Posted April 21, 2016 8:23 am by Comments

By George

NEWS10– A lot of people were turned away from voting in the New York primary on Tuesday because they didn’t know the deadline to register with a party was in October. Several voters arrived at the polls thinking they could vote only to be turned away because New York is a closed primary state, and they weren’t registered as either a democrat or a republican. “I just want my vote to be counted,” Megan Parsons said. “It’s one person, one vote. And I’m one person, and I don’t get a vote.” Parsons was in tears on Tuesday. She said the closed primary system prevented her from voting in the primaries. “I switched party lines so I could vote,” she said. “I don’t care about parties. I care about the candidate.” Parsons wanted to vote for Bernie Sanders. But to have been able to cast her vote for the Vermont senator, she would have had to switch her affiliation in October 2015. Parsons wasn’t the only one who didn’t switch in time.

Have you ever seen someone so upset about not being able to vote? Probably not in this century. I can’t think …Read the Rest

Source:: Patriot Outdoor News

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