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amborin

(16,631 posts)
Wed Jun 8, 2016, 03:13 AM Jun 2016

Greg Palast weighs in on the CA primary:

http://www.gregpalast.com/california-stolen-sanders-right-nowspecial-bulletin-greg-palast/

How California is being stolen
from Sanders right now

Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Special bulletin from Greg Palast

[Los Angeles] It's not some grand conspiracy, but it's grand theft nonetheless. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ voters will lose their ballots, their rights, by the tens of thousands.
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Octafish

(55,745 posts)
3. Very important article!
Wed Jun 8, 2016, 11:14 AM
Jun 2016

From Palast:

The Sanders campaign was spending time talking policy at giant rallies instead of educating their voters on how to vote. In the rat maze called the American voting system, the painfully amateur Sanders campaign never provided a vote-guiding map.


Details like seeing that all votes get counted is what makes Democracy. Otherwise, it's not, and those who don't want to see all votes counted -- even when cast for the opponent -- do not believe in Democracy.

Demsrule86

(68,456 posts)
4. Bernie sued about this and lost.
Wed Jun 8, 2016, 12:05 PM
Jun 2016

A candidate and his campaign should have a ground game that takes into account state election laws. The fact the Sanders failed so miserably is his own fault. It was not stolen...he and his campaign screwed up...amateur hour. Those voters that received the wrong ballot could have taken their ballots to their polling place and exchanged them for the right ballots...they didn't. So it is on Bernie, his campaign and his voters who could not manage to vote properly...it was not stolen...it was bungled.

Peacetrain

(22,872 posts)
5. Trying to blame the Hillary Campaign for the Sanders campaign screw up
Wed Jun 8, 2016, 12:08 PM
Jun 2016

.is silly. this is the big leagues.. and they should have been on this from day one.. every state has its own rules and regulations.. and they owed that to his supporters..

Edit to add .. double posted by accident.. deleted second post..

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Tarc

(10,472 posts)
7. If you want to be a Democrat, register Democrat
Wed Jun 8, 2016, 12:10 PM
Jun 2016

I have no sympathy for whatever hoops there are in place for "independents".

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
8. So what happens in November, when we want independents to vote Democrat?
Wed Jun 8, 2016, 12:43 PM
Jun 2016

Besides zero sympathy, any ideas?

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