California's 5 million independent, or "no party preference" voters, could be the "X factor" in the Dem primary. Sanders and Bloomberg want these voters. But so far a low percentage have taken the steps to get a Democratic ballot: https://apnews.com/7a01a2df8983fc50a7e263721c9f6137 … /1
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Independents must ask for a Democratic presidential primary ballot. If they show up at the polls, they should be asked if they want one. But if they're one of the roughly 4 million who vote by mail, they'll have to respond to a mailed postcard from officials /2
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That may not seem to complicated. But Californians are used to voting in top-two primaries, where everyone is on the same ballot, and may forget the pres primary is different. They're also used to later primaries. /3
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The Sanders campaign is telling people it's easier to just re-register as Democrats if they want to vote for him. That way they'll get the ballot they want without taking any other steps. Californians can change their registrations until Feb. 18.
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The campaign is also creating a feature in its app where people can see if their friends or family members are no party voters, and it will give them a message to send explaining how to vote for Sanders
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