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Focus: Bernie Sanders and the Closed Primaries on Tuesday - Apr 23, 2016

By bartolo - Posted on 22 April 2016

Bernie Sanders condemns closed primaries but facing 4 of them next week - ABC News

No voice for Pennsylvania independents: About 15 percent of eligible voters will have no say in presidential primaries - Times News Online

Can you vote In Maryland's primary if you're an independent? Those voters won't be happy - Bustle

Can independents vote in the Connecticut primary? 42 percent of voters, who are unaffiliated, must registered as Democrat or Republican - Bustle

Can independents vote in the Delaware primary? Only if they registered as Democrat or Republican by April 2 - Bustle

Rhode Island voters ‘caught off guard' by poll closures and voter ID law, only 144 of 419 polling places will be open on Tuesday - ThinkProgress

Bombshell: Arizona Secretary Of State admits election fraud took place - Nwo Report

The story of the great Brooklyn voter purge keeps getting weirder - Mother Jones

Clinton delegate Scott Stringer, the New York City comptroller, will oversee primary audit - dpreview.com

NY Board Of Elections suspends one employee for primary day debacle - Gothamist

One statistic shows how badly New York screwed up its primary: A mere 19.7% of eligible New Yorkers voted in the state's primary on Tuesday - Yahoo News

There's a long list of voting reforms New York can pass - gothamgazette.com

The New York Primary was a Sh*tshow. Here’s Why. - 34justice

Chicago Election Board Scandal: 21 Bernie votes were erased and 49 Hillary votes added to audit tally, group declares (VIDEO) - inquisitr.com

CO lawmakers wrangle over open primary plan - 9news.com

Voter suppression charged in almost every state – 2016 Election Central

Why are our elections such a mess? - Care2 Causes

POLL (Rasmussen): Only 24% Say U.S. heading in right direction - Rasmussen Reports

POLL (Rasmussen): 51% of Democrats oppose their party’s superdelegate system, 30% favor it - Rasmussen Reports

POLL: 36% of U.S. voters believe it’s at least somewhat likely that a third-party candidate could win the presidency in the next 10 years - Rasmussen Reports

Petition: Encourage Bernie Sanders to run as an independent candidate in the 2016 Presidential Elections - Change.org

VotePact.org : Whereby 'disenchanted Democrats' and 'disenchanted Republicans' pair up and both vote for the third party or independent candidates of their choice - huffingtonpost.com

Stein, Green for President, sends letter to Sanders, invite him to cooperate on political revolution & real democracy - Independent Political Report

Sanders still registered as independent despite claims he’s a ‘Democrat for life’ - freebeacon.com

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