Detroit- Precinct #129 NO WORKING MACHINES

[James48]

Detroit Martin Luther King High School-
As of 08:30, STILL not open (should have opened at 7am). Precinct #129.

No working machines. They are telling people to come back later.

Machines were locked in a room and nobody can find key

[redstatebluegirl]

1. Do you have a link? I don't see anything about this on any credible news sources.

We have to be careful we don't discourage people from voting.

[exboyfil]

2. Did you film it and put it on Youtube

and send it to the press?

[workinclasszero]

7. Damn right!

Get your cell phone out and document this garbage!

Biggest blue area in the state and no working machines?

What a cowinky dink huh?

[Le Gaucher]

3. They should have emergency ballots

[bdamomma]

48. exactly

any provisional ballots???

[sellitman]

4. MFers!!!!!!!!

[Blue_true]

18. This happens when people wait. If there is early voting, vote early and Democrats must have

poll monitors in place to insure daily votes get recorded properly and transmitted. When people wait, republicans play dirty trick and those tricks work to prevent people from voting.

[dsc]

21. no early voting in MI

[Blue_true]

24. Once Dems get more control, CHANGE THAT.

Here in Florida, even conservative voters like early voting. Once it is in place, republicans may trim it, but they won't dare get rid of it because their own voters will revolt.

[Kaleva]

41. There's a prop on the MI ballot for allowing No Reason absentee voting.

To get an absentee ballot now, one must meet certain criteria.

[Blue_true]

43. Good first step. Next, in person early voting added on.

Republican voters in Florida love early voting. Once it is in place, republican lawmakers won't dare remove it.

[workinclasszero]

5. WTH?

Please report this crap! There are a couple of links here.....

Trouble Voting? We Want To Hear From You.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211370319

[Snotcicles]

6. When you do finally get to vote Detroit, vote for Jocelyn Benson for SOS she will fix this mess. nt

[MichMan]

52. The responsibility is on Janice Winfrey

The chance to fix Detroit elections was in 2016 when voters reelected Clerk Janice Winfrey who has bungled nearly every election in some way or another. The person she beat was just elected Lt. Governor

Unless you believe that the Secretary of State is responsible for all the keys in the entire state and deliberately withheld this one from Detroit.

[oberliner]

8. Here's a link with more info from a local reporter

Precinct 129 poll workers are still setting up at MLK High School after they say someone put the machines in a locked room without notifying them where they were. Several people are waiting to vote or have had to leave.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp1yJU7H-DZ/

[workinclasszero]

12. "or have had to leave"

Just what the ****ing GOP wanted to happen!

[lunasun]

27. Thanks for link. Expecting some of this here in Chicago but looks like they may save it for the

mayor primary next February since I haven't heard anything local.

[James48]

10. Here is video link

Detroit Martin Luther King High School-

Doors still closed- machines - NEW MACHINES this year, do NOT work, and people are being told come back later.

Not sure if it is machine failure, or set-up failure, but it is failure.

Link: https://www.facebook.com/Therevcw/videos/10105316806349554/

[samnsara]

14. this is why we all need paper mail in ballots!!!!!

[MoonRiver]

11. SCUM! Repukes only cheat!

[MichMan]

54. Janice Winfrey, who runs Detroit elections was elected by the voters

She bears the responsibility and no one else.

[brush]

13. They're pulling their 2016 crap already. By that I mean in 2016, in a majority black city...

tens of thousands of ballots allegedly left off a vote for president.

Just enough for trump to somehow win Michigan's electoral votes.

Yeah, right.

[Basement Beat]

15. *Sigh*

We really need someone other than Janice Winfrey as City Clerk.

[Baitball Blogger]

17. What is the background on Janice?

It shouldn't be difficult to find out who is responsible.

[Basement Beat]

25. I don't believe she purposely...

have errors and bungles things on election day. But I do question her competency on large elections/turnouts - which could also leave things open for others to screw things up. She was just re-elected in 2016 (have been the City Clerk since 2005).

[Baitball Blogger]

30. From what I remembered, there was one precinct captain who had the key to

get into the building and was also responsible for locking the doors, punctually at seven, or determining who made it in line before seven.

In sum, if Janice was running a tight ship she would have had a special training session for those precinct captains and they should have known where to find what they needed to run a seamless operation.

[MichMan]

51. Surprised she was reelected this last time

Every single election in Detroit has some ridiculous issue. I really question her competence.

These issues are 100% on Winfrey and have nothing to do with Lansing

[Sunsky]

16. This is messed up

There's no excuse. It's not like election day just popped up unannounced.

[erpowers]

19. Hillary Clinton

Any chance this is one of the reasons Hillary Clinton lost Michigan in 2016. I thought there were voting problems in Detroit in 2016. How many people left the polls and then did not make it back before the polls closed? How many people had to go to work and could not get back to the polls before the polls closed?

[yardwork]

39. This is absolutely one of the reasons Clinton lost Michigan.

[James48]

20. UPDATE- precinct 129 is now OPEN

Only 2 hours late.

[workinclasszero]

23. And how many democratic voters had to leave so as not to be late for work?

Dammit election day should be a paid holiday in this country!

[lunasun]

28. Because so many have already left for work now ....:( . But thanks for post here on this

[Takket]

29. Dems need an emergency injunction to get this precinct help open late

and i'd love to know who "locked the machines up"

[watoos]

36. Should have kicked the door down.

If I were there I would have, I bet someone would have paid my bail.

[Dave Starsky]

46. No kidding.

An instant GoFundMe would take care of the bail, the property damage, and any other legal ramifications within a few hours.

[lpbk2713]

38. And how many voters will be at their jobs beyond 7PM?

I smell a dead rat.

[bdamomma]

49. That's good

but there is no excuse for this.

[sinkingfeeling]

22. Report to Vote.com.

[SummerSnow]

26. break the door down

[Roland99]

31. 866-OUR-VOTE

Link to tweet

[Hoyt]

32. If my red as dirt state can have a month of early voting and voting by mail, why not Michigan?

[elmac]

33. here we go again, more dirty tricks nt

[Thunderbeast]

34. VOTE BY MAIL!

Get rid of the risky lines, machines, and manipulations.

[elmac]

35. If you have trouble voting call 866-OUR-VOTE 1-866-687-8683

The hotline is run by Election Protection, a coalition of lawyers' groups, such as the Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Brennan Center for Justice.

[watoos]

37. If they were delayed by 2 hours

then keep the polling place open 2 extra hours.

[KPN]

40. And in Phoenix, AZ, a polling place that was "foreclosed" on and locked up overnight with

all the ballots and voting stations inside and inaccessible.

These pricks will stop at nothing. This is blatant.

[Snotcicles]

42. MICHIGAN VOTE YES ON PROP 3!

and on 1 and 2 also.

[maryellen99]

44. I'm in MI and can't vote until after 5 pm

[Snotcicles]

45. This

[link:https://www.wxyz.com/news/voters-turned-away-due-to-missing-voting-machines-at-precinct-in-detroit?fbclid=IwAR1gytMxAn6wo0IUgUMlVsgA9RIDREOTQeV1Dr3mqEKiizhv3WtJIaPrpbU|

[bdamomma]

47. that is such

BS more voter suppression. What a freaking BS story, they can't find the key???? and telling people to come back???

Can this be reported to the Voting authorities or ACLU???

[MichMan]

53. You realize Detroit election officials have been 100% Dems for decades right?

Clerk Janice Winfrey has bungled nearly every election in some way, shape of form. Yet she was re elected by Detroit voters in 2016, so they own this too. Oh, and the person she beat was just elected to Lt Governor

[littlemissmartypants]

50. SMDH. nt