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Angry Arizona Voters Demand: Why Such Long Lines at Polling Sites?
PHOENIX — Cynthia Perez, a lawyer, stopped by a polling site on her way to work here on Tuesday, thinking she could vote early and get on with her day. She changed her mind when she found a line so long she could not see the end of it.
The line was just as big when she came back midafternoon — and bigger three hours later, after she had finally cast her ballot.
“To me,” said Ms. Perez, 31, “this is not what democracy is about.” . .
But beyond the electoral breakdown here, many observers saw Arizona as a flashing neon sign pointing toward potential problems nationally at a time that 16 states will have new voting restrictions in place for the first time in a presidential election. The presidential election will be the first since the Supreme Court dismantled a crucial section of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, freeing nine states, including Arizona and parts of seven others, to change their election laws without advance federal approval.
Wisconsin, which holds its primary elections April 5, is one of nine states with strict photo ID requirements. Thirty-three states have some form of voter ID. Kansas has enacted proof-of-citizenship requirements for all voter registration, a move that has disproportionately affected young voters and those attempting to register for the first time. North Carolina allows a registered voter to challenge the identity and eligibility of any voter casting a ballot in the same county.
On March 9, Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, signed a law that made it a felony to collect ballots for others in Arizona and bring them to the polls.
“It’s worrisome what the states are doing without these protections,” said Allegra Chapman, director of voting and elections for Common Cause, a watchdog group.
Arizona has a long history of discrimination against minorities, preventing American Indians from voting for much of its history because they were considered “wards of the nation,” imposing English literacy tests on prospective voters and printing English-only election materials even as the state’s Spanish-speaking population grew.
For 38 years, it had to seek federal approval for any changes to electoral rules and procedures, under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. If the provision were still in place, the Justice Department would probably have barred the closing of polling places that led to hours of waiting, chaos and frustration.
Democrats and other critics say many of the new restrictions reflect a strategy by Republican legislatures to suppress the votes of minorities and other Democratic voters. Republicans contend they are needed to prevent voter fraud. But Richard L. Hasen, an election law expert at the University of California, Irvine, said the end of federal oversight had opened the door to the chaos in Arizona.
“This doesn’t appear to have been caused by the intention to make it harder for anyone to vote, but by bureaucratic incompetence,” Mr. Hasen said. “Section 5 was very important in catching these screw-ups, a second pair of eyes that just aren’t there anymore.”' . .
“The fault goes to the entire Republican leadership,” Mr. Quezada said. “They have created a culture of placing less importance on elections, less importance on voting, and who have had no reservations to sacrifice democracy if it accomplishes their objectives.”'
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/us/angry-arizona-voters-demand-why-such-long-lines-at-polling-sites.html?
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Senator....WTF did he do? 
what legislation has BS introduced to counteract the decimation of the VRA? It's a simple question. 
Were you this upset after BS' upset victory in MI? And if not...why not? Many areas that were favorable to Hillary ran out of ballots, including Flint.
Flint voters turned away at some polls after city runs out of ballots
By Steve Neavling
Motor City Muckraker
Government has failed Flint again.
If it wasn’t bad enough that thousands of residents were needlessly poisoned by contaminated water for 18 months, some of the city’s voters couldn’t even get a ballot in today’s Michigan primary election.
At least three precincts ran out of ballots today, forcing voters to either leave their phone numbers or wait until additional ballots arrived.
Some residents left without voting.
Mayor Karen Weaver’s office told NBC25, “The Mayor’s Office is aware that some precincts ran out of ballots today. While Mayor Weaver has no control over the conduct of elections, she is very concerned. We have been attempting to reach the Clerk to find out why it happened...................
http://motorcitymuckraker.com/2016/03/08/flint-voters-turned-away-at-some-polls-after-city-runs-out-of-ballots/
Hillary and DWS were .........Oh nevermind. 
It was Maricopa County where Hillary dominates with Latino voters, so I would love to see some solid proof of this assertion. BS is a politician, and there AIN'T nothing special about him. He's been on Capitol Hill for decades, and it hasn't made one iota of difference. You still never answered my question. The VRA was gutted 3 years ago. AZ & many other states no longer have to get pre-clearance from the Fed to change voting laws. What legislation did BS introduce to rectify this? And what happened with said legislation? Simple question. Enough with wild conspiracies and ad hominems.
to re-register as Democrats to participate in a "closed" primary. They clogged up the lines for hours, and weren't even registered. Why is that most of Hillary's voters knew about mail-in ballots, and the BS campaign couldn't figure that out? The bulk of Hillary's votes were banked well before election day.
Sounds like while BS was holding yyyyuuuuugggggeeeee rallies, the Voter Education arm of his campaign had their thumbs up their collectives asses.
You're making unsubstantiated allegations out the wahzoo, and all I asked for was a link. Not that I don't trust you. I mean, why wouldn't I? 
Did someone inform her of that?
to make a world. 
Stray comments get kind of fun though 
we know that, but some, I guess, would rather blame voters, so insert junk posts into an otherwise informative thread.
in 'recent' years, recent taken loosely, they ARE a joke, as you say; cusp of a real disaster.
REAL leadership is critical, and with the game playing, chances of that occurring are slim. HOW many years since the first 'effort' to clean up voting mechanisms???
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JOE DANA @JoeDanaReportsConsider: 2012 primary had 300,000 voters and 200 polling places. 2016 primary has estimated 800,000 voters at 60 polling places. #12News
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The rest of the counties have a few voters too, lots of Republicans, blue in Tucson though.
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