2016 Postmortem

geek tragedy

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18. sure, and that's why there were around 4-5,000 provisional ballots that were accepted

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 08:37 PM

Mar 2016

but voter error is a very real thing.

And--independents who tried to vote in the primary contributed to the vote suppression by clogging up the lines when they had no right to vote in the primary in the first place.

that doesn't let the state off the hook for their misfeasance and malfeasance, obviously, but it looks quite plausible that a lot of people tried to vote who simply weren't eligible to participate in a closed primary.

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Provisional Ballot Numbers Released in Maricopa County, Arizona [View all] Land of Enchantment Mar 2016 OP

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