Lawsuit Alleges Voter Suppression in Arizona’s Presidential Preference Election

[Uncle Joe]

Source: Phoenix New Times

"John Brakey, co-founder of AUDIT-AZ (Americans United for Democracy, Integrity, and Transparency in Elections) filed a lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court against election officials, both accusing them of misconduct and demanding a partial recount of ballots.

As New Times has written previously, Maricopa County’s attempt to save money by drastically cutting the number of polling stations for the March 22 election totally backfired. Thousands waited more than two hours to vote – some as long as five hours – and the lines at some polling stations still were wrapped around the block as the first results trickled in at 8 p.m.

What’s more, hundreds of people showed up to the polls assuming they were registered as a voter in one party only to be told they were weren’t, and therefore they could only fill out a provisional ballot – according to Dianne Post who worked at a polling station in Phoenix and filed an affidavit in Brakey’s lawsuit, this disproportionally happened to Democratic voters."

The election debacle prompted widespread national criticism, and as allegations of voter suppression began getting thrown around, public election officials accepted blame and promised this would never happen again.

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Read more: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/lawsuit-alleges-voter-suppression-in-arizona-s-presidential-preference-election-8210842

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Bernie Sanders has condemned the Arizona Voter Suppression.

Here is a link to the actual lawsuit.


http://archive.azcentral.com/persistent/icimages/politics/ElectionContestlawsuit04082016.pdf

[Uncle Joe]

1. The powerful testimony in this video was provided by DianaForRussFeingold on a separate thread.

[Zira]

4. Thanks for posting the video! I didn't see it in the other thread.

They also pulled this voter fraud in WA state. And the two voters who's papers were in the packet when we got it, to add to ours, were absentee voters who votes had been changed to Clinton. I know because I called them to try to get both of them to be her delegate and both refused and said they'd never vote for her and they didn't vote for her absentee, they had written in undecided. They didn't know why the paper I had found in our packet, said they did.

[RATM435]

2. Republican tactics help a republican lite candidate win. things that make you go hmmm

[840high]

5. Well - I said much more

than hmmm - ****em

[Enthusiast]

22. Me too.

[pnwmom]

6. It hurt Hillary more than Bernie because it impacted her supporters more.

The county most affected by this is heavily Latino, and she did much better than Bernie among Latino voters.

[Uncle Joe]

7. "If" Hillary's supporters were impacted more, it's doubly ironic

that she has been so silent on this issue of massive voter suppression.

It seems that Bernie; has been a more forceful advocate for Hillary supporters; that have been unjustly disenfranchised than her.

[Downwinder]

3. They have to save money to pay Arpaio's law suits.

[beastie boy]

8. What? No charges for Hillary?

But... but... all I heard on DU when the story broke was how DWS rigged Arizona for Hillary!

[Uncle Joe]

9. Not from me, nor from Bernie. However I do find it rather ironic that Hillary has been so silent

on the issue of massive voter suppression which took place in Arizona, you know civil rights and all that stuff.

[beastie boy]

10. I am awed at your restraint, Uncle Joe

But Hillary's reluctance to jump head down into a pool of shit is the surest sign of her guilt, no?

[Uncle Joe]

12. Not guilt, just a lack of intestinal fortitude or political integrity.

Thank you for the kind words regarding my restraint, beastie boy.

[beastie boy]

13. You are a brave man, uncle Joe

So let me make sure I have you on the record: Hillary did not mastermind Arizona, did she?

I just want every Sandernista who implied she did to hear from you. You don't mind, do you? Because they were questioning my personal integrity when I suggested they are full of shit.

[Uncle Joe]

14. I don't believe Hillary did, I have no evidence at this time to the contrary. Having said that

if we want to talk about Hillary's behind the scenes machinations in regards to Latinos in Honduras being disenfranchised from their democracy, that would be a different story.

On a thread by Jack Rabbit

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017355426

[beastie boy]

15. It would be a differrent story indeed

And a different thread. And a change of subject.

Getting back to this thread, though, do you anticipate any evidence of Hillary rigging the Arizona elections to come up in the future? I may sound a bit insecure badgering you like this, but I don't want to keep hearing any more crap from the loony conspiracy theorists on this board.

[Uncle Joe]

16. Don't worry about it, I'm enjoying our conversation. As for anticipating any evidence of

Hillary rigging the Arizona elections, I have no idea and wouldn't be surprised one way or the other.

I will say this however not necessarily in regards to this particular issue but in regards to conspiracies in general, not all of them are "theories," they do exist or we wouldn't have the word in the dictionary.

[beastie boy]

17. Great minds think alike!

I too would not be surprised one way or the other, but I would not pass judgement until I know one way or the other.

Let this be a lesson to those who make fools of themselves passing premature judgements!

[Uncle Joe]

18. Thank you, beastie boy, but do know what really bothers me is the total lack

of coverage from the national corporate media conglomerates on television regarding the massive voter suppression that took place in Arizona.

I've seen nary a mention of it, CNN posted about it a couple of times on the Internet but viewing national T.V. it's as if it never happened.

I would think in this day and age 2016, civil rights and all, this should be a major story, but they have been deafeningly quiet about it.

That's the curious thing.

Cheers to you.

[beastie boy]

19. They were sure late to the party, leaving us with our idle speculations

but you know that news of voter fraud cannot possibly compete with rehashing the latest Kardasian gossip for the twentieth time. It's nothing personal, just business. They have to make their billions too.

I've got a secret I can tell you. Back in the old country, we used to tune in to Voice of America to find out what's happening next door. I do the same thing here. I tune into foreign news sources. Gives you a much more accurate picture of what's going on next door. BBC America is pretty good. As a general rule, publicly funded sources are more informed and more informative than commercial media, whether they call themselves conservative or liberal. I only watch American media for entertainment.

[Uncle Joe]

20. From a personal standpoint I feel the same way, my concern is more with the mass of Americans

still living in the corporate media conglomerate propaganda bubble.

I'm getting sleepy, have a good night.

[Enthusiast]

23. Without the suppression she lost.

[geek tragedy]

24. that is obviously not true, just a sad conspiracy theory

[Enthusiast]

25. I know where the conspiracy is. It isn't with me. She lost. Probably by a large margin.

Why would you even want her to be president? You obviously are not looking very closely.

[valerief]

11. Plunder and whoops. Plunder and whoops. Same old shit. They plunder and say, "Whoops!"

And I don't mean blunder. I mean plunder. It's intentional.

[Judi Lynn]

21. Thanks for the information. n/t

[Duval]

26. K&R. nt

Thanks, Uncle Joe.

[Uncle Joe]

27. It was my pleasure.

Peace to you, Duval.