Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig isn’t happy about the New York primary election, calling his home state’s voting process “bullshit”.
The state holds closed primaries, meaning only those registered with a specific party can vote in that party’s primary. The vote is held tomorrow, but the deadline for registration was October 9th, meaning if you were registered as a Republican or independent, if you didn’t swap 6 months ago – before much of the debate had even started – you’re out of luck.
Koenig wrote, “I can’t say whether this will fundamentally alter the results of the primary tomorrow but I have a feeling it will. Either way, this isn’t democracy.”
The state holds closed primaries, meaning only those registered with a specific party can vote in that party’s primary. The vote is held tomorrow, but the deadline for registration was October 9th, meaning if you were registered as a Republican or independent, if you didn’t swap 6 months ago – before much of the debate had even started – you’re out of luck.
Koenig wrote, “I can’t say whether this will fundamentally alter the results of the primary tomorrow but I have a feeling it will. Either way, this isn’t democracy.”
The New York primary is bullshit. Whoever wins – this is garbage. It’s voter suppression. pic.twitter.com/M4hVyDljaG
— Ezra Koenig (@arzE) April 18, 2016
