Since these are party contests not actual elections do the regulations actually apply? (serious question from someone outside the country) From the article it sounds like a lot of things are messed up (54,000 registered members removed from the lists in Brooklyn as well as the above mentioned) and that court action is warranted but i would have thought that if the Party wants a closed primary then it up to the party members not the courts to consider the switch to a open primary.
If I started the Cow Party of America and the leadership rules said you get one vote per cow you bring to the convention and someone challenged this because they lived in a jurisdiction where keeping cattle is not allowed would this not be an internal cow party problem? The requirement to bring a cow to vote for the leader does not impact the ability to vote in the actual elections just in the internal leadership contest.
