Does Bernie understand who is responsible for staffing primary elections?

[RandySF]

Counties and municipalities pay people for one day to staff polling places. How are the Clinton campaign and DNC responsible for that without getting into tin foil territory?

[Cali_Democrat]

1. Bernie doesn't seem to understand a lot of things.

It's actually quite shocking how misinformed he is.

[tallahasseedem]

8. +1

[Gothmog]

13. Agreed

[baldguy]

26. He's much like Donald Trump in that regard.

The scary thing is that he's been in Washington for 35 yrs.

[bravenak]

2. He has no clue how it works sadly

[LuvLoogie]

3. He's leveraging his authenticity card.

[NCTraveler]

4. When you own the machine you control the machine.

Goes something like that.

[AgingAmerican]

5. They are controlled by the parties

Why do you support cheating?

[RandySF]

7. Parties do not hire poll workers for primaries

Don't confuse them with caucuses.

[AgingAmerican]

15. The parties run the elections

Handling such things as REGISTRATIONS, etc.

Since when do Democrats support cheating?

[RandySF]

16. Good god almighty

State election departments are responsible for voter registration. Did you flunk Civics?

[AgingAmerican]

18. Much of the cheating has been done through Democratic party member registrations

Not VOTER registration. Party MEMBER registrations.

That's how the cheating was done this time around. When did the Democratic party start cheating in elections?

[Hekate]

19. A lot of Bernites apparently flunked Civics

OMG.

[RandySF]

20. Perfect breeding ground for conspiracy theatres.

[AgingAmerican]

22. Do you know the difference between a party registration and a voter registration?

Here is a basic CIVICS lesson for you...

Voter registrations are handled through state government. PARTY registration is handled by the POLITICAL PARTIES.

Thanks for playing!

[RandySF]

28. Party registrations are also handled by registrars

When I registered in CA, I marked Democrat on my form and it went directly to the CA Dept of Elections. Sorry to shred your tinfoil.

[baldguy]

30. Where the hell do you live?

Ah - Washington State.

Here's the Washington State Democratic Party website:
http://www.wa-democrats.org/

Do you know where the link to register to vote on that website goes to? The site for the Washington Secretary of State Elections Division:
https://weiapplets.sos.wa.gov/myvote/?Org=WADems#/login

Where you get to declare your party preference.

Every other state handles it pretty much the same way.

Thanks for playing.

[AgingAmerican]

33. Of course her supporters will never admit any of it

So it's pointless discussing it with them.

[baldguy]

34. Pointless in discussing it with someone who denies basic facts.

States handle voter registration & declarations of party affiliation, if any. The parties have nothing to do with it.

[RandySF]

35. What state are you in?

[JimDandy]

42. Please don't misinform the voters!! WA State voters do NOT declare a party preference

when they register to vote!

The poster above you was correct: in WA State and in about 18 other states you must register directly with the political party that you want to be a member of.

[CorkySt.Clair]

31. Not in my state.

[drray23]

14. no they are not

States and local governments run the poll places, not the parties.

[Lord Magus]

25. Why do you suport tinfoil hat conspiracy theories?

There's been no "cheating" in the primaries.

[AgingAmerican]

27. The most corrupt election in US history

And we're not even to the general election yet! Thanks DNC!

Of course you deny it, you have no choice but to.

[Lord Magus]

37. Yes, I deny it because it's complete nonsense.

Is this the first election you've ever participated in? Because I can't think of any other way you could actually believe what you posted.

[AgingAmerican]

38. Perfect End to corrupt Democratic Primary: Anonymous Superdelegates Declare Winner Through Media

This is the perfect symbolic ending to the Democratic Party primary: The nomination is consecrated by a media organization, on a day when nobody voted, based on secret discussions with anonymous establishment insiders and donors whose identities the media organization — incredibly — conceals. The decisive edifice of superdelegates is itself anti-democratic and inherently corrupt: designed to prevent actual voters from making choices that the party establishment dislikes. But for a party run by insiders and funded by corporate interests, it’s only fitting that its nomination process ends with such an ignominious, awkward, and undemocratic sputter.

It's the DNC's cherry on top!

[RandySF]

9. Sounds he intentionally set conditions that can't be met.

[qdouble]

10. Looks like he wants to wait until he's fully irrelevant to concede though, he's barely

news anymore.

[CorkySt.Clair]

32. Careful their alert squads are making a final stand tonight

[JimDandy]

43. He's taking a big hit actually. Astute people have noticed that neither Clinton nor top party

leaders are asking him to concede. As a matter of fact, there has been no push back from them about Sanders taking it to the convention. You might want to speculate as to why.

[AgingAmerican]

23. Perfect breeding ground for conspiracy theatres.

[riversedge]

11. Is Sanders blaming someone for something again? Serious question.

[Gothmog]

12. As an election judge, the party has no or little control over the staffing

My county was out of machines and so we were forced to do a joint primary with the GOP.

The Party has no control over same day registration either. That is controlled by State law. Right now, we have been fighting for on line voter registration for two cycles and keep getting blocked by the GOP because the GOP thinks that online voter registration would help Democrats (they are right but that is a different issue).

I still remember when some Sanders supporters complained that the DNC did not have voter registrars at all Sanders events. That is now how the process operates and Sanders' latest demands are just as unrealistic

[Hekate]

17. Tin foil works really well for solar cooking ....

...when you stop using it to line your hat!

[Lil Missy]

21. Wow. Post #6 was a bullshit hide.

It is true Bernie wants to blame the Clinton campaign and the DNC for his loss. He certainly does come of as Bitter. It's an opinion.

Worse, much worse gets said about our presumptive nominee, Hillary. But they'd never hide if it's against her.

[baldguy]

36. That's why they're called BS hides.

1 more day.

[AgingAmerican]

39. Why do some very belligerent Hillary supporters have few to no hides?

It's not a trick question...

[AgingAmerican]

24. IT isn't about staffing primary elections or polling places

IT's about party registrations, and the manipulation of same by the powers that be within the party. AKA the DNC.

[RandySF]

29. Sorry to mess up your tinfoil.

But party ID is part of the initial registration process.

[LenaBaby61]

40. June 16th....

Just about ONE day away....

[eastwestdem]

41. Clearly not. nt