With the 17 year old primary voting lawsuit in OH, why not call it what it is?

[PyaarRevolution]

Yeah, we accuse Republicans of this usually but I would say this is clearly voter disenfranchisement.

[Gwhittey]

1. IT is Republican doing it?

Not sure what your post is about

[PyaarRevolution]

2. Talking about Bernie filing a lawsuit to allow 17 year olds to select the candidate in primary...

if they are 18 by the election date.

[Recursion]

3. Right, Sanders is suing John Kasich, a Republican, over this

Actually I think he's technically suing his secretary of state, also a Republican.

[PyaarRevolution]

4. We've known DWS has been chummy with some Republicans.

So I wouldn't rule out Democrat involvement.

[Hortensis]

10. Of course you wouldn't. LOL! Oh, god!

[NWCorona]

12. We (Dems) are more artful in our tactics

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511363331

[Ferd Berfel]

9. That's the way we do it in Illinois

[MichMan]

5. Why just Ohio?

Only 21 states allow this; since this is far less than half, they are clearly in the minority

Why is Ohio the only one being sued?

Here is list of those that allow it; mix of red and blue

Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming

[PyaarRevolution]

6. Then all the one's not allowing it should be sued.

I totally agree. If you're going to be 18 when election day hits then by all means, you should be able to vote for who will be the party's nominee.

[Hortensis]

11. Thanks for the injection of information, MichMan.

As for allowing 18-year-olds to vote, apparently there is something we can all agree on. Congrats, all of us.

[ieoeja]

8. In those states, the law says you have to be 18 to participate in the primary.

In Ohio it says you must be 18 at the time of the election to vote in the primary. This was always interpreted to mean "18 at the time of the general election." During the primary the parties are nominating, not electing, a candidate for the general election.

The Secretary of State unilaterally decided the primary "elects" a candidate so you must now be 18 at the time of the primary.

There is no room for ambiguity in the other states. So nothing on which to base a lawsuit. In Ohio it was one official's interpretation. We can ask a judge to make that intepretation instead.

[dana_b]

16. thank you for the explanation

I think that makes it clear why Bernie decided to pursue this in Ohio and not in other states.

[MelungeonWoman]

13. Ohio has done it this way since the 1980's.

Since millennials might change the outcome, the secretary of state decided to change the rules last week.

[MisterP]

7. voter caging: they liked it so much when the GOP did it in FL they distracted us

by shrieking about Nader

[Jitter65]

14. In Ohio, you have to 18 by a certain date. Was that way too in 2012. nt

[MichMan]

15. Still selective outrage

Got it... So the disenfranchisement of those currently 17 who would be 18 on GE day is acceptable in the other 28 states that prohibit it. Only Ohio is important enough to make it an issue???