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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts) Fri Apr 1, 2016, 05:02 PM Apr 2016

D.C. Council scrambles to get Sanders on primary ballot

The D.C. Board of Elections determined it cannot certify Sanders for the June 14 primary ballot because the local Democratic Party submitted his name after the legally binding deadline passed.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/dc-council-scrambles-to-get-sanders-on-primary-ballot/ar-BBreBja?ocid=spartanntp

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D.C. Council scrambles to get Sanders on primary ballot (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Apr 2016 OP

The Clinton Campaign has been pushing to get Sanders onto the DC ballot Gothmog Apr 2016 #1

Gothmog

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1. The Clinton Campaign has been pushing to get Sanders onto the DC ballot

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Fri Apr 1, 2016, 06:06 PM

Apr 2016

Here are some facts for the Sanders supporters to ignore http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/30/politics/bernie-sanders-dc-ballot/index.html?eref=rss_politics

Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta, tweeted Thursday that Sanders should not be held off the ballot.
"An administrative error should not keep a candidate off the ballot. Let's get @BernieSanders on the ballot in DC," Podesta tweeted.

John Podesta ✔ ?@johnpodesta
An administrative error should not keep a candidate off the ballot. Let's get @BernieSanders on the ballot in DC.
12:21 PM - 31 Mar 2016
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