Republicans tend to do well in off year elections when turnouts are low, because every day Americans get lazy, but hate mongers wing-nuts, and pseudo-Christian fanatics are highly motivated. Presidential election years are different, because more people vote, and Republicans have offended the majority of Americans with their rhetoric and policies. For all intents and purposes, Republicans cannot win the White House. They have to steal it. In 2004, they hacked the computers to falsify election results in Ohio, stealing a second term, for Crawford Caligula.. They tried to do it again in 2012, but Anonymous prevented them. They may try that again, but now their focus is on stealing elections by preventing people they hate from exercising their right to vote. The Arizona primary gave is a preview,
USUncut.com “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.
No word yet on any pattern of demographic affected…
Inserted from <Daily Kos>
Here’s some video of a line:
The videographer is incorrect about one thing. The number of polling locations were not cut to enable Hillary to win. Because they are incompetent, Republicans want Bernie to win. They would rather run against a "Socialist". This move had nothing to do with the primaries. They cut the number of polling places, because Maricopa County is the bluest part of Arizona, and they want to suppress the Democratic vote in November.
Chris Hayes explained how severely Republicans have slashed polling places in Maricopa County.
Everywhere else in Arizona there is a polling place for every 2,500 voters, but in the blue island, there is a polling place for every 21,000 voters.
Before the Fascist Five Injustices (now Four since Scalia descended) of SCROTUS (Republican Constitutional VD) violated the Constitution to negate Section Five of the Voting Rights Act, Arizona Republicans could not do this without prior approval from the Justice Department. Now, there are virtually no constraints on them.
We’ll need a BIG win in November, just to get a win.
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We have got to check our voting registration and make sure that everything is in line with your beliefs. Make sure you get ALL of your family to REGISTER and to get to the POLLS and VOTE in November!!! RepukkklicanTs are going to TRY to steal this ELECTION!!! BEWARE!!!
I agree with Vivian – I would mention however that it is only for primaries/caucuses that your party of registration matters. In the General Elections we all have the same ballot. You could be registered Libertarian and still be allowed to vote in the General – and write in a blue platypus if you wanted to. We now really just need to be sure we are registered. That is easier, so there is less excuse for not doing it!
Everyone can see what is happening and who the perpetrators are. And still it is happening!? There are two words for where a large part of America is at right now: banana republic.
Amen!
Geesh!! If I, as a citizen tried to do that, I'd be kicked into jail. Why aren't these ID's???
Thanks, Tom.
Just to be clear, this was NOT a "Hillary-conspiracy-to-thwart-Bernie". Hell, the most affected areas were Latino, where Hillary has a substantial edge.
This was voter suppression by Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell, a Rethuglican, who reduced the number of polls from 200 in 2012 to just 60 this Tuesday. Her intent to suppress votes from "those people" could NOT be clearer!
Part 1 of 2:
INVESTIGATE THE VOTER FRAUD AND VOTER SUPPRESSION IN ARIZONA 3/22/2016 DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/investigate-voter-fraud-and-voter-suppression-arizona-3222016-democratic-party
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Change Petition: Impeach Maricopa County Recorders Helen Purcell and Karen Osborne
https://www.change.org/p/arizona-impeach-maricopa-county-recorders-helen-purcell-and-karen-osborne?recruiter=253882606&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink
In 2012, there were 200 polling locations across the county; Tuesday, only 60. That's a 70 percent decrease.
more than 107,000 have signed Jim–the more the better, though
The mayor also called on DOJ to investigate
Both signed so fast my computer is smoking! Thanks!
Thanks, Jim, I signed both. The first one had 107,000 signatures, the second over 6,000.
Thanks Jim. Signed both. The first is up over 126,000 signatures, the second over 6,400 signatures..
Both signed.
Part 2 of 2:
Whom to contact about voting disaster in Arizona
http://www.12news.com/news/local/arizona/whom-to-contact-about-voting-disaster/98423526
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5 Outrageous Examples of Voter Suppression in the Arizona Primary
"In the wake of so many stories and social media outbursts about long lines, Helen Purcell became the target of outrage. However, when confronted by a local reporter, Purcell instead blamed the voters for getting in line. Literally."
http://usuncut.com/politics/5-examples-voter-suppression-arizona-primary/
Just read about concerns in UT–the State cancelled primaries and left it up to the parties to run caucuses…
oops–pasted over my comment…this is what happens without the preapproval aspect on changes we had with the Voting Rights Act
The Republican way: If you can't beat them, cheat them!
Since the Gore v Bush debacle, nothing surprises me. I signed both petitions that Jim submitted.
Another AZ petition:
Related revote petition (only about 20,000 signers so far) at:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/do-revote-arizona-primary-due-voter-suppression
As news of this voter suppression came out, I wondered about a "redo". Good there is a petition going.
Signed.
MoveOn Petition:
In Maricopa County Arizona, the number of polling places was reduced from 200 during the 2012 primary election, to just 60 for 2016. Some predominantly Latino areas only got one or no polling places at all. People had to wait in 5+ hour lines to vote. Please investigate and put a stop to the voter suppression before the general election.
There are currently 58,900 signatures. NEW goal – We need 75,000 signatures!
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/dept-of-justice-investigate-1?akid=163466.23189148.klLIQ-&rd=1&source=mo&t=1
Signed.
Republicans must be really worried about their electoral future. "We the people" shall overcome this fraud.
Thanks all! Hugs!!
I agree 100% with TomCat on this! The Republicans will be trying to intimidate & suppress the percieved Democratic vote even Worse come November! I believe this was a test run, simply because the "blue island" was Bikini Atoll for all those grilled Arizona voters! 🙁 If AZ isn't punished quickly & watched closely, all the RepubliCON run States will be up for grabs for Republicans in the general, when they truly should NOT have a chance in hell considering the sheer numbers of Demcrats v. Republicans registered! This has been getting worse since states like Illinois stopped allowing solid party voting, making it SO much easier to explain split-ballots..:(