In 18 states, voters who indicated on their voter registration forms they are: independent, no party preference, or blank, and can't vote in the primaries unless they give up their independence.
In some states they are closed out of the primary system even thought they paid for it as tax payers.
CLICK HERE to listen to this interview with Jacqueline Salit, President of IndependentVoting.org, as she talks about how independents will be inserting our voice into the midterm elections.
So independents around the country are taking part in a new "Voting Rights are Primary" campaign. Independent voters are picketing and protesting their exclusion from Ohio to North Carolina to Nevada to Kentucky to Pennsylvania, it's all part of the campaign designed to publicize this flaw in our democracy.
News Coverage
California: Auburn Journal
Massachusetts: Glouchester Times & Lowell Sun
Nevada: Elko Daily Free Press
New Mexico: KOB TV ch 4, Albuquerque Journal
North Carolina: WUNC 91.5 fm
Ohio: WSYX TV ch 6, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Canton Repository
Oregon: The Mainstream
Pennsylvania: Meadville Tribune, Pennsylvania Independent, WHYY 98.9 fm, Watchdog.org
15 states will hold primaries in the next 6 weeks.
Independents are organizing protests and pickets in all of them.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote!
Michael H. Drucker
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