Will New Hampshire Primary rules force Bernie Sanders to run as an Independent?

[Sheepshank]

Last edited Wed Jul 1, 2015, 12:06 PM - Edit history (1)

Will he concede the state and continue running on the Dem Ticket?
or
Will he be forced to run as an Independent?
or
Will the state of New Hampshire relent and change it's Primary rules?

And for Election Rules animals here, is there such a thing as running as an Independent for one state and as a Dem for all other states?

[Renew Deal]

1. Can't he make an announcement to change parties?

[Cali_Democrat]

2. One thing I don't understand about this...

People are saying Vermont doesn't allow party affiliation or something and that's why Bernie is an Indy, but Patrick Leahy is a Dem.

How does it work in Vermont?

Anyone familiar with their process?

[Renew Deal]

5. Howard Dean didn't have a problem

So I don't know if it's his statement that he's not a Dem that have caused the problem.

[brooklynite]

10. Dean was a self-identified Democrat...and an elected Democrat

Sanders is a self-identified and elected Independent.

[Renew Deal]

11. According to what others are saying...

Everyone in Vermont is a registered Independent.

[brooklynite]

12. I understand..my point is that Leahy and Dean were nominated Democratic candidates in VT

...and chose to self-identify as Democrats

[kenfrequed]

3. *sigh*

The Democratic party chair has already stated that he will appear on the ballot for that state in the primary. I don't know why this is still a big deal. No one is going to lock him out of the primary unless they are a desperate idiot.

[Sheepshank]

8. It was just a question.

I had not heard that Bernie's name is a guarantee on the ballots in NH....so thanks for that info.

[CK_John]

13. It's a state decision not a DNC one.

[MineralMan]

4. The DNC can simply recognize him as a Democrat, and probably will.

There is no registration by party in Vermont.

In reality, I think Bernie's declaration of being a Democratic candidate is sufficient, since party designation is always a matter of personal statement. If you register as a Democrat in your state, you are a Democrat only because of your decision to register as a Democrat. Nothing more.

Sanders has filed to be a Democratic primary candidate. In doing that, he became a Democrat. His long history of caucusing with Democrats in Congress is further evidence.

I think this is a pretty bogus thing. He'll be on the NH ballot, I'm certain.

[Renew Deal]

7. Declaration as being a Democratic Candidate is not enough in NY.

You have to be a member of the party, or the party has to approve you in a convention vote. There may be another alternative where members of the party that are also notaries can get petition signatures. But that's not easy to do considering the size of the state and the number of signatures.

[MineralMan]

9. I think the presidential race is a different thing than

state or local races in that regard. Since NY has nothing to do with voter registration in any other state, presidential candidates cannot meet those requirements of NY state.

Presidential elections are treated differently than state and local elections by federal law.

I doubt that Senator Sanders will have any trouble getting on primary ballots anywhere. Truly.

[mmonk]

14. Right.

[LWolf]

6. No. nt

[frylock]

15. The suspense is killing me!