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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Provisional Ballot Numbers Released in Maricopa County, Arizona [View all]geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)31. because Independents don't care about the health and success of the party.
they're not invested.
primaries choose all kinds of officials, and they choose delegates for state conventions who then set state party rules.
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Provisional Ballot Numbers Released in Maricopa County, Arizona [View all]
Land of Enchantment
Mar 2016
OP
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
because Independents don't care about the health and success of the party.
geek tragedy
Mar 2016
#31
They never directly addressed that--it was a short comment period for audience members, then a brief
Land of Enchantment
Mar 2016
#8
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
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
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
I think that the fact that they could find 113 disenfranchised Bernie voters and only 2
Time for change
Mar 2016
#45