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Else You Are Mad

(3,040 posts)
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 04:14 PM Mar 2016

Nope, nothing to see here folks...

After primary voters in Illinois were turned away because of a lack of ballots and, thus, were not able to cast a vote, the County attorney for one of those counties sought an injunction from a judge to allow those disenfranchised voters to have their vote counted.

The next day, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, an ardent Hillary Clinton supporter who has introduced her at campaign rallies, filed an appeal in Illinois 4th District Appellate Court to prevent late voting. On March 23, the appellate court issued a stay on Judge Vahle’s injunction, meaning those voters won’t get a chance to cast ballots in this primary. Hillary Clinton won Illinois by roughly 35,000 votes, or a slim 1.8 percent margin, effectively splitting delegates with Sanders.


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In a phone interview, Adams County State’s Attorney Jon Barnard said that had there been enough ballots available in those counties, the end result may have been a Sanders win, rather than a Clinton victory.

“I think it’s certainly possible,” Barnard told US Uncut. “The number of voters that were turned away was in the thousands. Sangamon and Madison [Counties] are huge for Democrats.”


Please note, I am not blaming HRC or her camp for this at all, though the Illinois state Democratic party definitely had a say in this. Any form of disenfranchisement is something that should be fought against for the good of our nation.

http://www.usuncut.com/politics/illinois-democratic-establishment-refuses-to-allow-late-voting-for-voters-turned-away-from-polls/
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Betty Karlson

(7,231 posts)
1. The problem isn't just Clinton, it's the entire establishment.
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 04:16 PM
Mar 2016

These shenanigans are hardly confined to ONE person. All those with a vested interest in the (untenable) status quo are part of the problem, and nowehere near to being part of the solution.

Else You Are Mad

(3,040 posts)
2. That is 100% correct.
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 04:22 PM
Mar 2016

And, be it the GOP county election officials or Democratic election officials, it seems that they are afraid to let the people vote because it may change the status quo.

The problem for them is that, while before this was easy to get away with doing, it is no longer so -- we have instantaneous evidence recorded on the internet for all to see. These party shenanigans are no longer viable options for the establishment to steal the vote.

Else You Are Mad

(3,040 posts)
6. What makes it worse..
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 04:29 PM
Mar 2016

When the GOP disenfranchises voters, they suppress the democratic party vote. When the democratic party disenfranchises voters, they suppress the democratic party vote.

dana_b

(11,546 posts)
4. it's happening everywhere
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 04:27 PM
Mar 2016

evidently it happened in Utah too.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1280&pid=156999

People in NY, Wa, Ca. are already finding out that they are not registered as they thought that they were.

So long lines due to decreasing the number of precincts, lack of preparedness by the officials, voter rolls being purged or screwed up, and information not getting out to the voters (again, the elections officials screw up) - there is a lot of disenfranchisement going on in most states.

Else You Are Mad

(3,040 posts)
8. Exactly!
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 04:34 PM
Mar 2016

How is this not breaking news for network news?!? This is the first time that there has been more than just unprovable hearsay, thanks to the internet and social media, we have documented, first hand evidence of election fraud throughout the nation.

Yet, all we hear about is how many women Cruz had sex with.

Something is seriously up with this.

dogman

(6,073 posts)
5. And people wonder why some Democrats in Illinois some times self-identify as Independents.
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 04:27 PM
Mar 2016

This type of corruption only helps the opposition.

Else You Are Mad

(3,040 posts)
13. I wouldn't go that far.
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 05:21 PM
Mar 2016

There is a difference between HRC and the Republicans. She has been and may be again further right than most democrats would like, but there is a huge difference between Hillary and the current GOP.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
15. Another election another year of triangulating on the right.
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 05:55 PM
Mar 2016

This year the targets of triangulation are particularly revealing

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