They're doing it again: Lawsuit filed in CA to stop voter suppression

[LongTomH]

From the BernieSandersVideo.com website: We the People Are Not Gonna Take it Anymore:

SAN FRANCISCO, Friday, May 20, 2016:
Civil rights attorneys and voter rights activists are filing a civil lawsuit in Federal Court over election materials sent out in advance of the California Primary. Critical omissions of instructions from county applications to vote by mail have violated state election laws, according to the plaintiffs.

Civil rights attorneys Bill Simpich and Stephen R. Jaffe have filed the suit on behalf of both left-leaning supporters of Bernie Sanders and the right-leaning American Independent Party. “These omissions will likely discourage thousands of California voters,” says Simpich. “Independent voters who have stated ‘No Party Preference’ (NPP) may not be able to vote in the June 7th Primary because of the confusion over how to obtain a party-based Presidential primary ballots. Those ballots are not automatically mailed with their nonpartisan ballot. They must be requested by the voters. That has not been made clear in the instructions sent.”

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Civil rights attorneys Bill Simpich and Stephen R. Jaffe have filed the suit on behalf of both left-leaning supporters of Bernie Sanders and the right-leaning American Independent Party. “These omissions will likely discourage thousands of California voters,” says Simpich. “Independent voters who have stated ‘No Party Preference’ (NPP) may not be able to vote in the June 7th Primary because of the confusion over how to obtain a party-based Presidential primary ballots. Those ballots are not automatically mailed with their nonpartisan ballot. They must be requested by the voters. That has not been made clear in the instructions sent.”

Also alleged is the violation of Elections Code Section 3006(b)(3) which requires that voters be informed of the right to personally deliver their application for a vote-by-mail ballot directly to the county elections office by May 31 - not merely mail it. “These instructions are also missing from some of the applications to vote by mail,” says Simpich. “The polls have been open since May 9. Voters have the right to come to the polling place up to the final day of elections on June 7 and ask for the ballot of their choice. We intend to make sure they know that this is their right.”

Further, defendants Tim Depuis and John Arntz, chiefs of the Alameda County Registrar of Voters and the San Francisco Department of Elections, distributed to voters an electronic application to vote by mail that does not contain the mandatory notice, as seen on Depuis’ Oakland website and Artnz’s San Francisco website.

[LiberalArkie]

1. And away we go.

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2. Kick!

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3. There Should No Longer Be Any Doubt That The State Parties Are Operating On Behalf Of HRC

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4. It is unbelievable to me that the people that commit these acts do not

Ever seem to face any consequences.

It is unacceptable to me.

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5. Sonny and Cher

And the CHEAT goes on, the CHEAT goes on!
LA de da dede the CHEAT goes on!

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6. Video "WILL CALL VOTING IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY"?!

Published on May 21, 2016:

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7. K&R. nt