Puerto Rico Primary results

[DesertRat]

From Democratic Party of Puerto Rico website:

http://democratas2016.ceepur.org/Island-Wide.htm

[KoKo]

1. Huh??

REPORTED POLLING STATIONS 11 OF 335 FOR 3.28 %

CNN hasn't changed this Voting Poll of Numbers for the Last Three Hours!

[DesertRat]

2. I don't follow what you mean

I haven't been following CNN.

[KoKo]

3. The PRCO numbers have been Stalled on CNN for the Last Three Hours~!

There are no new numbers being reported since the first Tally!

[DesertRat]

6. I read that all of the ballots are being hand counted. nt

[KoKo]

8. Here...2/3rds of PR Voting Sites were Cut due to Debt Crisis/Austerity:

Puerto Rico's Democratic primary reflects debt crisis engulfing island

As the territory faces austerity cuts, polling stations have been cut to a third of what was planned – but residents hope election will send message to Washington.
To cut costs, voting was scheduled for the same day as local elections. In April, as the elections commission and treasury department tussled over the $3m tab of printing and counting papers, the ballot was at risk of not happening at all.

Now, further austerity cuts have slashed polling stations to fewer than one-third of the 1,115 sites originally announced last month, sparking accusations from supporters of Bernie Sanders of voter suppression.

The frustration is understandable given that Puerto Rico’s 67 delegates, 60 of them uncommitted, are crucial to Sanders’ fast-dwindling hopes of catching Hillary Clinton and becoming the Democratic nominee for November’s general election.

But party leaders in the US territory insist the decision to reduce polling stations to 432 was a simple matter of resources, based on the island electoral commission’s inability to fund and handle the extra workload of simultaneous local elections at so many sites.

“We’re providing four times the number of polling stations that the Republicans had for their primary in March, and given the number of sites, all Democrats who want to participate will have the opportunity,” Roberto Prats, chairman of Puerto Rico’s Democratic party, told the Guardian.

“The Republican primary had 40,000 voters. I’m expecting a much higher turnout than that because we’re anticipating up to 700,000 in the local elections. It’s a challenge but [I’m] confident we’ll be able to move most of the voters to participate [in the primary].”
With the economic crisis as a backdrop, residents are eager to have their voices heard in a final opportunity to influence the outcome of the race for the White House. Although voters are American citizens, Puerto Rico’s status as a US commonwealth denies them the right to participate in the general election.

Continued Read At:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/05/puerto-rico-democratic-primary-debt-crisis..


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[DesertRat]

10. link doesn't work

[hrmjustin]

7. They are counting ballots by hand.

[KoKo]

9. Three hours after they called it for Hillary? And nothing has changed?

[hrmjustin]

12. They haven't called it for Hillary. They are literally counting thousands of ballots by hand.

[floppyboo]

4. Looks like only 4/8 districts have reported, and even then, 2% 2% 5% and 13%

Probably early write-in ballots?

[DesertRat]

5. That sounds probable

I guess we'll have to keep checking as the evening goes on.

[KoKo]

11. CNN's Blitzer calling it early for Hillary does beg a Question, Though!

Puerto Rico's Democratic primary reflects debt crisis engulfing island

As the territory faces austerity cuts, polling stations have been cut to a third of what was planned – but residents hope election will send message to Washington.
To cut costs, voting was scheduled for the same day as local elections. In April, as the elections commission and treasury department tussled over the $3m tab of printing and counting papers, the ballot was at risk of not happening at all.

Now, further austerity cuts have slashed polling stations to fewer than one-third of the 1,115 sites originally announced last month, sparking accusations from supporters of Bernie Sanders of voter suppression.

The frustration is understandable given that Puerto Rico’s 67 delegates, 60 of them uncommitted, are crucial to Sanders’ fast-dwindling hopes of catching Hillary Clinton and becoming the Democratic nominee for November’s general election.

But party leaders in the US territory insist the decision to reduce polling stations to 432 was a simple matter of resources, based on the island electoral commission’s inability to fund and handle the extra workload of simultaneous local elections at so many sites.

“We’re providing four times the number of polling stations that the Republicans had for their primary in March, and given the number of sites, all Democrats who want to participate will have the opportunity,” Roberto Prats, chairman of Puerto Rico’s Democratic party, told the Guardian.

“The Republican primary had 40,000 voters. I’m expecting a much higher turnout than that because we’re anticipating up to 700,000 in the local elections. It’s a challenge but [I’m] confident we’ll be able to move most of the voters to participate [in the primary].”
With the economic crisis as a backdrop, residents are eager to have their voices heard in a final opportunity to influence the outcome of the race for the White House. Although voters are American citizens, Puerto Rico’s status as a US commonwealth denies them the right to participate in the general election.

Continued Read At:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/05/puerto-rico-democratic-primary-debt-crisis..


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[geek tragedy]

13. still at 1% of the vote in. nt

[brooklynite]

14. But the GOOD news is that all the ballots are bing counted by hand...

[DesertRat]

15. Yes! nt

[KoKo]

16. Who "owns the hand" that is counting them, though.

Inquiring Minds might want to know?

[brooklynite]

17. You didn't hear? The SANDERS campaign demand a reduction in polling site...

...they didn't have enough volunteers to monitor the vote count.

[KoKo]

18. Great Distraction There....

It's Sander's fault the election is taking so long when Blitzer already called it when the CNN Vote tallies didn't change for almost three hours?

[DesertRat]

19. Updated numbers. nt