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In reply to the discussion: Is the 2016 Election Already Being Stripped and Flipped? [View all]roody
(10,849 posts)29. Have you been asleep for 20 years?
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I strongly believe that many of HRC's wins have been padded. Perhaps heavily so.
stillwaiting
Apr 2016
#2
It's your subjective opinion that caucuses are undemocratic. But I bet you only
rhett o rick
Apr 2016
#110
You don't believe anyone that dares speak truth to the Authoritarian Power.
rhett o rick
Apr 2016
#111
Gloat because you feel safe siding with the biggest bully, the wealthy 1%. But we will
rhett o rick
Apr 2016
#136
how many black people did you meet in your business travels in Virginia
La Lioness Priyanka
Apr 2016
#62
That's also my view of the recent election in Virginia where I know there are .
appalachiablue
Apr 2016
#82
That is not my argument. Thanks for playing. We have fabulous parting gifts. nt
stillwaiting
Apr 2016
#146
We would not allow nuclear weapon launch codes to be susceptible to hacking.
Tom Rinaldo
Apr 2016
#4
Count paper ballots. The obsession for instant results is utter stupidity. . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2016
#5
Or use computers, but print out two copies of each vote, turn in one and keep one.
DamnYankeeInHouston
Apr 2016
#9
our elections should not come down to trusting anything but our own eyes
questionseverything
Apr 2016
#57
doubled checking that what is reported at the precinct compared to the tape report is one important
questionseverything
Apr 2016
#70
I agree!! Paper ballots, hand counted. Have cameras at the counting stations streaming to the
FighttheFuture
Apr 2016
#103
Exactly. Bernie sure got the votes "stripped and flipped" in Clark County, NV.
SunSeeker
Apr 2016
#128
In WI last Friday, election registration computers crashed for 3 hours starting at 8:45AM.
FourScore
Apr 2016
#14
Let's try Bernie's political revolution first. Yes it will take millions of committed Americans to
Dustlawyer
Apr 2016
#28
These things are mostly subject to state law, so solutions can be mandated by state legislatures
99th_Monkey
Apr 2016
#55
Not according to the Wisconsin tweet celebrqting the negagive effect of voter ID on students n/t
eridani
Apr 2016
#143
I've come to the conclusion that all of the Bernie Brigade complaints stem from the same problem...
brooklynite
Apr 2016
#20
Or we noticed that the alerter's complaints were a job for the hosts, not a jury
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2016
#69
A complete waste of time and good will. If we can't be cleaner than the other guy
Ed Suspicious
Apr 2016
#49
those are caucuses, not primaries. Primaries have much, much higher overall turnout.
geek tragedy
Apr 2016
#67
caucuses require a lot more effort to vote, and they don't allow for much participation
geek tragedy
Apr 2016
#74
if it's the stand in one place stuff, not if people fill out paper ballots
geek tragedy
Apr 2016
#90
I'm not fond of caucuses though I've never experienced one first hand
creatives4innovation
Apr 2016
#106
These things are mostly subject to state law, so solutions can be mandated by state legislatures
99th_Monkey
Apr 2016
#59
Hard to trust elections after 2000 and 2004. The GOP destroyed the integrity of the election.
Rex
Apr 2016
#78
Yep: The U.S. has ‘worst elections of any long-established democracy,’ report finds
think
Apr 2016
#102
Those who run the "flip" are shielded from "confronting." The #1 answer: a constitutional amendment.
ancianita
Apr 2016
#94
Bernie has the Momenum and it keeps growing! Optimism is infectious!
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2016
#142
Boy are the GOP Plants good. It took all of one minute for this to go from a discussion
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
#101