Bernie Sanders Inspires Big Protest Against Voter Suppression in Arizona

[Uncle Joe]

Fewer than a million Arizona residents turned out to vote in the primary, and just over 400,000 Democrats. However, there are over 3 million Arizonans registered. Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders stressed that this is a much lower voter turnout than expected and that the issues behind it need to be fixed for upcoming primaries.

Today, protesters at the House Election Committee demanded the reinstatement of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a complete count of provisional ballots, and a public random recount of unsorted mail ballots (of five precincts in both Pima and Maricopa county).

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“I stand outraged because what I witnessed on Tuesday took me back to the 1950s when voter suppression was at an all-time high," said Reverend Reginald Walton, a pastor at the Phillips Memorial CME Church in Phoenix. "It reminded me of the stories my grandmother would tell about living in Texas when her she wanted to exercise her rights as a young black woman in the United States of America and those rights were taken away from her.”

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“We do not know how many thousands of people who wanted to vote yesterday in Arizona did not vote. We don’t know if they wanted to vote for Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump or whoever; we don’t know that. But in the United States of America, democracy is our foundation for our way of life," Sanders said. “How many people simply walked away? Were they thousands, tens of thousands? I don’t know.”

"What happened in Arizona is a disgrace and I hope that every state in this country learns from that and learns how to put together a proper election where people can go in to vote in a timely manner and then go back to work," said Sanders.

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http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/bernie-sanders-inspires-mass-protest-against-voter-suppression-arizona

There are multiple videos on the link, although nothing from the national corporate media conglomerates as of now, they are still silent on this issue.

[peacebird]

1. K&R

[ibegurpard]

2. Hillary remains silent

Doesn't want to taint her "win" I guess...
It's a much bigger issue than any candidate. Bernie doesn't gain anything by doing this.

[Uncle Joe]

4. I agree in part, it's most assuredly a much bigger issue than any candidate but

Bernie does gain something if Hillary's win in Arizona has a cloud over it, which it does, this is precisely why Hillary is remaining silent, HRC's "victory" in Arizona is more important to her than the issue of disenfranchised voters in that state.

[unapatriciated]

3. This was voter suppression, no other way to explain why

so many mistakes and anomalies were packed into one election.

I spent all morning watching the hearings posted in this OP and became angrier and angrier.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1038&pid=3171

[Land of Enchantment]

6. I watched all of it too.

Fascinating how the County of Maricopa is reimbursed @1.25 for every registered voter (INCLUDING INDEPENDENTS) whether they were allowed to vote or disenfranchised because they could not stand for hours and left in despair.

The Supervisor of Elections, Steve Gallardo, said a revote IS possible---suggested June 7th.

We'll see, it deserves an FBI investigation--nationwide--for the damn affiliation flipping.

[msongs]

5. and what did he do about this sort of thing during his 20+as a backbencher in congress? nt

[Uncle Joe]

7. "19 Examples of Bernie Sanders' Powerful Record on Civil and Human Rights Since the 1950s"

If you don't wish to read them all, here is #16

16. Defended Voting Rights Against Voter Suppression Efforts: Sanders earned the endorsement of radical rapper Killer Mike by his leadership on defending the Voter Rights Act and calling for expanding voting rights.

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/20-examples-bernie-sanders-powerful-record-civil-and-human-rights-1950s

More to the point where is Hillary on this issue as of now?