Provisional ballot bullshit! Take a look at this shit!

[lonestarnot]

http://www.kpho.com/video?clipId=7931576&autostart=true

[BlueMan Votes]

1. sooo.....what's the bullshit part...?

[lonestarnot]

2. Stacks and stacks of boxes of ballots and no one is working on it tonight.

[DURHAM D]

16. They were not working this afternoon either.

I watched a live feed for awhile. There was one woman in the room doing nothing.

[BlueMan Votes]

3. what would you have them do...?

what would be the normal process in looking at the ballots? does there have to be an election judge from each party present?
and with the biggest national race already finished, there probably isn't as big a sense of urgency about it all. what's the date
that they have to be counted by, and the election certified?

[tibbiit]

4. like tomorrow

and there are 630,000 of them in arizona.
tib

[BlueMan Votes]

5. "like tomorrow" what?

are you referring to the date by which the election has to be certified in AZ...?

[SoCalDem]

6. and Carmona may have actually won instead of Flakey

[lonestarnot]

8. No shit!

[LisaL]

9. There is only 80,000 difference between Carmona and Flake.

And more than 600,000 provisional ballots still not counted.
That's ridiculous.
WTF does AZ have so many provisional ballots? Even OH only has ~200,000.

[SoCalDem]

11. Probably because they "challenged" as many "brown" people as possible,

and made them use provisional ballots that they could later discredit

[ProudProgressiveNow]

20. +1 nt

[lonestarnot]

7. Count the fucking votes! 24/7 until they are fucking counted for one thing. Two, not force

Sense of urgency? WTF. 10 days.

[BlueMan Votes]

10. and what is the normal procedure for doing so in AZ...?

for instance- do there have to be election judges present...?

[lonestarnot]

12. Do you see anyone? There is no one over there working.

[BlueMan Votes]

14. and what are the laws and procedures for counting them in AZ...?

i'd rather they get counted correctly than quickly.

[DURHAM D]

17. They have until the 16th.

In the past they have just thrown away provisional ballots without ever counting them. There are three U.S. Congressional seats and a U.S. senate seat still undecided.

[BlueMan Votes]

19. with provisional ballots in AZ- does the voter have to come back to show ID?

[DURHAM D]

24. No.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. I am sorry, but if you can't see the problem at this point

I don't think we can help you.

[BlueMan Votes]

15. do you happen to know the rules for doing the counts on those ballots in AZ...?

because if you don't, you're right- you can't help me. i'd prefer someone who knows what they're talking about.

[lonestarnot]

18. What are you lazy? Look it up.

http://www.azleg.state.az.us/ArizonaRevisedStatutes.asp?Title=16

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. Free clue, use the google.

[BlueMan Votes]

23. why can't all the experts here on AZ election law(like yourself, apparently?) explain it?

like i said- i'd prefer they be counted correctly, rather than quickly.
i think most reasonable people would.

[DURHAM D]

25. If you don't instinctively know what is wrong with this situation

I have no choice but to assume you are not a liberal, or a progressive or any sort of Democrat.

Done

[Horse with no Name]

26. +1000 n/t

[BlueMan Votes]

27. so- you'd prefer to have it done quickly rather than correctly?

got it.

[DURHAM D]

28. That is idiotic.

They can do both.

[BlueMan Votes]

29. in the linked video- it shows LOTS of people counting the ballots...

and they say specifically that there hasn't been any problems with the provisional ballots.

so where's the bullshit?

[lonestarnot]

30. You may want to have another look see. Don't you believe in counting votes?

http://recorder.maricopa.gov/elections/Live_Feeds/btcgallery.aspx