2016 Postmortem

KingFlorez

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9. Not every vote is valid

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 12:26 AM

Jun 2016

And if you are naive enough to believe that every invalidated vote was for Sanders, you need to reevaluate your logic. It's pretty improbable that every invalidated ballot even relates to the presidential race, since there were hundreds of other offices on the ballot all across the state.

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CA PRIMARY UPDATE: Bernie Sanders Flips 3 Counties Today!... [View all] AzDar Jun 2016 OP

Wow... HerbChestnut Jun 2016 #1

BREAKING NEWS: SCantiGOP Jun 2016 #24

SARCASM enid602 Jun 2016 #36

kick midnight Jun 2016 #2

Posted elsewhere on DU: SCantiGOP Jun 2016 #33

ha ha. More votes equals even more winning for Hillary! Mr Maru Jun 2016 #46

Careful not to contradict the Sanders logic KingFlorez Jun 2016 #3

Actually, over 1 MILLION have been 'invalidated'... More than 2 Million still uncounted. AzDar Jun 2016 #6

That's a lie oberliner Jun 2016 #8

All ballots are counted in California, including provisional ballots, no matter what the still_one Jun 2016 #28

Not every vote is valid KingFlorez Jun 2016 #9

That is absolutely correct. If they are not registered to vote, have already voted still_one Jun 2016 #30

The word "invalidated" appears nowhere in that link ContinentalOp Jun 2016 #14

The claim that 1 million votes have been invalidated has been debunked. onenote Jun 2016 #16

Thank you. I am so tired of these "social media" claims that are assumed to be fact still_one Jun 2016 #31

Once the story gets passed around, it becomes the truth to many. Ace Rothstein Jun 2016 #44

Thank you for the data. However, data doesn't matter to the true believer. (nt) ehrnst Jun 2016 #45

Got that right! nt Mr Maru Jun 2016 #47

Not seeing where they were invalidated, according to the link. ehrnst Jun 2016 #40

That's nice Retrograde Jun 2016 #4

Clinton leads in 50 out of 53 Districts. onenote Jun 2016 #18

Seems the difference is up to 475,000 votes now. Dem2 Jun 2016 #5

Santa Claus Just Endorsed Bernie! Night Watchman Jun 2016 #12

Yes every vote matters aligzanduh Jun 2016 #15

Yes, rules suck and not knowing the rules sucks even worse justiceischeap Jun 2016 #19

Thank you. I am so sick of hearing about how simple rules and deadlines ehrnst Jun 2016 #41

Signed up just to make this lame excuse? Dem2 Jun 2016 #21

Good to be king, eh? RobertEarl Jun 2016 #22

You mean the employees at the county and state? Who make sure that the rules that have been in place ehrnst Jun 2016 #42

Welcome to DU. panader0 Jun 2016 #27

You are new to the DU so who is this "we" that would have won and that was handicapped and how cstanleytech Jun 2016 #35

Yeah. That's it. Totally. And ACORN is out there somewhere working for Hillary now... (nt) ehrnst Jun 2016 #43

Yet He's Fallen Behind By More Votes Each of Last 2 Days Stallion Jun 2016 #7

12.4 % is Still..... Grassy Knoll Jun 2016 #10

Today was the cutoff date for mail in votes to arrive. grossproffit Jun 2016 #11

yup, and May 23rd was the last day to register to vote in the June 7th primary, still_one Jun 2016 #32

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2016 #13

Its still 56-43. DCBob Jun 2016 #17

Hmm...56-43 = 13 MineralMan Jun 2016 #25

at this point none of this matters but if you want to look at the numbers beachbum bob Jun 2016 #20

In Election Math, 2+2 = 11 or 2+2 = 10. MineralMan Jun 2016 #23

But Sanders still loses by 500,000 votes. annavictorious Jun 2016 #26

I'm beginning to feel a bit of pity here Tarc Jun 2016 #29

30,000 people at some rally. That's A LOT. Sanders is down by 470,000 votes. That's NOTHING! alcibiades_mystery Jun 2016 #37

Clinton lost SLO and SB by 8 in 2008 alcibiades_mystery Jun 2016 #34

Count every vote indeed, but her overall margin in the state actually increased. Zynx Jun 2016 #38

They have every intention of counting every vote. Clinton's lead increases. It was known Calif takes seabeyond Jun 2016 #39

"Inconceivable !" GreatGazoo Jun 2016 #48