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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Lack of AVAILABLE BALLOTS and PAPERWORK at POLLING PLACES [View all]KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)46. That's probably how Sanders won Michigan. They ran out of ballots.
Also, the voters being disenfranchised do fall into a certain demographic that hasn't shown a strong inclination to vote for Sanders.
But I do share your concern with voter suppression. In the primary and the general election.
Fact is, Republicans control a lot of state level politics that deal with voting.
Which is why it's such a travesty Sanders has spent decades trashing both Democrats AND Republicans and not encouraging Leftwing voters to participate in their own local politics.
That's primarily how you deal with this issue.
And when Clinton told someone to "run for office" a few weeks back, Sanders supporters howled in protest.
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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