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Shameless Lefty Hack
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« on: July 15, 2016, 03:27:16 PM »

I don't think that there are any legal barriers, if that's what you're asking. You can be registered as anything and run as anything, provided you win the nomination of that party or... Don't if you're running as an I.

As for whether they'd be kicked out of the party, it depends on the circumstances. If they were challenging another Democratic nominee, they'd be likely to burn a bunch of bridges. If the nominee decided to run as an I for whatever reason, I can't imagine anyone kicking them out of the party, but it would raise a lot of eyebrows.
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