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geek tragedy

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2. not everyone was eligible to vote in the primary.
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:33 PM
Mar 2016

registered independents, if they showed up and filled out a provisional ballot, would have had their provisional ballots ruled non-eligible

I wonder how many of the non-eligble provisional were a party affiliation issue. Wilms Mar 2016 #1
That's the million dollar question! NWCorona Mar 2016 #10
Steve Gallardo supports a revote on June 7. Land of Enchantment Mar 2016 #14
I'm not a resident but I'd welcome that. NWCorona Mar 2016 #16
No Doubt 19-20K! CorporatistNation Mar 2016 #38
not everyone was eligible to vote in the primary. geek tragedy Mar 2016 #2
This is true NWCorona Mar 2016 #11
There are reports that party affiliations changed in the system. Wilms Mar 2016 #13
I posted a video of a lady who voted early and found out she'd been switched NWCorona Mar 2016 #15
The concern is that some eligible voters were marked as ineligible due to errors by the state hellofromreddit Mar 2016 #17
sure, and that's why there were around 4-5,000 provisional ballots that were accepted geek tragedy Mar 2016 #18
The same people who screwed up the vote now claim to have fixed it hellofromreddit Mar 2016 #26
No, closed primaries are a good thing. geek tragedy Mar 2016 #27
OK, explain please hellofromreddit Mar 2016 #28
do you want Republicans helping choose who our nominee is? geek tragedy Mar 2016 #29
Aren't they democrats by definition if they for for a democrat? hellofromreddit Mar 2016 #30
because Independents don't care about the health and success of the party. geek tragedy Mar 2016 #31
How can you determine that much based on party registration? hellofromreddit Mar 2016 #32
There is a reason people decide to register as Independent. nt geek tragedy Mar 2016 #33
How does that justify shutting them out? hellofromreddit Mar 2016 #34
They shut themselves out. Why not register as Democrats? nt geek tragedy Mar 2016 #35
That's not an honest argument. Why register as democrats? hellofromreddit Mar 2016 #36
All a person needs to do is call themselves a Democrat. geek tragedy Mar 2016 #37
Yeah, I have an idea. Let's alienate everyone who won't wear our party label! mhatrw Mar 2016 #42
no need to alienate. we welcome them to join with open arms. geek tragedy Mar 2016 #43
AZ's primary is OPEN kristopher Mar 2016 #47
18,322. Land of Enchantment Mar 2016 #3
Don't ignore reports of mishandled registrations or unexplained flipping lostnfound Mar 2016 #5
They never directly addressed that--it was a short comment period for audience members, then a brief Land of Enchantment Mar 2016 #8
I wonder how many of those were unknown party which was a computer error! jillan Mar 2016 #4
Unknown Party was not mentioned. They did talk Land of Enchantment Mar 2016 #6
That's because many of those were Independents who wouldn't listen when they were Pisces Mar 2016 #7
Oy Vey. No doubt, but a big part of that failing was the county blamed an election Land of Enchantment Mar 2016 #12
Another Fraudulent election - Disgusting snowy owl Mar 2016 #9
Has anyone seen or heard whether the national corporate media conglomerates have covered Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #19
My pleasure, Uncle Joe. Nope, nothing on the MSM and I'm not expecting to see anything until Land of Enchantment Mar 2016 #21
This confirms they need to do a recount or have an extra day of voting...n/t blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #20
K and R! Very eye opening. Nobody should be disenfranchised nt riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #22
kick kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #23
Sign this petition for a recount... blueintelligentsia Mar 2016 #24
Nice. Thanks for adding the petition Land of Enchantment Mar 2016 #25
Is this from registration flipping, or So Far From Heaven Mar 2016 #39
18,322 of the 20,008 were the result of registration flipping. The Recorder's Office Land of Enchantment Mar 2016 #40
They're only counting provisional ballots if they can prove by looking through their own database Time for change Mar 2016 #41
Thanks for the link. I did read an earlier version Land of Enchantment Mar 2016 #44
I think that the fact that they could find 113 disenfranchised Bernie voters and only 2 Time for change Mar 2016 #45
This is just a warm up for the general election. Vinca Mar 2016 #46
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