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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How Badly Did Voter Suppression in Maricopa County Hurt Bernie in Arizona? [View all]morningglory
(2,336 posts)12. IMO they are suppressing the vote in anticipation of the GE.
Maricopa is the biggest county. Mostly Latino population; have them wait outside in a loooong line and lots of them will go away. Republican-run state. They don't care if Bernie or Hillary wins the primary.
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How Badly Did Voter Suppression in Maricopa County Hurt Bernie in Arizona? [View all]
Time for change
Mar 2016
OP
Thank you for emphasizing that. Those are the main points I wanted to get across
Time for change
Mar 2016
#5
The only way to know who was hurt is to know how those who intended to vote and did not
upaloopa
Mar 2016
#4
I personally know three people who weren't allowed to vote, who were Bernie supporters.
AzDar
Mar 2016
#11
So back in 2012 when the vs law was enacted, Sanders would have been expected to run in 2016,
misterhighwasted
Mar 2016
#15
Not that astounding. Most people nowadays vote early, absentee, etc. You avoid lines, illness,,
Hoyt
Mar 2016
#30
I realize people nowadays are pretty dumb putting off voting until the last minute when they
Hoyt
Mar 2016
#57
Most places you can vote at a precinct weeks before the last day, you can carry your absentee ballot
Hoyt
Mar 2016
#59
the real purpose of all the speculation from the BS camp is insinuate that Hillary camp used dirty
Jitter65
Mar 2016
#49