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In reply to the discussion: Something Is Going Seriously Wrong at Arizona Polls Today [View all]artyteacher
(598 posts)97. if the GOP ran state of Arizona ...
Really wanted to mess up the Dems, that's help Bernie.
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Yup! Thom said that this might be intentional disenfranchisement of the voter. Interesting that it
Akamai
Mar 2016
#8
If the margin of victory is 10k, they are not going to count 5k provisional ballots.
Travis_0004
Mar 2016
#42
It could change the Delegate apportionment. This is not the general winner take all situation.
FighttheFuture
Mar 2016
#93
So while the ballots are online, they're not proactively sent out to voters?
Retrograde
Mar 2016
#45
If you're "non-denominational" (I take that as being an Independent?) you can't vote in the primary.
George II
Mar 2016
#75
Closed primaries are restricted to your registered political party affliliation.
LiberalFighter
Mar 2016
#136
Upper case Independent Party they could vote but not in the Democratic or Republican.
LiberalFighter
Mar 2016
#139
I've received sample ballots in the past in Florida, but don't recall getting one this year.
Pacifist Patriot
Mar 2016
#71
I heard on Thom Hartmann today that people who had changed their registration to "Democrat"
dflprincess
Mar 2016
#6
In Washington the State, anyone can walk into a caucus and sign in as a Democrat.
rhett o rick
Mar 2016
#88
They are Rethuglicans. We are playing dodgeball with Mafia hit men EOM
The Green Manalishi
Mar 2016
#38
Every time this happens it seems to be bad for those on the political left.
Spitfire of ATJ
Mar 2016
#53
They have doing that in all red states. Here in Indiana I now have to travel 20 miles to vote,
B Calm
Mar 2016
#77
Not true. Just about as many people voted in Arizona's primaries yesterday as voted in previous....
George II
Mar 2016
#73
What I'm "content" with is that there wasn't wide-spread, rampant voter suppression. There is....
George II
Mar 2016
#89
Considering that the overall turnout was very close to an all-time record in Arizona........
George II
Mar 2016
#125
The Arizona registered voter numbers include registered Independents, who were not permitted...
George II
Mar 2016
#131
Yeah. I wonder how many first-time voters, perhaps only recently moved to want to vote,
Ghost Dog
Mar 2016
#132
I've lived in 4 states, and one of the first things I did each time I moved was find out....
George II
Mar 2016
#137
Unless there are a lot of new voters coming in to vote, likely for Bernie, and could not. Then this
FighttheFuture
Mar 2016
#94
Check that link again - it has 2016 registered voters AND those from previous even number years...
George II
Mar 2016
#96
Arizona- disenfranchises their primary by limiting people to political party on their registration.
Sunlei
Mar 2016
#86
And it enfranchises people by providing for early voting and mail-in voting
Retrograde
Mar 2016
#108
For all the Clinton supporters defending this incompetence - or 'whatever' it was
polly7
Mar 2016
#98
Brian Sanderoff, political consultant in NM, says Hilary wins here. The primary is not until June!
Dont call me Shirley
Mar 2016
#101
According to this only 20 people called and complained about not being allowed to vote
Takket
Mar 2016
#103
they'll get to oppose the candidate that people won't stand in line to vote for
MisterP
Mar 2016
#120
This is what it will look like in November no matter who the Democratic nominee is.
Ford_Prefect
Mar 2016
#112