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pnwmom

(108,977 posts)
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:00 PM Mar 2016

Polk Co. Florida Democratic voters falsely told by election workers that they couldn't vote

in the Florida primary. Then the workers "found" the ballots in a closet.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/florida-poll-workers-find-democratic-ballots-in-closet-after-telling-voter-primary-for-republicans-only/

Florida woman said poll workers tried to turn her away, saying the primary was for Republican voters only.

Theresa Wibert said a poll worker at her Polk County precinct handed her and her husband Republican ballots and told them Democrats could not vote in Tuesday’s primary, reported WFLA-TV.


“The boss came over and said we could vote for Republicans only,” she said. “I couldn’t believe it. I told them I wasn’t leaving … It sure wasn’t politically correct.”

A third Democratic voter was also denied a ballot at the Winter Haven precinct but was eventually allowed to vote.

“We would have been turned away if we weren’t forceful about it,” Wibert said.

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Polk Co. Florida Democratic voters falsely told by election workers that they couldn't vote (Original Post) pnwmom Mar 2016 OP
The simplest and most egregious... Else You Are Mad Mar 2016 #1
Because Voter Fraud.... Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #2
the REAL voter fraud comes from above, NOT the voters. pansypoo53219 Mar 2016 #3
Dear attorney general Doctor_J Mar 2016 #4
Better yet, pretend they're unarmed black teens. nt valerief Mar 2016 #6
Typical Florida election fraud. nt valerief Mar 2016 #5
Sounds like a North Korean election. lpbk2713 Mar 2016 #7
'round these parts, Polk stands for People Of Lesser Knowledge. BiminiTwisted Mar 2016 #8

Else You Are Mad

(3,040 posts)
1. The simplest and most egregious...
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 09:20 PM
Mar 2016

Election fraud occurs with such an astonishing frequency yet is always under reported. If a person in authority (the county/party poll worker) tells someone something along these lines, most average voters would just comply with what they are told and not question it or rock the vote. There are untold numbers of discouraged voters for every few that complain. This is just party/local politics as usual.

Once, I was talking with my brother about a funny named GOP county clerk running against the incumbent while in line to vote. The nice old lady that has us sign the roll heard us (and assumed we were going to vote for the candidate) and told us that we shouldn't vote for that person because he will lose anyway. If I were apt to listen to authority, like many of the elderly on line behind me, I probably would have listened to her.

 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
4. Dear attorney general
Thu Mar 17, 2016, 10:18 PM
Mar 2016

Send a team of FBI agents down there, and arrest everyone involved, and place them in jail. Pretend that people who interfere with federal elections are pot smokers.

BiminiTwisted

(102 posts)
8. 'round these parts, Polk stands for People Of Lesser Knowledge.
Fri Mar 18, 2016, 12:16 AM
Mar 2016

Meth capital of Florida, and that batshit crazy Sheriff Grady Judd

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