No Susan Sarandon, You Don't Have To Register As A Democrat To Vote For Bernie
By CalMatters
Published Jan 13, 2020 11:10 AM
Actress, Susan Sarandon watches Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt speak in 2016. (Chris Carlson/AP)
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The Callfornia primary is coming up fast and we're here to clear up some bad information.
You do not have to switch your party affiliation to Democrat to cast a ballot for one of the candidates for the Democratic party nomination. [Susan Sarandon was among numerous Bernie Sanders supporters sharing that piece of misinformation last week.]
You do have to take steps to cast that vote, however, if you are not registered as a Democrat.
If you are not registered as a Republican, you're out of luck if you want to weigh in on that ticket (parties get to decide who's in and who's out when it comes to primary votes.)
This sounds complicated because, well, it is. See below:
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