Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s children may be among their father’s most loyal cheerleaders. But only one of his three oldest children will be able to vote for him in next Tuesday’s Republican primary in New York.
New York City voter registration records show that neither Ivanka Trump nor her brother Eric Trump registered with the Republican Party in time to cast their ballots for their father under the state’s arcane voting rules.
“They had a long time register and they were, you know, unaware of the rules, and they didn’t, they didn’t register in time, so they feel very, very guilty,” Trump said in a phone interview with ‘Fox and Friends’ on Monday morning.
“But it’s fine. I mean I understand that. I think they have to register a year in advance and they didn’t. So Eric and Ivanka I guess won’t be voting,” he said.
While all of Trump’s children have appeared by his side on the campaign trail, Ivanka in particular has played a prominent role, introducing her father at rallies and serving as a key adviser. She also recorded a series of videos urging her father’s supporters’ to vote, including one that explained to Iowa voters how to find their caucus sites and how the process worked.
Trump’s eldest son, Donald Jr. is a registered Republican, according to state records. Trump’s youngest daughter, Tiffany, is registered as a Republican in Philadelphia, where she’s a student at the University of Pennsylvania, according to Pennsylvania state department records.
His youngest son, Barron, recently turned 10.
While many states make it easy for voters to participate in their primaries, New York’s voter laws set October 9, 2015 as the enrollment deadline for changing party enrollment in order to participate in the state’s 2016 party primaries, said New York Board of Elections spokesman John Conklin.
That means anyone who wanted to change their party enrollment in time to vote in the presidential primaries would have had to do so by that date. Enrollment changes submitted after that date won’t take effect until the first Tuesday after the 2016 general election next November.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
That’s because they didn’t think daddy would actually get this far! Lack of confidence, can’t say I blame them.
Mr. Trump is projected to win the New York Republican primary very comfortably. But in the General Election New York State will favor Hillary 3-1. New York is overwhelmingly Democrat. These are the ‘values’ mentioned by Cruz.
Just letting you know PA is mostly Democrat also, but many have switched parties and all the people I know that are democrat are voting for Trump and we have more of a Never Hillary way of thinking here
Cruz has a whole new battle to fight, and it is called Immigration, he himself cannot run for the presidential seat, because he is not a born US citizen, he took his naturalization test in 2014, actually born in Canada. this hit the Headlines on Tuesday morning, but the Media is doing their best to hide it. just like they did for Obama.
Keep beating that dead horse. Courts keep ruling in Cruz’ favor. Find another reason to hate him.
Once again I never cease to be amazed at some of the things people overlook. I can’t believe anyone would be so disinterested in their country that they would fail to register and vote. I can’t believe that it didn’t dawn on the Trump family that they should register to vote.
I’m surprised that any state has so a long cut-off between the voter registration deadline and an election. In Kentucky new voters are allowed to register up to 30 days before the election. Kentucky does have a Dec. 31 cutoff for those who wish to switch parties prior to the next year’s primary.
The article didn’t say the two Trump children were not registered to vote. It said they had not changed their party affiliation by the date required. I am guessing they must be registered Democrats? I’m not sure. However, the article says nothing about the two not voting in November in the general election. In the general election, a registered Democrat can vote Republican and vice-versa. Many people are confused about the difference with voting in primaries and in general elections. It is an honest mistake.