2016 Postmortem

tonyt53

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1. Be careful what you wish for, Bernie will likely lose by more.

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Fri Jun 10, 2016, 09:21 AM

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Already 1 million ballots have been declared invalid in California, 2.5 million still uncounted [View all] J_J_ Jun 2016 OP

Be careful what you wish for, Bernie will likely lose by more. tonyt53 Jun 2016 #1

since they are throwing out provisional ballots voting for Bernie J_J_ Jun 2016 #3

How do you know that? Adrahil Jun 2016 #5

Proof please. The voters were given plenty of notice and opportunity to have the right ballot tonyt53 Jun 2016 #6

Great point PJMcK Jun 2016 #51

Typical Brockoli...not wanting votes counted. HooptieWagon Jun 2016 #54

There's no way to know this. If, after review, a provisional ballot is not eligible to be counted... NurseJackie Jun 2016 #11

Unopened? Ha! scscholar Jun 2016 #33

Link? NurseJackie Jun 2016 #34

Last election Seattle Times said they admitted to tossing 7% of the ballots... scscholar Jun 2016 #36

That didn't respond to my question ... but whatever. NurseJackie Jun 2016 #37

So why did it work so well in Oregon? Retrograde Jun 2016 #40

I think one of the differences is that California isn't solely vote by mail onenote Jun 2016 #49

What makes you think they're leftynyc Jun 2016 #18

You guys seem to think HRC owned the absintee vote. Skink Jun 2016 #20

I don't see Hillary supporters leftynyc Jun 2016 #21

Get real, hippie. Unicorns, rainbows and fair elections just ain't gonna happen! Scuba Jun 2016 #2

What someone else pointed out previously... randome Jun 2016 #4

The article says that most of the provisional and mail-in ballots TexasTowelie Jun 2016 #7

No kidding..."the statement on Reddit that they ALL voted for Bernie is dubious." Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #13

there is nothing on the provisional ballot which identifies the race or age of the voter Fresh_Start Jun 2016 #32

Pardon me, TexasTowelie Jun 2016 #45

the voters registration card has that information Fresh_Start Jun 2016 #48

I don't know the specifics for California, TexasTowelie Jun 2016 #50

Some of that information is public record Retrograde Jun 2016 #55

the match off the mail in and provisional ballots to the voters registration Fresh_Start Jun 2016 #56

Do Bernie voters not know how to/or bother to register to vote? livetohike Jun 2016 #8

You believe that one million people who had their votes thrown out are idiots? J_J_ Jun 2016 #16

If they didn't know the rules leftynyc Jun 2016 #19

There is no evidence in your post that a million people had their votes thrown out. ContinentalOp Jun 2016 #27

One million people didn't have their votes thrown out. See post #35. onenote Jun 2016 #44

If someone at Reddit supposes it, it must be true! FSogol Jun 2016 #9

It was done to Protect the Democratic party from outside influence , other Americans, bahrbearian Jun 2016 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author TwilightZone Jun 2016 #12

This seems to be a recurring issue. Not this specific thing, but voting irregularities in general. hughee99 Jun 2016 #14

they would rather blame one million voters J_J_ Jun 2016 #17

At least right now they would rather blame the voters. hughee99 Jun 2016 #23

Karma is .... onecaliberal Jun 2016 #53

See post # 35 onenote Jun 2016 #38

Still can't admit defeat, eh? Tarc Jun 2016 #15

More crack journalism from Reddit. Starry Messenger Jun 2016 #22

reddit: investigative journalism at its finest! workinclasszero Jun 2016 #24

"...1 million votes (probably for Bernie) have already been thrown into the trashcan!" BULLSHIT Sheepshank Jun 2016 #25

This is nonsense. ContinentalOp Jun 2016 #26

Yep: See post #35. onenote Jun 2016 #39

Chance that all the discarded votes were pro-bernie is NIL Fresh_Start Jun 2016 #28

The OP doesn't even have any evidence of "discarded votes." ContinentalOp Jun 2016 #31

If you voted on a provisional ballot, you can check its status. See link to the list for you. Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #29

By the way, you're assuming that provisional ballots are being discarded. ContinentalOp Jun 2016 #30

Provisional ballots in Santa Clara county Retrograde Jun 2016 #42

You're wrong. And I can show you why. onenote Jun 2016 #35

Plus, there were 4 other presidential primaries that day Retrograde Jun 2016 #41

Yep. They're specifically taken into account in my explanation onenote Jun 2016 #43

Somebody saying so on reddit is not an actual source. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #46

Are you saying that the people counting the votes and verifying the ballots MyNameGoesHere Jun 2016 #47

Link?? This is straight from Reddit please FloridaBlues Jun 2016 #52