Paul Rieckhoff is on the courthouse steps in Foley Square, filing suit against the state of New York. The question in front of the court is as old as the republic and as urgent as this news cycle: does the right to vote derive from citizenship, or from joining a political party? In New York, 25.4% of the electorate — 3.1 million voters — is shut out of the primaries that actually decide most elections. Public schools. Public workers. Public machines. Private party gatekeeping. It is unfair, un-American, and the plaintiffs argue, unconstitutional.
Episode 637
Let vets vote. 3.1 million New Yorkers locked out of primaries. Rieckhoff & IVA files landmark lawsuit to blow up closed primaries.
Paul Rieckhoff is standing on the courthouse steps in Lower Manhattan — and he’s suing the state of New York. 3.1 million unaffiliated New Yorkers are locked out of the primaries that actually decide their elections, and a coalition of independent veterans, led by Independent Veterans of America, just filed a landmark lawsuit to blow the doors off. This is Let Vets Vote — and it starts now.
The Brief
→ Four things from today’s episode
01
Trump’s Iran remarks. “Let them take out Los Angeles… a very small price to pay” — and why desensitization is the real danger
02
Why a more desperate Trump is a more unpredictable Trump, an. Why a more desperate Trump is a more unpredictable Trump, and what that means for the next 90 days
03
Josh Shapiro endorses HB 280 to open Pennsylvania’s primarie. Josh Shapiro endorses HB 280 to open Pennsylvania’s primaries to unaffiliated voters after a 115-88 state house vote
04
The Let Vets Vote national campaign. veterans as the tip of the spear for all independents
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