I’ve been giving the Donald more space than he deserves.
Bernie Sanders would be winning if the United States was a democracy
Something Is Going Seriously
Wrong at Arizona Polls Today
Arizona’s
primaries aren’t even done yet, and there’s already legal action
being taken as a result of incompetence or possibly even intentional
sabotage.
Leaders
from the Arizona branch of the Democratic Party have confirmed that
its lawyers are officially making an inquiry after multiple
Democratic voters showed up to the polls only to find that they were
listed as independents, Republicans, or had no party affiliation at
all.
Many
voters wound up having to wait in line under the hot Arizona sun only
to find that they were ineligible to vote for the candidates of their
choice. To add insult to injury, the polling locations have been so
poorly planned that many voters had to wait in line up to four hours
before finding out that their information had been improperly filed.
Dylan Roberts
At PHX polling site. 7:30pm: line is 3K+ long. Voters at front been waiting for 4+ hrs. #AZPrimary #WesternTuesday
azcentral
This
isn’t just conspiracy theory, either. Maricopa County, home of
Phoenix, which is traditionally very conservative, is four times
larger than Pima County, which houses Tucson, a traditionally liberal
city. Yet despite over 4 million people residing in Maricopa County,
and less than 1 million living in Pima County, Pima had twice as many
polling locations as Maricopa, according to AZCentral.com.
Joe
Dana, a reporter with 12 News in Phoenix, tweeted that despite
500,000 more primary voters in 2016 than 2012, Maricopa County
polling places had dwindled considerably for this election:
JOE DANA
Consider: 2012 primary had 300,000 voters and 200 polling places. 2016 primary has estimated 800,000 voters at 60 polling places. #12News
Poll
workers have been giving out “provisional ballots,” according to
12 News. It’s unclear at this time as to whether these ballots will
actually count in the Arizona primary, and whether intentional or
not, it could result in the disenfranchisement of Arizona voters.
Some frustrated residents are taking to YouTube and social media to
voice their frustrations.
No
word has been given as to whether there was a pattern as to which
kind of demographics were experiencing this kind of treatment, and no
explanation has been given regarding what caused this bizarre error.
“We’ve
been getting calls all day from lifelong Democrats who have been
registered as independents,” Enrique Gutierrez, communications
director for the Arizona Democratic Party, told US Uncut. “One
woman even said she’d been registered as a Libertarian.”
When
asked how this might affect the election, he responded that it would
be close, and that they were doing their best:
Provisional
ballots are usually the last to be counted. It might swing the
election, to be honest, depending on how close it is here. If there’s
a mistake in our system, we want to fix it. Their votes should be
counted. Everyone’s votes should be counted. We’ve been hearing
all day from people, and they’re pretty upset.
Bernie
Sanders is taking a proactive approach, asking voters to help monitor
the situation on the ground via his Twitter account.
Bernie Sanders
Arizona, we need your help! After you vote today, ask the clerk for the turnout at your precinct and report it: http://bernie.to/ReportAZvoting
Some
similar stories have surfaced during the primaries of earlier voting
states, and accusations of voter fraud or infringement of voting
rights run rampant on any election day. We will continue to monitor
the situation in Arizona and update as necessary.
CrossTalk: Trump vs. Clinton
Bernie Sanders Is Currently Winning the Democratic Primary Race, and I’ll Prove It to You
Nobody
cares how well a politician does at the ballot box when he or she is
running for an office unopposed. What matters is how a politician
performs in contested primaries and general elections, as when it
really matters — like it will, for instance, this November — you
can be certain of a contested election.
With
that said, let’s make an important observation: Bernie Sanders has
tied or beaten Hillary Clinton in a majority of the actively
contested votes this election season.
You
doubt it? Okay, let me explain.....
Bernie
Sanders Just
Unleashed on Arizona
Primary Disaster
Unleashed on Arizona
Primary Disaster
Bernie Sanders is just as mad as his supporters about the Arizona primary election process, which is being widely regarded as a total fiasco.
“We
got an email last night from a woman who was waiting in line for five
hours to vote. For five hours to vote,” Bernie said incredulously
today at a press conference in San Diego.
He
said there was no excuse for a failure of this magnitude.
“Whatever
the cause of that problem is, people in the United States of America
should not have to wait five hours in order to vote. We do not know
how many thousands of people who wanted to vote yesterday in Arizona
did not vote. We don’t know if they wanted to vote for Bernie
Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, whoever. We don’t know
that.”
Despite
expecting huge turnouts, the infamous Maricopa County actually cut
the number of polling locations from 200 to 60, which meant there was
only one polling site for every 20,000 voters. Many Democratic voters
also arrived to vote only to discover they were improperly registered
and given “provisional ballots” which may or may not have counted
for anything.
“In
the United States of America, democracy is the foundation of our way
of life,” Bernie said. “People should not have to wait five hours
to vote, and what happened yesterday in Arizona is a disgrace.”
The
voting was so disgraceful, many are calling for officials to hold
primary again, properly run this time. Bernie ended his comments on
the Arizona primary by saying he hopes that this fiasco has raised
the bar for elections moving forward.
“I
hope that every state in this country learns from that and learns how
to put together a proper election where people can come in and vote
in a timely manner and go back to work.”
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