New York cancels presidential primary, angering Bernie Sanders supporters
Source: Democrat & Chronicle
ALBANY – New York has cancelled its Democratic presidential primary for 2020, angering Bernie Sanders supporters who were hoping to win more delegates to influence their party's platform.
The state's Democratic election commissioners voted Monday to remove Sanders and nine other presidential candidates from the New York ballot, making use of a new measure in state law allowing them to do so if a candidate publicly suspends his or her campaign.
The move left former Vice President Joe Biden — the lone remaining Democrat actively seeking the Democratic nomination — as the only name on New York's Democratic primary ballot, effectively canceling the primary.
The primary election had originally been scheduled for Tuesday before Gov. Andrew Cuomo delayed it to June 23 in response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has hit New York harder than any other state.
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Voters in about 20 counties that had no other contests on their ballot have no need to go to the polls, and endanger lives on June 23.
aggressively hostile candidates who cynically claim to be victimized by their opponents than if they behaved honorably.
That's reality-based SOP for Republicans and for populist leaders on both the left and right. Further, failure to come through angers and alienates antagonistic supporters who expect their leaders to take their attitudes to the national spotlight.
Wouldn't want that, and here it is. Doesn't matter that this was a NY decision, not a DNC or Biden decision. Or that the Biden campaign is negotiating with Sanders to keep the new rules Sanders helped create from paring away all the delegates they would if simply applied the way Sanders presumably had intended.
Thank you, that was the important part! 
So you're probably right, but Bernie dropped out. Why are we worried about his delicate sensibilities? Someone should ask him if he cares about this, because I doubt he does.
It would be more funny if NY awarded Trumps delegates to someone else, but the parties award delegates, not the state. 
This robs the Bernie-bots of the opportunity to complain that if Biden won, the DNC "rigged it."
It's over so why put New Yorkers at unnecessary risk. As for the hurt feelings, Boo-freaking-Hoo. Get over it already! Bernie has dropped out and endorsed Joe. I'm sure most of his supporters will support Joe in the fall.
. . .therefore his name should NOT be on the ballot.
Note, too, that it is only the POTUS primary being affected here. All other federal, state and local primaries in New York will go on as scheduled for June 23.
#newrostrong
people should risk their lives and the lives of those around them in a meaningless election.
since we have crooked election thief Brian Kemp for governor and GA's Republicans of course are grabbing every opportunity to try to sabotage and suppress the vote.
Democrats still came to vote in droves, mostly for Joe, but importantly for the Detroit tri-county area, there was a proposal on support for the Detroit Art Institute. If the primary had been canceled, the issue might have been pushed to the August primaries, where many more Republicans would be voting.
It was smart to put that arts-support issue on a predominantly Democratic primary. The three Republicans who bothered to vote (unanimously) for Trump were not enough to defeat the support.
Did NY have any proposals that have to be moved because of this cancellation?
