Where's the coverage, NY Times?

[choie]

I just did a quick search to see if the Times has published any articles on the election fraud in Arizona. The only article was from March 25th which discussed the complaints of "long lines" at the polls. Since then - nothing... that's our liberal press.

[Skwmom]

1. The Clinton Times doesn't believe in real journalism. n/t

[choie]

2. You are certainly right, Skwmom!

[geek tragedy]

3. Because there is vote suppression in many different states, Arizona is just

one example.

There was vote suppression in North Carolina, and there will be vote suppression in Wisconsin next week due to voter ID laws.

Voters having to stand in long lines sadly is not a huge story because it happens so often.

[choie]

4. The long lines were

not the only issue in Arizona - it was the changing of voters' registrations as well. You can't dismiss this by saying that there are long lines everywhere.

[geek tragedy]

6. you'd have to show that there was deliberate tampering rather than

mere database errors.

it's not a national story--it's a local one and it's the local press grilling the local politicians, and the state legislature is holding hearings.

[bobbobbins01]

8. I would say it should still be national news.

Unless someone covers it those mere database errors might still be in place come general election time, and directly event whoever the democratic candidate is.

[geek tragedy]

9. the issue in general is a national story, but unless Drumpf

gets involved the press has little interest in it

[bobbobbins01]

13. Yup, I'll give you that.

We've probably missed a good number of important stories because the press has it priorities all out of whack.

[jillan]

12. It IS national news, unfortunately the clowns at corporate media never told us about it....

http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2015/12/28/us-voter-database-leak/#8d61a8b1bb94

191 Million US Voter Registration Records Leaked In Mystery Database

Researcher Chris Vickery, who this month found myriad databases left open to all and sundry, told FORBES he has his hands on all 300GB of voter data, which includes names, home addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, party affiliations, and logs of whether or not they had voted in primary or general elections. The data appears to date back to 2000. It does not contain financial data or social security numbers.

Guess Donald Trump's penis size is more important than this

[TheDormouse]

14. It is a national story--it directly impacts the presidential election

It doesn't matter whether the cause is conspiracy by a political party or the incompetence of local officials. It is absolutely a national story, especially if it is part of a trend affecting multiple states.

[Blue Meany]

5. I did a search on Proquest News

and found articles about significant ballot shortages, long lines and registration errors preventing people from voting in, Florida, Illinois, Nevada, Hawaii, Arizona, South Carolina--those are the one's I remember offhand. Ballot shortages are the easiest to get a handle on in terms of the numbers of locations, since these were immediately reported to party officials.

I am hoping to compile a list to see if there are discernible patterns, but maybe someone will set up a wiki-site that multiple people can contribute to. I think it could have changed the outcome in a couple of states, but I don't want to post about this without laying out the evidence. And it happened in both Democratic and Republican primaries, though seemingly more in the latter.

[Uncle Joe]

7. I haven't seen or heard anything from the corporate media conglomerates regarding

the massive voter suppression that took place in Arizona.

As if anyone wouldn't expect long lines when you deliberately reduce the number of polling places from 200 to just 60 during a Presidential Primary, the CMCs are loathe to delve into the motivations and impacts of this injustice.


Thanks for the thread, choie.

[JudyM]

10. There must be so much more important election news to cover.

[jillan]

11. Long lines is only 1/2 of the story. The other half could effect NY voters as well.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2015/12/28/us-voter-database-leak/#8d61a8b1bb94

People could show up to vote to find out their registration has been deleted.