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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Lack of AVAILABLE BALLOTS and PAPERWORK at POLLING PLACES [View all]Aerows
(39,961 posts)4. You arrive at the polls to vote
and not only do they have no provisional ballots, they have no damn ballots at all.
I was unaware that we only had the right to representation as long as there were enough ballots to accommodate those that wish to vote.
This has happened repeatedly this election, as though precincts are shocked that people - and they know how many people live in their precinct - want to vote.
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Which raises the question: is The Revolution (™) doing anything about State races?
brooklynite
Mar 2016
#74
I'm pretty sure it's illegal to not let the registered voters vote and they have to come up with
Zira
Mar 2016
#35
Maybe we could have a system where ballots could be printed on site ...
surrealAmerican
Mar 2016
#43
If you show up to my polling place and there aren't enough ballots...
cherokeeprogressive
Mar 2016
#13
Don't get me wrong kiddo... I got PAID to do it. I wrote the book on polling place procedures.
cherokeeprogressive
Mar 2016
#36
Watch for this in Az on Tuesday. The repukes that run this state are notorious for this, but only in
jillan
Mar 2016
#14
Since DWS took over the DNC we have lost local seats, governors, state legislators.
jillan
Mar 2016
#21
A big, super-important issue, ought to be a major concern for EVERYONE, both sides
Scootaloo
Mar 2016
#26
How is it that we keep running out of ballots, even though turnout is down?
winter is coming
Mar 2016
#64