Puerto Rico's Democratic primary reflects debt crisis engulfing island

[azurnoir]

In many ways, Sunday’s Democratic party primary in Puerto Rico perfectly encapsulates the $73bn debt crisis that is seeping into every corner of this poverty-stricken Caribbean island.

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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.

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

[tonyt53]

1. Same thing I said yesterday. When you are broke, you make cuts, you have to.

[azurnoir]

2. But the Democratic Party says it was done soley at Bernie's deman er request

wonder why that is?