Bernie Sanders Rips Arizona Republicans For Disgraceful Suppression Of The Vote

[iandhr]

During a press conference, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) ripped Arizona Republicans who suppressed the vote of thousands of voters by limiting the number of polling places in the state's largest county.

The problem was centered in Maricopa County, AZ where there was was one polling site for every 21,000 voters. Most counties in the state that The Arizona Republic surveyed had one polling place for every 2,500 voters. Maricopa is a Republican stronghold, and also the state’s most populous county.

It is obvious that the lack of polling places is an intentional Republican strategy to suppress the vote.


http://www.politicususa.com/2016/03/23/bernie-sanders-rips-arizona-republicans-disgraceful-suppression-vote.html


I wonder if DU Sanders supporters will stop with the conspiracy theories and listen to their own candidate. It was the Republicans who limited the vote. Not the DNC, not Hillary.

[IdaBriggs]

1. I want the candidates to FIGHT FOR US.

Start the lawsuits. Grab the pitchforks and heat up the tar - let's make sure this is fixed before the general election!

[mmonk]

2. I've always known but where is the DNC?

[iandhr]

5. The DNC can't do anything until the Voting Rights Act is restored.

There are not many legal weapons at their disposal.

[Scuba]

16. In 2009, Democrats in DC had an opportunity to protect our votes and voting rights.

It never came up. Kinda like 2000 never happened. Kinda like 2004 never happened.

[iandhr]

17. Maybe they were under the naive assumption...

... that legal precedent mattered and a law twice upheld by the SCOTUS wouldn't be struck down

[Scuba]

21. Are you suggesting there was nothing Congress and the President could do to protect voting?

I don't remember any hearings on the topic that came to that conclusion. Please enlighten me?

[AzDar]

3. Has Hillary denounced the suppression/fraud ?

[JimDandy]

6. Nope. Not one word about it... n/t

[iandhr]

7. She has called for the VRA to be restored...

... and automatic voter registration


https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/voting-rights/


This is an issues she and Bernie agree on.

They agree on quite a lot. A friend of mine summed up a debate on Facebook with this quote.

Clinton on the economy: "Let me agree with much of what Senator Sanders said."
Sanders on foreign policy: "Let me agree with much of what Secretary Clinton said."

Or to use Clinton words from a debate "I think we are in vigorous agreement.


It is not an accident that they were on the same side of more than 90% of Senate vote.

[mmonk]

9. True. I would still sue however. We keep suing in NC

and the court finally ruled in our favor. This last primary we had is if the districts hold up. We may have to another election in June.

[iandhr]

20. Get the SCOTUS sorted out first

[jwirr]

24. Our four SCOTUS judges are not going to budge on voters

rights so if we sue now the court will have two choices: Vote no again - in which case we tried - and vote to stop the suppression - in which case we have won.

I vote that we at least try. Waiting gets us nothing.

[Politicalboi]

4. And one would think

Hillary would wait till this is looked at before being crowned. But she doesn't care. Most of those voters were for Bernie. It's not her problem.

[Dragonfli]

8. It is her silence regarding the fraud, she condones it with her sience, I want her to fight

the Republicans along with Sanders.

Or it will remain clear she does not care about fraud against the Latino community.


It also makes her look like she is too weak to fight, or worse unwilling because it involves POC, rather than the rich white folks that bankroll her.


One thing she has made clear -SHE IS NO FIGHTER she is afraid to take on the racists in AZ.

[bkkyosemite]

11. Maybe there is a reason for her silence

[Dragonfli]

12. I can't think of any reason that would be good /nt

[ibegurpard]

10. has the Hillary campaign said anything about it?

Other than touting her "win"?
Give me a fucking break.

[KingFlorez]

13. He didn't really lose, he won 60-40

At least that is the story he probably believes, like his supporters

[pat_k]

14. In AZ the actions of the SOS disproportionately affected under 30's.

Only 7% of early AZ voters were under 30 (41% over 65.)

It wasn't just happenstance that the the early vote massively favored Hillary. The demographics were known. The disproportionate consequences of the decision to make it extremely difficult to vote on election day were known. There is no denying that anyone in the "election business." would understand the effect. They can claim ignorance, but given their responsibilities, that would be absurd.

If I were Hillary, I sure wouldn't be defending something that so clearly benefited me. I wouldn't want the stain on my victory. I'd call for the SOS to enable "late voting" for the disenfranchised.

Of course, even if the effect had been perfectly divided across all demographics, it still constitutes voter suppression and as such is intolerable.

One more shameful example of how broken our Democracy is.

The U.S. has ‘worst elections of any long-established democracy,’ report finds
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/03/21/the-u-s-has-worst-elections-of-any-long-established-democracy-report-finds/

[IdaBriggs]

15. More importantly, what is he going to do about it? nt

[brooklynite]

18. I'm confused: Sanders didn't blame Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party?

Looks like everyone here "knows" they're really to blame.

[AxionExcel]

19. Give 'em Hell, Bernie

Republicans are stealing democracy from America. They are without honor. They deserve Holy Hell.

[ViseGrip]

22. Where is AZ dem party when AZ Rep party close 2/3 of polling locations?

[nc4bo]

23. Dem comment: "Nothing to see here, hell, it may even come in handy one day" nt