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Showing Original Post only (View all)1 million this says for vote supression in AZ [View all]
http://justicegazette.org/az-sanders-wins-real-vote-while-clinton-wins-rigged-count.html"Those who continued to wait in long lines late into the night to vote had to combat discouragement from a corporate media that kept telling their votes wouldn't matter as Clinton had already won.
What is odd is that those reporting they were denied the right to vote were primarily Sanders supporters. Last weekend, Sanders campaign workers in Arizona were concerned that their voter information database may have been hacked. This database contained information from voter surveys, showing which specific voters were supporting which Sanders as opposed to Clinton. The final day, volunteers had to go out with paper lists because of the hacking problem. Were these extensive lists used to determine which voters would be removed from the voter roles? Adding to the confusion were the closing of 140 polling locations in Arizona's most populous County, limiting Maricopa residents to 60 polling place. The long lines favored the leisure class, particularly the top one-percenters, who are favoring Clinton, and disfavored the ninety-nine percenters who the Clinton team doesn't want voting. It is difficult to expect middle and lower class voters, most of whom backed Bernie Sanders, to take four or more hours off work to vote. Yet, videos show significant numbers of Sanders supporters did just that.
Writers for the Justice Gazette were in Phoenix on March 21st and conducted their own poll, which showed a probable victory for Bernie Sanders of at least 60 to 40%. Observers who have engaged in polling and speaking with Arizona voters, say "Impossible" and "Bull...t" to the official numbers which which supposedly include 100% of Maricopa County which had thousands of voters still standing in line with a likely four or more hours to wait as they were told that 100% of the Maricopa results were in and the county had already voted for Clinton. Voters who actually voted have expressed shock as they do not believe the results either. Even more in shock are those voters who continue to wait in long lines, hoping that they will be able to vote when they get to the front of the line. Even if more than a million Arizona voters were not allowed to vote for Sanders, the people of Arizona know he was their popular choice. The media cannot keep the people from talking to each other."
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Perhaps you should be here longer than, say, five minutes before you appoint yourself hall monitor
stranger81
Mar 2016
#22
Well Put... Hillary Bears Complete Responsibility For Her reutation And Character...As This Incident
CorporatistNation
Mar 2016
#47
This has reached a level where the federal government needs to become involved.
CentralCoaster
Mar 2016
#6
Thousands of voters are prevented from voting in caucuses and it's been going on for years.
Agschmid
Mar 2016
#16
Turnout was low by votes. There are a half million more people than 2008 in AZ, but 50K less votes
EndElectoral
Mar 2016
#7
The polls for the Arizona primary have been running heavily in Hillary's favor for many months.
Arkansas Granny
Mar 2016
#12
That's fine. I was only remarking that the votes cast for Hillary yesterday in Arizona
Arkansas Granny
Mar 2016
#29
Such is the consequence of letting the GOP run the boards in midterms and state elections.
CalvinballPro
Mar 2016
#39
So, the campaign that hacked voter data got hacked itself? Karma, that old boomerang!
CalvinballPro
Mar 2016
#34
Keeping people waiting in lines 3 to 5 HOURS is outrageous and inhuman.
Waiting For Everyman
Mar 2016
#43
I'm not OK with it. But it seems specious to be outraged after, when conditions were known before.
CalvinballPro
Mar 2016
#44