, there’s no need to vote. 

To make it worse, when I did get to the right polling place,  I had to find my address in the registration book because the woman couldn’t find it, I had to tell one of the poll workers that my photo ID wasn’t necessary, and it took five different people to decide how I should scan the ballot. 

This is the most inaccessible voting season I’ve seen, and I swear to God it’s like some sick, underhanded method of disenfranchising poor communities from voting. 

[cthulhuforamerica]

[cringethursday]

I was at the Democratic Caucus in Utah to vote for Bernie. During my wait in the 2 hour line, I learned that the voter turnout was unprecedented. The officials said in their last turnout, they had 45 people from the precinct. Today, there were somewhere along the lines of 2000 people. Nearly every location ran out of ballots and had to use provisional ballots. Current reporting shows Bernie in the lead at 75% with Hillary at 25%. Proud of the people of my state today!

[notfullythereyet]

March 15th, 2016

As I look at the results of today's votes, I feel disappointed. I woke early and eager to cast my vote for a Democratic candidate that many young millennials like. It seems that in the end, for all the fuss we made a lot of people still didnt know who Bernie Sanders was. It's sad, but true. I'll continue to say #FeelTheBern and to still go out and vote because it counts. So go vote.