ITS HAPPENING!!!!

[retrowire]

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A new Democrat, will be entering the fray very soon.

... Me!

[Person 2713]

1. Congrats

[Omaha Steve]

3. x 2

[SoapBox]

2. Yay!

[workinclasszero]

4. Yay!

WTG!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Yay for you, my dear retrowire!

[A Simple Game]

6. My wife and I too, so make that three new Democrats. Although I used to be one

in the past and may not be one again after the general election. I don't feel comfortable supporting an organization that doesn't care for it's members. But we'll see how the general election goes, if Bernie's coattails are as long as I think they will be the party may have an awakening. Let's hope so.

[Marty McGraw]

9. amazing how the top level corruption

within the party has been taking place, even back for the 4th term VP ticket of Wallace & Truman.

https://www.solarmovie.is/tv/the-untold-history-of-the-united-states-2012/

Don't know how this site is w/o Addblock plus or any other addblocker. Just to disclose prior. Select players are better than others; Vidzi, vodlocker, filehoot, vidbull....

1st & 2nd series really describes it well.

[Marty McGraw]

10. in regard

to the utilization of Addblock plus. I really don't know how the other half have survived w/o. Every site has always performed seamlessly for me over a decade now. This Site has got *it all* - really. Still... use good judgement.

[Juicy_Bellows]

7. Awesome.

I registered as a Democrat for the primary and then will switch back to Independent/Unaffiliated afterward. We don't have open primaries in Oregon.

Cheers!

[cascadiance]

11. If you are getting your first drivers' license here in Oregon, make sure to check Democrat...

... on the forms you register for a driver's license so you get your automatic voter registration set to being a Democrat and don't have to deal with filing any more forms!

It's important to do this up until April when the deadline for voter registration happens here in Oregon.

We need to elect more Democrats to the state legislature to get some more comprehensive gun legislation passed and not count on Bloomberg to fund our candidates' campaigns this coming election.

[DrBulldog]

8. The main point: To change our country, WE HAVE TO CHANGE FIRST.

[Warren DeMontague]

12. Good for you! Is this going to be yr. first Presidential election to vote in?

I cast my first for Dukakis. I remember that day well.

[retrowire]

16. Yep! First election of any kind, ever. :) n/t

[Warren DeMontague]

18. Nice!

Enjoy it, man. It goes fast. Seems like 1988 was a long time ago, and yesterday at the same time.

[brewens]

26. My first was 1980 and it was called for Reagan before I even got off work. I still went over

to my polling place and voted for John Anderson. I also wanted to support other Democrats running and figured I may as well throw the independant a bone. It coudln't hurt to maybe encourage other third party challenges in the future I felt.

[Warren DeMontague]

27. I think at least now they wait until all the polls are closed to call them. But I remember that.

[brewens]

29. It's why they do that. It caused a big stink calling it before the polls were closed out west.

People that lost close races blamed that for killing late turnout and they in some cases were right.

[Rafale]

13. Ah

Not sure it will matter with these hackable electronic voting machines.

Also question the polling data lately. I hear Trump, Carlson, and Clinton are at the top, and even with my extremely diverse group of friends and coworkers, I do not know a single soul that supports these people for office. How bizarre. How bizarre.

[dae]

14. Congratulations!

[one_voice]

15. Cograts.

[PatrynXX]

17. Just had a Bernie get out the vote canvasing person out in front :)

good for you as well

[sabrina 1]

19. Excellent! I am taking someone to register next week also as a Dem for Bernie.

[LiberalLovinLug]

20. Excuse my Canadian French

But pourquoi would you ever list your political party affiliation on any registration form?

Something I have never understood as a Canadian. We do not have that requirement. i think this only opens up opportunity for malfeasance. As per this story:

http://www.truth-out.org/archive/component/k2/item/50213:republicans-destroy-democratic-voters-registration-forms

Ex-worker says he saw Demos' forms trashed.

Democrats in Nevada charged in a lawsuit Wednesday that a company paid by the Republican National Committee destroyed voter-registration forms they had collected from Democratic voters.

Similar allegations have surfaced in Oregon and West Virginia, where the group has been active.


Its very odd, not to mention risky, that you'all down there have to do this in order to complete your registration to simply take part in the voting process.

[SheilaT]

25. Because in many states you

can only vote in the primary for whatever political party you're registered to. That's why.

It's also why in states that are dominated by one political party, people will register with that party so as to be able to vote in the primary, which is often where the winner of the general election is decided, especially as the weaker one often has no one running at all in many offices.

[corkhead]

38. Yup, I have probably voted in the Republicon primary more than the Democratic for that reason

I like to at least have some say in which RWNJ is going to be my rep

[TBF]

21. I declared in 2008 so I could caucus for Obama

they still have me listed as a dem (which will be helpful for this primary on super Tues). After that we'll see how it goes.

[Dont call me Shirley]

22. Switched from I to D a month ago! Although I always did vote D anyway.

And good for you, retrowire!

[horseshoecrab]

23. Congrats retrowire!

Way to go!!!

[randome]

24. Holy crap! YOU'RE Bernie Sanders???

Welcome to DU, Bernie! (Sorry for the mess. Been meaning to clean up a bit.)
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[ileus]

28. congrats...registered D in 1988...

I eventually moved to Va where there is no party registration but, at heart and in action I will always be a Democrat.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

30. Not good enough. You're only "affiliated"....

I read that here.

[Honeylies]

31. Where did you read that?

Forms vary by state but I this looks like one where you just declare your party affiliation on the voter registration form..

[Spitfire of ATJ]

36. A Hillary supporter in a PM claimed Bernie shouldn't be allowed on the ballot as a Democrat....

Because he wasn't a REAL Democrat. It was also claimed that Bernie shouldn't be allowed in the Democratic Debates and loyal Democrats should not vote for him. That means this place shouldn't support him either as this is DEMOCRATIC Underground and he's not a Democrat.

I was reminded of this:

BTW: Here's Bernie's filing...

http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/vpr/files/201505/Sanders-2016-FEC-Form-2.pdf

[Honeylies]

37. DARKSIDED!!!!!!

Best.Video.Ever.

Thank you!

[forest444]

32. Kudos to ya, young retrowire.

I certainly remember my first voter registration card: October 1999 - just in time for the 2000 Dem. primaries (and of course that very fateful presidential election).

The sky seemed to be the limit for this country - and I so wanted to believe it would always be that way. Alas, the Bushpreme Court had other ideas.

Anyway, congratulations. Not too many young people give politics a thought anymore, and it's always nice to see exceptions to that.

And remember, retrowire: Damn the man! Save the empire.

[Enthusiast]

33. Yay! Bless you, retrowire!

[Duckfan]

34. Kudos To ya Retro

Are you feeling the Bern?

[retrowire]

40. totally feeling the bern. :) n/t

[Tracyjo]

35. You go!

Very exciting.

[Divernan]

39. Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!

Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome!
Fremde, etranger, stranger.
Gluklich zu sehen, je suis enchante,
Happy to see you, bleibe, reste, stay.

Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome
Im Cabaret, au Cabaret, to Cabaret

[Spoken]
Meine Damen und Herren, Mesdames et Messieurs,
Ladies and Gentlemen! Guden Abend, bon soir,
We geht's? Comment ca va? Do you feel good?
I bet you do!
Ich bin euer Confrecier; je suis votre compere...
I am your host!

Und sagen
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome
Im Cabaret, au Cabaret, to Cabaret

[spoken]
Leave you troubles outside!
So - life is disappointing? Forget it!
We have no troubles here! Here life is beautiful...

Well, the campaign is a long, tough fight, but you're with beautiful people!

[yuiyoshida]

41. omedetou gozaimasu!

congrats!