BERNIE SUPPORTERS MAJOR ALERT -- PUERTO RICO THEFT OF VOTES NOW

[AikidoSoul]

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-- MAJOR tricks being played. This is serious SHIT!!

SIXTY DELEGATES ARE AT STAKE!

AND WHY DU MONITORS, SKINNER, ETC., HAS THIS BEEN TAKEN OFF THE FRONT PAGE FOR AT LEAST THREE HOURS NOW WHEN IT HAS A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF RECS TO PUT IT THERE.... AND IS WELL WITHIN THE TIMELINE?!

[tonyt53]

1. Just a continuation from last Thursday for Friday - A conspiracy is all that stops Bernie from a win

Give it a break, This shit has worn thin.

[AikidoSoul]

4. This shit is not so much thin...as ILLEGAL AND WRONG.

Is DU a place to search for the truth, or a place to nix anything of honest value to a fair election?

[apcalc]

10. What makes you think it will be unfair?

I fail to see how this gives one candidate an edgeover another...,

[AikidoSoul]

19. You can't be serious! Did you even watch the video?

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They won't let the Bernie poll workers be certified.

They had the vote schedule for Sunday, when people go to church.

They are GOING TO CLOSE AT 3 P.M.

They reduced the polling places from over a thousand to a little over 400!

They MADE TWO POLLING PLACES NECESSARY TO VOTE INSTEAD ON ONE, AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED. NOW THEY HAVE ONE POLLING PLACE FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS, AND ANOTHER POLLING VOTE FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WHICH DRASTICALLY CUT THE NUMBER OF POLLWORKERS AVAILABLE TO HANDLE BOTH LOCATIONS.

If any of you are a real person with any integrity whatsoever, you can see that this election has been made into a grand theft for HRC.

And you know it in your hearts....if still beating that is.

[tonyt53]

26. You guys are the ones wanting weekend voting. PR is dead broke. They had to make adjustments

[AikidoSoul]

36. Puerto Rico is broke thanks to Hillary and the rest of her Wall St.

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allies.


Friday, May 27, 2016 03:38 PM EST
Sanders condemns pro-austerity “colonial takeover” of Puerto Rico; Clinton supports it.

Bernie calls U.S. debt crisis plan "morally unacceptable" and a gift for "vulture capitalists."

Hillary backs it.

By Ben Norton


http://www.salon.com/2016/05/27/sanders_condemns_pro_austerity_colonial_takeover_of_puerto_rico_clinton_supports_it/

AND.....the Democratic Party never said the reduction of polling places was due to Puerto Rico's debt.

[ThinkCritically]

52. PR may be dead broke but the way they setup the democrat polls is deplorable.

This is why. They are using their debt as an excuse for why they are closing so many polling places. They wanted to integrate both the presidential and local elections on the same day to save money. One might think, yeah thats a great idea to save money! Except they didn't really integrate them. They are simply having two elections on the same day at different locations. So you have to go vote at both locations between 8am and 3pm, wait in incredibly long lines because there are so few polling stations, and may never get the chance to actually vote. It is blatant VOTER SUPPRESSION. To call it ANYTHING different is a disservice to American voters everywhere.

[AikidoSoul]

81. EXACTLY!!! Thank you for using your fine reasoning powers to

express the obvious truth of this. I wish we wouldn't call it "voter suppression", it should be called "VOTING FRAUD" perpetrated by the Democractic Party.

[2banon]

146. Please, don't say "Voter" Fraud, say Election Engineering Fraud or

other to the effect of taking the onus off the voters who are innocent of fraud, when it's the state officials that conducts fraud, or voter suppression etc.

very important the distinction made..

[AikidoSoul]

156. Good points that I will remember

for the future, but will try to make it zing a little.

Voter disenfranchisemenet and suppression sound so weak.. I wanted something that says that they are "stealing" votes from Bernie. That is a word most people understand.

There is no doubt that those who organized and controlled the voting in Puerto Rico, arranged it in such a way that thousands of votes were lost and/or stolen.

What makes this more horrible than the simple fact of it, is that the MSM is STILL not reporting it properly.

I am so very angry about what is happening.

[SCantiGOP]

158. My Lord, she won 61-39

Just because you put it in all caps doesn't make it any more logical. A 22 point win and you are alleging that it is a result of fraud? Hard to maintain any credibility with comments like that.

[WhiteTara]

129. BS requested the closing of polls because they

didn't have enough poll watchers. Bernie lost fair and square. All the whining in the world will not change the outcome.

[ThinkCritically]

148. Bernie Sanders refutes your claim.

Also, this information was obtained by MSNBC from a voter standing in line waiting to vote.

[WhiteTara]

151. Link?

[AikidoSoul]

161. If you watched the video WhiteTara, you'd know that those in charge of

the polls WOULD NOT CERTIFY the Bernie Sanders pollworkers who were supposed to monitor the HAND COUNTING OF THE WRITTEN BALLOTS.

There was nothing "fair and square" about it.

It's very funny indeed to see all the posts here on DU of people you make assumptions, but did not even take the time to watch the video. Some people here seem to think it's funny to distort the truth.

[AikidoSoul]

63. Arranging a vote to occur on a Sunday in a Catholic

country where many go to church... is another strategy to keep people from voting.

Wonder what happens when the next war comes along. How many young people are going to want to go to fight, be maimed for life, and/or die for Democracy?

[DrDan]

114. looks like they have a history of Sunday primaries - at least back to 1996 - the last one I checked

sorry to take some wind from your sails

[AikidoSoul]

39. Fail to see? Well I'm sorry. I hope you will get better soon.

[Renew Deal]

21. The Sanders camp has become Chicken Little

[AikidoSoul]

41. Your analogy is not worthy of you. Crime is worth reporting.

And of course, you already know that don't you?

[AikidoSoul]

8. I can see the Hillary team is TRIPLE teaming these legitimate posts

and I wouldn't be surprised that if this is what the Hillary crowd thinks is good and fair...that many of us, including me, will get out of the Democratic Party and DU as well.

It has become a place where the truth is hidden under a pile of s*it.

[tonyt53]

22. As far as you getting out of the Democratic Party goes, don't let the door hit ya in the ass

For some odd reason, the only way you guys think Hillary wins is if there is cheating going on,. Every damned one of your conspiracy theories has been debunked, but that makes no difference anyway. Conspiracy theories - now that is a steaming pile of shit.

[AikidoSoul]

45. Several have been verified, so don't try to say it's not so.

and thank you so much for wishing that door won't hurt me as I leave. So kind and thoughtful!

[roguevalley]

91. funny how Clinton never speaks out against this stuff. Silence is always her answer.

[brooklynite]

2. Oh...I was expecting a video from the Sane Progressive...

[PeaceNikki]

7. lol

[AikidoSoul]

47. Be assurred that I am sane, though I can't promise I'll stay that way

for much longer if this shit keeps up.

[hrmjustin]

3. Hurry up! Sanders is going to lose PR and we need an excuse.

[AikidoSoul]

123. He does need some coverage from the mainstream press

which will probably not even report on this travesty.

Justice? Where art thou?

[hrmjustin]

124. I will light a candle.

[AikidoSoul]

162. YOU HA HA BE HA HA SO HA HA FUNNY

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[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. " My lawyer friend tells me frivolous complaints are a form of fraud."

[AikidoSoul]

24. And voting fraud by those who create huge voter suppression

should be considered MAJOR FRAUD.


THIS IS A terrible thing happeing in our country.

It makes me ill.

I can't believe that even Hillary supporters can't see the injustice of it.

I simply cannot tolerate the amount of injustice, hate, and lies in this world, and so surprisingly here on DU.

Nothing much to live for if HRC takes us down that same dirty, dirty road.

[apcalc]

6. I do not know why there are fewer polling places.

Seems like more polling places is the best idea.

To suggest that this gives one candidate advantage over another is ludicrous.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. Fewer polling places because they are broke.

[apcalc]

13. Right, think you hit the nail on the head.

[justiceischeap]

32. Stop with the logic! It's a grand conspiracy, damnit!!!! nt

[AikidoSoul]

84. NOT the reason. NT

[DemocratSinceBirth]

87. It is the reason.

If my candidate was getting his ass handed to him I might look for exogenous explanations also but I would hope I would have the grace not to.

[AikidoSoul]

163. You are perpetrating false views of this event.

Firstly, there is voter suppression, and that is obvious by every view and story on this topic.

Secondly, the Bernie pollworkers WERE PREVENTED FROM BEING CERTIFIED AND WERE NOT ALLOWED INTO THE POLLING PLACES.

Thirdly, the polling place addresses were changed almost daily in the week before the election and people were confused about where to go.

Fourth: Those in control of the primary polling decided to do it on a Sunday in a Catholic country where many people go to church.

Fifth: They closed the polls at 3 p.m. and didn't even allow the first person to enter the polling place in some instances for more than an hour after the polls were supposed to open.

Sixth: After announcing there would be about 2,000 polling places, a few weeks ago it was changed to a little over 400 for over 80,000 voters.

Seven: The prisoners who voted did a "hand count vote" but Bernie pollworkers were not allowed inside.

Eighth: The polling locations were changed at the last minute and very few people knew what to do and where to go. The polling was changed to not one, but TWO places. One for the local elections. The second for the presidential elections. TV video of voters expressing confusion and anger are available for you if you want to know....you know....the TRUTH!

You hide your head in the sand on this, but then the truth may not be as important as "winning". If you were playing sports, there is an excellent chance that you would be benched for your tactics.

For your own sake, WAKE UP!!!!

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[sadoldgirl]

104. That would mean that it would be more

efficient and cheaper to hold local elections and national
primary in the same place, which has not been done.

Your explanation, therefore, does not ring true.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

111. If you and your associates had a scintilla of empathy...

If you and your associates had even a scintilla of empathy you and them might just realize how insulting it is to be see every victory by the candidate of your choice delegitimized

[Go Vols]

159. logical approach

if they are actually broke

[hrmjustin]

11. They are broke.

[bkkyosemite]

12. 2300 polling places for Obama/HRC and 432 polling places for Bernie/HRC...400,000

could not get their vote counted because of the disenfranchisement and non certification of the poll workers for Bernie...As I have said continuously through this primary she has been coronated and they have been cheating the vote, switching the percentages, disenfranchising the voters, and they say she has won or winning before the count is done... She is three million ahead bullshit and bullshit with the delegate count too in many states. RIGGED!

[apcalc]

14. Ridiculous assertion....

[hrmjustin]

16. So are ypu claiming it is fraudulent because they cut polling places?

[Lord Magus]

71. Where does that "400,000" number come from?

Has anyone actually provided even a shred of evidence that anyone was unable to get their vote counted?

[Jitter65]

149. Reports from Puerto Rico say Sanders camp asked to have polling places reduced. Can anyone verify?

[wyldwolf]

15. Um...

[larkrake]

17. she will win at any cost

[AikidoSoul]

25. Please help change it. Don't let her get away with it.

Please help.

[Starry Messenger]

18. You mean the ballot boxes stolen by the Sanders campaign, right?

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/dem-primaries/282237-puerto-rico-democratic-party-denies-wrongdoing-in-primary

"Inmate voting is handled not by the Democratic Party but by the Commonwealth's Absentee and Advance Vote Administrative Board," Prats said. "I have been told that the Sanders campaign submitted their prison pollworker list at 6:10 pm on the evening prior to inmate voting and began complaining early in the following morning that the Board had not completed their pollworker's certification. But in the end, despite the late submittal, the Sanders campaign had representatives at the prison voting places."

He also accused the Sanders campaign of stealing two boxes of ballots that had been cast by prisoners before delivering them to an election office.

[nc4bo]

20. I put this in a Hill post but got no comment so I'll lay it here.

Whether they're voting for her or for him.

Our election processes are fucked up.......on purpose. No one cares. Republicans blame Democrats, Democrats blame Republicans. I am a Democrat and the silence from this Party has been stifling and obvious. I have 0 fucks to give about what Republicans have to say about it, they're doing what Republicans do.

What's OUR excuse?.........*crickets*

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In Las Piedras, PR there is only one person working. People waited for 2 hours for the voting booth to open. A lot of people have left. I have been waiting for half an hour and you see how many people are still waiting to vote. Oh, and there is only one voting place in all Las Piedras...

[tonyt53]

28. You do realize, that most of those would be voting for Hillary, don't you.

Just as with the area of NY that had the 126K voters purged. Hillary won that area with 65% of the vote. She would have taken one more of Bernie's delegates. To the people of PR, Bernie is a white guy from a white state that has never helped them. Hillary does have some track record if helping them.

[nc4bo]

38. I don't fecking care who they are voting for. Read my post, again.

All these people want to do, just like every voting American, is to participate in democracy.

Look at the thanks they...we...get.

[AikidoSoul]

29. Thank you for this picture from my heart and soul nc4bo

I am crying like a baby as I see this theft taking place.

I have a feeling that many people will give up on this country if she manages to steal this election....and I imagine many will commit suicide because there will be no future but war and more thefts from the middle class and poor.

[nc4bo]

40. You're welcome, it is absolutely sickening and twisted. There are times when I feel like

Weeping too but it's turning into white hot fury.

[840high]

46. I read on an overseas

website - that people are feeling very discouraged about fairness in voting. Large percentage feel it's rigged.

[nc4bo]

56. I would be too. It would be hard not to be. Let these 2 parties keep pissing people off

This is the 2nd wave on the Democratic side and it gave rise to Bernie Sanders. It won't end here. ETA: CANDIDATE Barack Obama (before he went to the right) was our first wave.

Republicans are on their 2nd and 3rd wave.

Both parties will have an "Out Of Business" sign soon.

[larkrake]

55. this is criminal

[AikidoSoul]

122. Can't help wondering how may Puerto Rican families

have sent their children to war. I wonder how many of them thought they were "fighting for Democracy"?

[think]

23. Puerto Rico Slashes Polling Places For The Democratic Primary, Laying The Groundwork For Chaos

Puerto Rico Slashes Polling Places For The Democratic Primary, Laying The Groundwork For Chaos

BY ALICE OLLSTEIN JUN 3, 2016 11:06 AM

In early May, Puerto Rico’s Democratic Party announced that more than 1,500 polling places would be available for the island’s June 5 Democratic primary. A few weeks later, they slashed that number to just over 430 — a reduction of more than two thirds.

In 2008, the island’s last competitive Democratic primary, there were more than 2,300 polling places.

Some are warning of long lines and voters left unable to access the ballot box, as an estimated 700,000 Puerto Ricans will vote this Sunday, and polling places will only be open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m..

Worse, many voters will have to visit two separate locations to cast ballots in the presidential primary and the local primaries held the same day. Voter turnout and engagement has for years been much higher on the island than in the 50 U.S. states, but these changes may present too heavy a burden for low-income residents who lack transportation options or who need to work...

Read more:
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/06/03/3783185/puerto-rico-polls-closed/

[AikidoSoul]

30. Thank you for posting this!

Bless you!

[Gomez163]

33. You may not have heard, but they have a budgetary crisis

[nc4bo]

49. I already responded to another "they're broke" post.

I said it's too bad no one like the DNC or some other org stepped in to help in the election process. The response was it may have been illegal...which is true BUT no one asked. No one tried. In an emergency situation, one tries!

[randome]

60. First, one might need to define what COULD be done.

But that has to be seen in the context of a major political party sort of yanking the reins of a local entity like Puerto Rico. Can you imagine the outcries if the DNC tried to run polling places themselves, or funded them?

This may be a situation where Puerto Rico has to run its own affairs.
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[nc4bo]

70. I understand that but with PR's finiancial crisis taken into consideration..

No one tried. Did anyone ask? Did anyone ask the PR people?

It's not like primary day just popped up. It's also not like PR's financial problems weren't well known well in advance.

Not one person thought enough to say - you know, we have a problem here, let's work together so PEOPLE CAN VOTE. We actually care about democracy and will not put it on hold due to <words>.

This doesn't just apply to PR although it does today but Anywhere, USA. It's like no one cares. GOP wants to disenfranchise. Democrats just sit shotgun in the front seat.

[randome]

73. Oh, I get where you're coming from.

I could see a sort of slush fund being established -either nationally or by party participation- that would help in situations like this. We should always be expecting the unexpected. There have always been problems with elections and there will always be problems with elections.

A slush fund that was monitored and run in a non-partisan manner. Pretty soon Brownback's Kansas debacle will be in the same situation as Puerto Rico.
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[nc4bo]

75. It's already broken and I can't tell if you're being a smartass or being honest.

Need one of these because I can't tell ----->

[randome]

79. I'm serious. What's wrong with a non-partisan slush fund to deal with election problems?

Seriously, Kansas may soon be in the same situation. It's broke and going 'broker'.
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[nc4bo]

82. How about we have complete election reform randome. Politicians do not talk about it.

It's like a 3rd rail right there with Social Security - betta not touch it.

PR is poor. I think I read 60% of their citizens are on some type of public assistance. They are up to their neck in debt and reminds me of Greece in its own way.

I don't know if I'd go the local route (state or county) - too much corruption. Any funds would be used explictly for polling places, ballot shortages - hardship proven.

There is a solution. Why aren't we working on it together?

[randome]

88. Maybe we're not working together because no one's tried.

I'd be fully in favor of making PR a new state. Same with Washington DC.

Polling problems get complicated when each state wants to control its own processes but yeah, we could start working on changing that kind of attitude. Dangle some money in front of them. Sanders has had a close look at how the voting process works. Maybe he could lead the way on reform.
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[840high]

43. .+1

[randome]

27. OMG! She's more devious than we ever imagined!

She's going to deliberately lose tens of thousands of votes in order to...to...God, she's so devious I can't figure out what she's doing!! My mind is blown!!

Just nuke her from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. Puerto Rico will be gone but, hey, they're broke anyways, and can't contribute to our oligarchy paradise. Sorry, but sacrifices must be made!
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[Hiraeth]

113. Well, she has help. The system itself is also outdated.

[randome]

141. It IS outdated, and subject to being taken advantage of by either campaign.

BREAKING: Reduced number of PR polling sites at the request of the SANDERS campaign....: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512133399
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[AikidoSoul]

164. And the voing machines are owned by Republicans, some of whom

are politicians. Also the Saudis bought up a shitload of them.


Should this be illegal?


Isn't our Democracy something that should be protected and made impenetrable by special economic and political interests?

[Agnosticsherbet]

31. List of poling place with directions....

http://youngdemspr.org/primarias2016/

[book_worm]

34. Oh no! BS is going to lose and we need an excuse for it!!

[Tarc]

35. Can't y'all ever cite something credible, i.e. not "guy-on-youtube" ?

This is beyond meaningless.

[RandySF]

37. Berners are nothing if not predictable

[Cheese Sandwich]

42. Just another example of Hillary camp tampering with the process

[TheProgressive]

44. What does it say about a candidate who has to *cheat* to win...

Clinton has to cheat to win...I won't be taking part in the theft...

[840high]

48. Nothing will ever make me vote for her.

[AikidoSoul]

54. Thanks for saying that. I need to think that there are a few who

value integrity still left to have conversations with.

I posted this item about Puerto Rico because it is a crime against those people, and against all of us. I have relatives who fought in wars in the name of democracy.

And here we see a group of DUers who think it's amusing to sh*t all over it. How many family members do they have who lost body parts or who died, or had their lungs and brains injured by gas?

Has any Hillary fan come forth to see the truth and tragedy of what is occurring...or is this a "win by any means and f*ck the rest of you?"

[TheProgressive]

86. I always believed that the Dem Party was honorable and ethical...

And I personally strive to be 100% honorable and ethical in my own life. That is one reason why I am a Democrat.

To have a candidate cheating in order to win is republican, corporate, oligarchic, unethical, and immoral, and I will not be apart of that.

It is that simple. I will not degrade myself to be apart of that.

[zappaman]

50. CALL CONGRESS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!11!!

[randome]

59. I almost did that one. The OP screams for that kind of response.

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[nc4bo]

76. Do Puerto Ricans even have representation in Congresss? nt

[Sunlei]

145. no, congress 'rules' them. They aren't allowed to vote in general election, just primary.

USA controls them but they're like second class citizens, half-class.

I wish our country would either cut them free to be their own Country or make them full Americans with the same right to vote.

[GulfCoast66]

155. If you have to ask

You tip your hand that you really know nothing about our system.

Try studying up on how our system works and then come back and complain.

And no, they do not have voting representation. Their representatives vote when the votes do not matter, but if their votes matter they do not count. But they are citizens and if they move to any state then they can vote and their votes count.

[justiceischeap]

51. How does the logic work that if Clinton disenfranchises voters

those voters are magically ONLY Bernie voters? How does she not loose out in this too? Do you think all people that get tired of waiting at the polls are all Bernie supporters? What does that do to the narrative that there is an enthusiasm gap for Hillary if only Sanders supporters get tired of waiting. I also read in GD : P a lot that Hillary only has the older voters... older voters less likely to stand on line for hours to vote. So, really, Clinton should be the one screaming about this, not Sanders because it makes absolutely no sense that Bernie's overly enthusiastic supporters wouldn't wait on line to cast their vote for him.

Or you know, you could go with the simpler answer: Puerto Rico is broke. They couldn't find the money (or people) to run those additional polling places they shut down so they have as many polling places open as they can afford and/or man.

Finally, it's not Clinton, the DNC's or even Bernie's fault that people don't want to wait to vote. That's on the person making the decision, even in the face of hardship, that it just isn't worth the wait. In the United States, I've waited on line for up to 5 hours to cast my vote for Gore because my precinct at the time wasn't prepared for the numbers of people coming to vote at their usually very inactive polling place. I waited, because I wanted to make sure Gore got my vote but I could have just as easily walked across the street and gone home. Same thing in 2008 happened in Florida and other places I can't recall. We need to make changes to our voting system to make things easier, make it a federal law to allow early voting in all states, and I think voting my mail is the way of the future. No lines, can vote at your leisure, etc. However, politicians in general do not want voting made easier (otherwise election day would be a national holiday) because if too many people participated, some of said politicians would lose their comfy jobs if it were easier to vote.

[Time for change]

77. It's not magic

They know where he is strongest. They just close the polling places that are most likely to vote for him.

[creeksneakers2]

105. Do you have any evidence that happened?

[Time for change]

117. Since they've been doing that all this primary season, I'm assuming that the same thing is

happening here.

Either that or one has to believe that there is some innocent reason for such a drastic reduction in polling places.

[creeksneakers2]

120. Do you have any evidence that only Sanders locations were eliminated

anywhere?

I don't know about calling it innocent because closing polling places is a bad thing to do, but its perfectly rationale to close them based on cost.

What is hard to believe is that there was some massive conspiracy that nobody found out about.

[mythology]

143. Well they really really believe it

That's kind of like evidence.

But for the rest of us, no, they clearly don't have evidence for the never-ending conspiracy claims.

[Time for change]

168. Regarding the voter suppression in Arizona

In the Arizona 2016 Democratic primary, Maricopa County, the largest county in Arizona, reduced the number of polling places open on Election Day compared to 2012 from over 200 to 60, and consequently people spent entire work days waiting in line to vote, as voting lines stretched for over half a mile. Undoubtedly, many of them had to leave before voting, in order to avoid missing work.

According to The Maricopa County website statistics Clinton won the early voting part of the election in Maricopa County 118,832 to 71,019, over Sanders, a margin of 66.1% to 33.9%. The Election Day voting, which Bernie won by 19,883 to 12,802, shows us two very significant things. First, that Bernie won the voting on Election Day over Clinton by 60.8% to 39.2% in Maricopa County, quite a difference from the early voting margins. And second, it shows us that Election Day voting in Maricopa County accounted for only 14.7% of the total vote.

In addition, there were tons of Democratic voters who were not allowed to vote because election officials claimed that they were not registered as Democrats, even though the voters knew themselves to be registered as Democrats before coming to the polls. An investigation, reported in an article titled: “Anonymous Report: Was Arizona’s Voter Registration Hacked and Changed?”, searched the Internet to find all the claims that they could of voters who were disenfranchised in this way, and they attempted to ascertain their preferred candidate, by phone if they could, and otherwise from the Internet claim. The investigation identified 113 Sanders would-be voters who reported their registration being purged or changed, 2 Clinton would-be voters, and 12 Republican would be-voters.

Keep in mind that this is not the extent of those who were disenfranchised in this way. These are only the claims that Anonymous could find on the Internet. Anonymous gives an example of the extent of the disenfranchisement by pointing to Phoenix (a big part of Maricopa County), which has a Democratic mayor, where 80,000 Republicans voted on Election Day, compared to only 33,000 Democrats.

The purge was clearly targeted at Sanders.

[creeksneakers2]

169. I'm not surprised the complaints came from Sanders voters

They are far more likely to complain, to be on the Internet at all, and to network with the other Sanders voters.

I was asking about closing only Sanders polling places but what you brought up does show a disproportional effect. There is no way to link it to Hillary though.

[Time for change]

170. It is a VERY disproportional effect

Add that to the fact that Clinton surrogates have control in numerous states over the voting apparatus, the millions of voters disenfranchised this primary season, and the fact that they insist on reviewing provisional ballots secretly, so that nobody knows which ones they decide not to count or why they decide not to count them, and you have a situation where it is impossible to have confidence in the results that are reported to us.

Now we see in California that poll workers throughout the state were instructed to make it as difficult as possible for NPP (no party preference) voters to vote. It is known that these voters voter very heavily for Bernie.
http://www.gregpalast.com/california-stolen-sanders-right-nowspecial-bulletin-greg-palast/#more-12053

I did not attempt to link any of this to Hillary. I have my own opinions on that, but I'll keep them to myself because I have no proof either way. We do not know who is responsible for this, and I will not accuse anyone in particular. But it is quite clear that there has been massive voter suppression in these primaries and that they have been targeted at Bernie would-be voters.

[beachbumbob]

53. Of course it's all rigged. ....always the conspiracies either this crowd

[AikidoSoul]

57. Anyone who doesn't think that elections can be rigged

must be living in a very protected environment where you are not exposed to anything real. Maybe you spend too much time on the beach to read the papers and keep up with investigative reports from all over the world on this topic.

My God...anyone who is not a conspiracy theorist at this stage of our lives is either missing a brain, or blind.

[NorthCarolina]

58. For the establishment to be putting this much effort into handling the Puerto Rico primary

tells me that they suspect California to be a tsunami for Bernie.

[Metric System]

61. The polling station situation will affect Clinton more than Sanders.

[Time for change]

74. Only a very naive person could believe that they haven't tartgeted Sanders

polling places for closing. They've been doing this all year.

[Cali_Democrat]

62. Hahahahaha.....

You guys are so funny.

This is better than stand up comedy.

[pmorlan1]

64. Sickening

As a Democrat this sickens me.

[snagglepuss]

65. Unity my ass.

[Dem2]

66. Assume Bernie is going to lose

Funny how we've been programmed to automatically think this.

[MoonRiver]

67. Somehow Hillary bankrupted Puerto Rico all by herself, resulting in fewer polling places!!

SEND OUT THE NATIONAL GUARD, STAT!!

[Democrats Ascendant]

110. And then with her witchery vision, removed polling places from Sander strongholds!

[MoonRiver]

135. What an evil mastermind!!!

BErn her at the stake!

[Democrats Ascendant]

137. Hahaha! Nice one!

The "funny" thing, though, turns out to be that polling stations were reduced from the Clinton stronghold of PR per the Sanders campaign's request!!! Amazing!!!

[NorthCarolina]

68. Hillary wins when people aren't allowed to vote. It's that simple. -nt-

[jamese777]

69. People Were Allowed To Vote

Yesterday in the Virgin Islands because they had to physically show up at a caucus meeting and raise their hand in order to count their vote.
Clinton: 84%
Sanders: 12%
Clinton receives all 7 Virgin Islands delegates

[Time for change]

72. I am so sick and tired of this crap

We've seen this kind of crap happen in one primary after another all year long. Massive voter suppression, targeted against one candidate; fake audits where hand counts differ from machine counts and election workers revise their counts by taking votes away from one candidate and giving them to another, to coincide with the black box machine that counted our votes; massive and consistent exit poll deviations from official vote counts which which cry out for fraud investigations, and yet nothing is done about it; strong armed abuse of power at the Nevada State convention, caught on videotape, to get more delegates for the same candidate who has benefited from these things all year long.

And what is the response? Our national corporate "news" media says not a word about it. The Democratic Party says not a word about it, except to accuse Sanders supporters of violence when they engage in peaceful protests against it. From Clinton supporters at this and many other sites, many of them paid, we get insults like "crybaby" and "conspiracy theorist" hurled at anyone who wants to talk about this theft of our democracy. Or they laugh about it. Or they repeatedly point out that their candidate has more delegates than the candidate who is the victim of all this.

And still we are supposed to believe that the candidate who draws record breaking enthusiastic crowds wherever he goes is losing a fair election to a candidate who can barely fill a gymnasium for her rallies.

Well I for one will never vote for anyone who is the beneficiary of such blatant fraud, no matter who she runs against. Our rapidly fading democracy is too important to condone this kind of thing.

[nc4bo]

80. Google search. Florida, 2008. Wasn't that long ago and nothing has changed. nt

[AikidoSoul]

93. Thank you for your thoughtful and intelligent post

After what I have seen I will never vote for Hillary. Never. In many ways I agree with Susan Sarandon who said Hillary is more dangerous than Trump...though I won't vote for him either.

But she's the one who knows the paths to destruction and war very well and would take off running as soon as she hits the ground.

[Time for change]

100. I listened to a videotape by Robert Reich a few days ago

He is an ardent Bernie supporter, for much the same reasons that I am.

But in the videotape he tried to convince his audience to vote for Hillary in the GE if she is the nominee. He made some convincing arguments, mainly centered on the possibility of a Trump presidency, and I was beginning to feel a bit convinced.

But then the reality of the massive election fraud we've seen this primary season came back to me. Reich didn't even touch on that subject. It is a taboo subject, and almost nobody of any standing with our corporate "news" media will say anything about it.

I don't get it. I would love to talk with him about it, just to know what his thoughts are on it. Does he just shut it out of his mind because it is a taboo subject? Or is he fully aware of it, but doesn't think it is important enough to justify the possibility of a Trump presidency. Or does he just feel that it is not his area of expertise, so he won't talk about it?

I have never witnessed a presidential GE in my life where the phrase "lesser of two evils" comes more to mind (that is, if the two presumptive nominees are nominated and don't have to run against another viable candidate).

But election fraud is just too evil for me to stomach. Every other conceivable horror stems from it -- as during the Bush II presidency. I will not condone it -- instead I will hang on to the rapidly fading hope that we can re-establish some kind of democracy in this country.

[creeksneakers2]

109. Long lines do not equal election fraud

If the lines were intentional and they were designed to favor one candidate over the other you could call that fraud. The cut of polling places was made for financial reasons. There is no reason to believe the lines benefited Hillary at the expense of Bernie. There is no reason at all to believe that Hillary was involved in the decision to cut the number of polling places.

[MisterP]

101. the good thing is, it just takes one whistleblower

[MFM008]

78. HOLY CRAP

must mean Sanders is headed for a kick in the pants, as we know EVERY time he loses its fraud.

[nc4bo]

83. Does this look like a good time to you? Hahahahaha

[MFM008]

89. 54 delegates

Does that sound like a good time to you, it does to me.

[riversedge]

85. Would be interesting to count the # of "theft' stealing' fraud and similiar words used by Sanders

fans in the subject lines these last few months! Boring!

[nadinbrzezinski]

90. It will be magical

when the "other side" does this in November, you will suddenly care.

Not to the OP, but to the people who think this is a conspiracy. Yes, this is shitty mess, but who cares?

[AikidoSoul]

97. Don't the men and women who are told they're going to war for Democracy care?

Isn't Democracy the concept that most defines us as a country?

Are we becoming so inured to pain, lies, suffering, and theft that we no longer care about what our country is becoming.

[nadinbrzezinski]

98. The word you are looking for is hyper partisan

what is happening is that people only care about their team, not the country.

[AikidoSoul]

106. But Nadin, teams are disqualified for cheating

Is it legitimate to call it their "team" when it looks more like a very dirty game of tricks?

I'm serious when I ask you this. I respect your opinion, and frankly I'm devastated by this election and the blatant lies and disrespect I see on DU. I've had several of my posts locked for what I see as no reason, except that someone entered the post and made it qualified to be locked by tactics designed to have it locked. So what happens to my message? It goes down the toilet because dirty tricks are part of what is allowed, both here and in the elections.

Sorry, if I seem awfully upset and passionate, but really...I am on the brink of something I never thought I'd do in my lifetime because I am so deeply depressed and discouraged.

Hope. I'm looking for hope. Bernie brings me hope...not just for me but for MILLIONS...which means our country can be reborn into something to be proud of again.

I am old. I am 73 years old, have a business and and a farm and I work my ass off every day. I want a decent, honest life and I want my government to be people who represent the people. That's all I really want.

And some cats, foxes, deer, birds, and other critters to love. Anyway, I like you and if I could I'd give you a quick peck on your forehead.

[nadinbrzezinski]

107. We all want those things

Well I am not fully convinced anymore we all do.

I am now n the mood of an 18 year old in Mexico City that pretended to vote after the PRI told us who was the chosen one. It has the same feel. I have no idea how this movie is going to end, but I fear it is not going to be nice.

And I like you too. I am not a partisan, I am a policy person, And I do not think you are either.

[AikidoSoul]

118. You are wise to figure out that I'm not a partisan

although I confess that I will register as one thing or another to vote in the FL primary. For example, years ago I registered as a Repug in the first election of GWB. I was in near hysterics that he would be the nominee, whom I saw as the epitome of evil.

I worked hard to keep him out but we lived through so many disasters during his presidency and afterwards.

And that is what I'm afraid of now. HRC is a woman who will take us down paths that will destroy our citizen's ability to live a decent, healthy, and peaceful life.

[nadinbrzezinski]

119. I am fortunate to live in a state where

I can remain uncommitted. As to my fears, they are deep.

[Doctor Jack]

92. But wouldn't that just hurt Clinton?

Most experts believed that Puerto Rico would be solid clinton. Why try to suppress the vote in an overwhelmingly clinton primary? This makes no sense as a scandal/conspiracy. It only suppresses her popular vote total and does nothing to help her win delegates.

[AikidoSoul]

95. "Most experts believed the PR would be solid Clinton."?????!!!!!!

It was she and Wall St. that made it possible for Wall St. vulure predators to swoop into Puerto Rico and rip them off when they were most vulnerable.

Friday, May 27, 2016 03:38 PM EST

Sanders condemns pro-austerity “colonial takeover” of Puerto Rico; Clinton supports it.

Bernie calls U.S. debt crisis plan "morally unacceptable" and a gift for "vulture capitalists."

Hillary backs it.

By Ben Norton


http://www.salon.com/2016/05/27/sanders_condemns_pro_austerity_colonial_takeover_of_puerto_rico_clinton_supports_it/

AND.....the Democratic Party never said the reduction of polling places was due to Puerto Rico's debt.

[Doctor Jack]

96. What in the fuck are you talking about?

What does a random Salon article of Sanders talking about Puerto Rico's debt restructuring have to do with supposed vote fraud claimed by some guy on youtube? You get the award for the most frustratingly irreverent response that I have ever seen on the DU.

[AikidoSoul]

157. It's interesting that you have a picture of a brain as your avatar

Don't you see with that brain of yours, that the vote by Clinton to allow the Wall St. vultures to go into Puerto Rico and "manage" their debt, was a blow to the economy of Puerto Rico? I imagine the public must see the news there and must know about her position. I'll bet they have an opinion about how much she cares about Puerto Rico compared to Wall St.

And Bernie was passionately against it, saying that Wall St. would effectively "colonize" Puerto Rico.

I'm sure at this juncture that you don't know much about the disatrous deals that have been foisted on Puerto Rico lately, with Clinton very much in favor.

I'm not going to do any more research just for you. Use that brain to get online and see what's going on in Puerto Rico.

Also look for the incredibly egregious Hillary approved deal that made it possible for financial deals to be made so that the economy can be repeatedly ripped off and money hidden there by those same thieves. Really. It's been in the news lately and reported widely.

[felix_numinous]

99. K&R Thank you for posting this

There are definitely people out there actively working against democratic elections, and they need to be exposed.

[AikidoSoul]

108. But do we have a legal method to expose voter disenfrancisement?

Are there laws to prosecute the guilty? Is there precedent for this? I am not an attorney, but years ago I worked for one and can read some legalise.

Or are we walking a tightrope and "trusting" the system on a prayer and a smile?

I am really needing to know that we are going to commit ourselves to protecting Democracy and have the legal tools to do it.

[felix_numinous]

115. This is one question we all need to be asking

and not stopping until we get an answer, this is our voice.

[beachbum bob]

102. It's rigged...it's rigged...lol...the fact is voters reject Bernie snd

Why he lost

[djean111]

103. Not voting for Hillary.

Not ever.

[wisteria]

112. There is no conspiracy.

Every time Clinton leads in a primary there is a cry from Sander's supporters of fraud and cheating. Come on, take a step back and listen to all the tin foil hat therories.

[sadoldgirl]

116. Perhaps it is time for UN observers for our

primary/caucus systems as well as for our national
elections, but I doubt that either party would allow
for that.

Even, if Carter were younger, I bet you that he would
be stopped in such an effort.

My main prediction is that these so called "mistakes',
"errors" and unexplained purges will drive voters away
from the parties. In this case from the "democratic"one.

After all, the repugs did not have any problems this year;
exit polls corresponded to results within the narrow
acceptable limit.

The other very "interesting"observation is that this did
not happen to that extent in 08. Funny that!

[AikidoSoul]

121. Smart observations

It's good to be old enough to look back and see the wildly different circumstances.

But the, look who owns the voting machines, and who owns the counting software.

It's a travesty and should be illegal.

[brooklynite]

125. BREAKIONG: the reduction in polling sites was at the SANDERS CAMPAIGN request...

...will we be seeing an apology?

[Andy823]

128. I wouldn't hold your breath.

Sounds to me like they were "cheating" in order to hold down the votes for Hillary.

[warrprayer]

126. kick and rec n/t

[RBInMaine]

127. Over hill over dale insanity reigns on the Sanders trail as the NUT CAR goes rolling along!

[seabeyond]

131. That was clever. Im not seeing anyone apologize for false accusations that they so easily go to. NT

[seabeyond]

130. MAJOR ALERT... Sanders is oppressing the votes people.

[seabeyond]

132. Still waiting for just one in this thread, saying the nasty shit accusing Clinton of shit to

have the integrity to apologize or at the least, acknowledge your error.

[Democrats Ascendant]

138. Don't hold your breath.... We need your vote in Nov for Pres Hillary Clinton!

[seabeyond]

139. Lol. I was never one to be so childish, even when a child. Sane with cutting off my nose to spite

my face.

That was cute.

I tell ya. This pisses me off.

[seabeyond]

133. And Sanders running the campaign of integrity, why didn't he have the integrity to let this be known

That it was his action closing the polls. Why lets his people trash Clinton for something he did.

He campaigns on honesty and integrity.

[woolldog]

134. Typical Sanders supporter

[AikidoSoul]

165. That hat looks great on you. It's perfect. Next you need

a pile of sand with a big hole so you can place your head deep inside.

[LoverOfLiberty]

136. Every (and I mean EVERY) single loss by Sanders

has been met with claims of cheating and fraud from his supporters.

And now we find out that his campaign is mostly responsible for the small number of polling places.

I can't wait until Tuesday. There will be howls and wails but at least we can move on.

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/6/5/1534884/-Breaking-Bernie-and-the-Puerto-Rico-voting-mess

[TheFarseer]

140. After everything, I don't doubt schnannigans

But I really doubt that she would need schnannigans to win PR where Bernie probably has about 10% name recognition.

[seabeyond]

142. You haven't heard. Sanders did this. False accusations and nasty comments. Sanders did this.

[Sunlei]

144. don't republicans usually take all the delegates from these USA 'possession islands' anyways?

Corporations just like them for the cheap labor and the bail-out & 'free government money bonanza.

[snot]

147. From an avid Bernie supporter:

Has his campaign responded to this?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512133966 :

"The quote is from Liza Ortiz, National Committeewoman of the Democratic Party of Puerto Rico:
Per @tonydokoupil, Puerto Rico's Democratic Party is blaming Sanders's campaign for long lines & confusion today:"



Just want to understand what's going on.

[snot]

150. Ok, HERE'S THE RESPONSE:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280207891 :

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign issued the following statement Sunday on long lines at polling places in Puerto Rico’s Democratic Party presidential primary election:

“Some Puerto Rico Democratic officials are claiming that the Sanders campaign requested fewer polling places in today’s primary contest. That’s completely false. The opposite is true. In emails with the party, Sanders’ staff asked the party to maintain the 1,500 plus presidential primary locations promised by the Puerto Rico Democratic party in testimony before the DNC in April, when the party was asking to have its caucus changed to a primary. They cannot blame their shoddy running of the primary on our campaign. This is just one example of irregularities going on in Puerto Rico voting today. We are the campaign that has been fighting to increase voter participation.”

[chillfactor]

152. another conspiracy....

good god..would you bernie supporters just give up already....enough is enough!

[Time for change]

154. I have news for you

It's not Bernie supporters who are conspiring to steal elections.

[Time for change]

153. According to the video they were expecting about 700,000 voters

And it looks from the returns that there will be under one hundred thousand.

This trick worked about as well as could be expected.

[AikidoSoul]

166. You are spot on

And I thank you for being one of the few on this site that is actually honest, and is seeing this election for what it is. Trickery.



If Hillary gets in, I will leave DU and the country as well. I'm fed up with this pretense. We are NOT a Democracy.

[Time for change]

167. Thank you for your alert on this

I was unaware of it before I read your post, and it was certainly borne out by the PR primary results.

[snooper2]

171. Venezuela is looking better all the time!

Shit for 20K US we can probably buy an entire block together!