New Details Reveal Possible Voter Suppression in Illinois Primary

[w4rma]

The next day, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, an ardent Hillary Clinton supporter who has introduced her at campaign rallies, filed an appeal in Illinois 4th District Appellate Court to prevent late voting. On March 23, the appellate court issued a stay on Judge Vahle’s injunction, meaning those voters won’t get a chance to cast ballots in this primary. Hillary Clinton won Illinois by roughly 35,000 votes, or a slim 1.8 percent margin, effectively splitting delegates with Sanders.

Bernie Sanders won in four of the six Illinois counties that had ballot shortages.

● In Champaign County, Sanders beat Clinton 20,581-10,542 — almost a two-to-one margin.
● Bernie Sanders beat Clinton in rural Effingham County 1,247-867.
● Sanders won by 3,391 votes in Madison County, a Democratic Party stronghold.
● Bernie Sanders won 10,365 votes to Clinton’s 9,255 votes in Sangamon County.

In a phone interview, Adams County State’s Attorney Jon Barnard said that had there been enough ballots available in those counties, the end result may have been a Sanders win, rather than a Clinton victory.

“I think it’s certainly possible,” Barnard told US Uncut. “The number of voters that were turned away was in the thousands. Sangamon and Madison [Counties] are huge for Democrats.”
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Because the Adams County Clerk must certify primary election results by March 29, Barnard said there isn’t enough time to appeal the case to the Illinois Supreme Court, effectively disenfranchising thousands of voters.

http://usuncut.com/politics/illinois-democratic-establishment-refuses-to-allow-late-voting-for-voters-turned-away-from-polls/

[bkkyosemite]

1. I'm sick of this bull shit..(opps I said it again)

[FlatBaroque]

2. Illinois was close.

Of course the Clinton Mafia fixed it.

[DanTex]

3. Conspiracy!

[libdem4life]

18. Thoughtful and cogent. n/t

[Dawson Leery]

4. "usuncut" is a far left propaganda outfit.

You cannot scream vote theft every time Bernie loses.

[Land of Enchantment]

10. Why do you have a problem allowing people to vote? You ARE NOT

winning friends and influencing people. Be reasonable, it is our RIGHT to vote and everyone should get a ballot. What will you do when it happens to you?

[iandhr]

14. I think what that person is saying is...

... if your going to make voter suppression allegations you should use more reputable sources.

[jeff47]

16. And that poster's definition of "reputable" includes sources owned by one campaign.

undercutting their definition of "reputable".

[Karma13612]

11. did we scream that in Southern states where Hillary was expected to win??? No.

But when we see irregularities, we are going to defend.

[Hydra]

5. I said once before that if it's clear the Establishment rigs this election

Then it will be a really interesting split they'll cause in our party.

[KingFlorez]

6. This is exactly the sort of strategy we need against Trump

Hillary Clinton is the master!

[NWCorona]

15. The fact that you'd even joke about voter suppression

Blood has been spilled for this right.

[Downwinder]

20. I read here on DU that voter suppression is a fake issue.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511563951

[NWCorona]

21. The sad thing is that this stuff is happening in plain sight

Please ain't trying to hear it tho

[Downwinder]

22. Ever sadder is that people whose rights I fought for

are now ignoring others.

[Land of Enchantment]

7. Oy Vey. Another deadline for certification of results

Deja Vu 2000, Florida. Such a convenient excuse to disenfranchise voters. Why can't we get our shit together? I wonder if there is any other recourse for HAVA fed regulations? Contest it, Bernie.

[Kittycat]

8. Kendall County. 7482 B - 5283 H (58.3% - 41.17%)

Ballot shortages allowed a court ruling to extended hours, but when voters returned to the polls. Many locations were closed, and voters were still turned away at others. Kendall also went for Bernie by a wide margin. Where he also garnered more votes than Trump (red county).

And if Kendall county sounds familiar to you, it should. It's home to Dennis Hassert. Over the past decade this county has season tremendous growth. Much to the dismay of county republicans, who went as far as to invite Sherrif Joe up from AZ a few years back for their summer picnic. For years the new population remained disengaged and rather politically dormant. But as they have settled in and established their families, they have become more politically aware and started shaking up the community. The tug of war has finally begun.


Eta: shortages were also in Kane, Will and McHenry.

Disproportionately minority precincts, but you can also argue easily because of higher turnout. Several counties were run by Republican clerks, that cannot be overlooked. Sangamon was one, Kendall. As were others. Some areas of Dupage had shortages, too (not all), and they have many republican strongholds. So it's just something to keep in mind. I have no doubt what the issue was in those areas.

[Land of Enchantment]

13. Thanks, informative post.

Arizona is currently getting all the attention but to have solid insight is adding to the overall argument that things are just not right halfway in the season. I find it very interesting, the change of demographics.

[Kittycat]

27. No problem.

In your spare time reading/research, check out some of the controversy surrounding The school district over here (308) the past few years. The east side of Kendall is actually driven more by the school district boundary vs county. It's a 70sq mile area crossing 3 counties, and 6 towns, with approx 18k students and growing.

The current Superintendent is leaving for Fayetteville after this school year, and he was in Ankenny
iA before here. The obvious stuff will sit on the surface when you search (lawsuits), but dig a bit and you'll see some of the political stuff that was pushed through at the state level (terrifying). He had a free ride with our old board, but we just voted a chunk of them out. Next year we'll purge the last of them. The writing was clearly on the wall for him. So he's off to Walton-world to work his way in to turning public education in to the Walmart of learning. Cheap and easy, not necessary quality or requiring critical thinking.

[AZ Progressive]

9. I guess we know now who has been Karl Rove's secret protégé

[JudyM]

29. Yes yes yes, I keep saying that, how much clearer can it be?! Nt

[jillan]

12. Arizona was such a shit storm that everything is under scrutiny now.

Welcome to merica the country that bombs other countries to give them the right to vote and screws Americans at home.

[Land of Enchantment]

17. I haven't thanked you for all your hard work and posts

keeping the rest of us current with everything going on there. Much appreciated.

[jillan]

19. My pleasure! And you too! You are such a great addition to DU. This is what it is all about -

getting info out to people.

Forget all the silly infighting.
I use DU to get new info and share new info.

[OhZone]

23. Alex Jones agrees!

But it was Raytheon, Bechtel, the Bilderbergs, shapeshifting lizard people and gay-inducing juice boxes!

I want some of those gay-inducing juice boxes. I'll turn all the chicks here lez! OHYEAH!

[Peace Patriot]

24. My Gawd! The dirty tricks just keep coming!

Deja vu Bush junta 2000. Deja vu Bush junta 2004. Deja vu all over again, now--BY A DEMOCRAT who seems to have bots all over the map screwing over likely Sanders voters.

Somebody in another thread--I just read it, can't remember which (reading a lot of threads)--suggested (whether humorously or not, I don't know) that Clinton is exactly the kind of unscrupulous candidate we want fighting Trump. Har-har-har. But I'm not ready to go there yet--that our country is just so lost we need fraud to fix it. Makes you wonder, though. Are we that lost? Is our democracy over--really, fini, no more, no saving it by honest means?

[TheDormouse]

25. Time after time if u vote ON election day u get screwed

which is why I vote either absentee or by early voting.

Even then, you never know what the hell they will do with your ballot.
But at least I get to avoid long lines, last-minute hassles, and these forms of voter suppression we are now seeing like "running out of ballots." WTF

[AgerolanAmerican]

28. I got bad news for ya

Absentee ballots aren't always counted either.

http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/19/snail-mail-election-fail-21-of-absentee-ballots-not-counted/

[TheDormouse]

30. it's not news for me--like I said, u never know for sure what they're going to do

with your ballot.
Even when you vote in person, you don't know what they'll do with your ballot.
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/06/mcdaniel-staffer-accidentally-locked

Same with electronic voting.
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/evoting/2004-11-06-ohio-evote-trouble_x.htm

[xloadiex]

26. I really wish Bernie would have

received a recount in Mo. That primary stunk too.