Posted on 04/10/2016 4:31:43 PM PDT by Kaslin
New Yorkers head to the polls on April 19 to vote in their primary election. Two pretty high-profile Donald Trump surrogates, however, will be shut out of the polls: Ivanka and Eric Trump.
New York, as it turns out, has a "closed" primary--and neither Ivanka or Eric are registered Republicans.
Donald Trump’s three oldest children have campaigned with their father and served as surrogates during the presidential race. But only one of them is actually a member of the party Trump hopes to lead.
Records from the New York State Board of Elections show that neither Ivanka Trump nor Eric Trump is enrolled in a political party. Trump’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., is a Republican.
In what is certainly an unusual election law, New York voters had to register with a political party by October 9 in order to vote in the 2016 primary. New York is unique in this extremely early requirement. First-time voters had until March 25 to affiliate with a political party to be eligible for the primary. Ivanka and Eric are not affiliated with any political party. (Donald Jr. is a registered Republican, and no voter information exists for Tiffany Trump. The youngest Trump child, Barron, is 10-years-old and ineligible to vote.)
This is a pretty head-scratching slip-up--one would think that someone would have made sure that everyone associated with the Trump campaign would at least be eligible to vote for him in the primary election.
Ping
Oh my God. Really? How hard is it to register?
Not everyone’s in to politics. It’s probably easier on them not to be.
Well Ivanka has 3 kids and was pregnant the whole year.
Well that is embarrassing. lol
Really? This is big news at Klownhall. LOL
I wonder if she is register as a Democrat?
In other news, it was discovered that rats fart...
Isn’t it.
Exactly
No. She’s not register as a democrat. From the article:
neither Ivanka Trump nor Eric Trump is enrolled in a political party.
She was pregnant for 12 month? Wow
Incidentally the Dims continue to support this travesty.
So they can say it but they offer NO Proof that this is true...........so until they support their claim. I call BS
Eric runs the Trump Vinyard...in Virginia. He would not also be registered to vote in NY unless he was a democrat.
I actually went for years without registering with a party affiliation. In fact, the first time I voted in a primary was, I believe, when GW Bush ran. I’ve been voting since 1980.
When I call myself “exDemMom”, it is not quite true: I have never registered as a Democrat.
So, anyway, I can’t fault Trump’s kids for not choosing. It is not strictly necessary for exercising one’s right to vote.
Doesn’t bother me they aren’t republicans. I’m glad.
Great point........he can not vote in NY
So they are registered as Independents, lots of people do that.
New York requires existing registered voters to have registered to a party by October 9th of 2015, or if first time voter, by March 23th of 2016, to vote in a primary.
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