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ThinkCritically

(241 posts)
Wed Jun 8, 2016, 12:20 AM Jun 2016

'It was just chaos': Broken machines, incomplete voter rolls leave some wondering whether their ball [View all]

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Source: LA Times

California voters faced a tough time at the polls Tuesday, with many voters saying they have encountered broken machines, polling sites that opened late and incomplete voter rolls, particularly in Los Angeles County.

The result? Instead of a quick in-and-out vote, many California voters were handed the dreaded pink provisional ballot — which takes longer to fill out, longer for election officials to verify and which tends to leave voters wondering whether their votes will be counted.

This year’s presidential primary race has already been one of the most bitter in recent memory. Before Tuesday’s vote, Bernie Sanders supporters accused the media of depressing Democratic turnout by calling the nomination for Hillary Clinton before polls opened in California.

Those feelings haven’t gotten any less raw Tuesday as hundreds of Californians complained of voting problems to the national nonpartisan voter hotline run by the Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law.....

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-voting-problems-20160607-snap-htmlstory.html



Figured problems would happen here. Meh.
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not LBN - its analysis and opinion nt msongs Jun 2016 #1
Actually, it is LBN news about today's voting in California. JDPriestly Jun 2016 #39
Many people like me get an absentee ballot mailed to them Frances Jun 2016 #2
I've never used an absentee ballot, thinking that it wouldn't be tom_kelly Jun 2016 #5
Our voting problems have not only gone unfixed since 2000, they've actually Gene Debs Jun 2016 #7
Nothing to see here, move along. Snarkoleptic Jun 2016 #15
+1000 LibDemAlways Jun 2016 #38
Anarchist Feminist Emma Goldman quote: Fantastic Anarchist Jun 2016 #89
It' a feature, not a bug. nt tblue37 Jun 2016 #35
In my state we can go online and make sure our ballots will be counted. pnwmom Jun 2016 #17
Same in my state. LiberalFighter Jun 2016 #23
It's called election fraud. Kokonoe Jun 2016 #24
It was a total mess here. JDPriestly Jun 2016 #37
Am not surprised. Voting has been a mess all across the country. OwlinAZ Jun 2016 #40
I read a critique of the campaign by someone with experience working in one. pnwmom Jun 2016 #44
I helped register voters for Bernie. We educated them carefully. JDPriestly Jun 2016 #59
Here's an article that might be of interest. Another part of the problem pnwmom Jun 2016 #62
It's not about Bernie, it's about our votes being stolen. SouthernDemLinda Jun 2016 #97
Bernie supporters have been accusing Hillary of being behind election fraud, pnwmom Jun 2016 #98
In California, it's not an "absentee" ballot Retrograde Jun 2016 #53
Right. JDPriestly Jun 2016 #60
Biggest problem with that for young people is that they are extremely glowing Jun 2016 #70
That's a good point Retrograde Jun 2016 #71
They just don't know.. Civics or basic teaching of govt is just glowing Jun 2016 #79
Here in PA RobinA Jun 2016 #84
Los Angeles County is a county that would be expected to be strong for Hillary, pnwmom Jun 2016 #3
That's possible. ThinkCritically Jun 2016 #9
Not in my area where the problems were terrible and many. JDPriestly Jun 2016 #34
Wouldn't have thought that. OwlinAZ Jun 2016 #41
Polling had been showing both LA and San Fran to be strong for Hillary. n/t pnwmom Jun 2016 #47
Since the beginning of the campaign... Orrex Jun 2016 #4
So far today we have three frauds and one will of the people. beastie boy Jun 2016 #6
I have no idea who the people were voting for who were being given, JDPriestly Jun 2016 #33
Clinton won heavily in all 5 boroughs of NYC and the voting problems pnwmom Jun 2016 #49
Obviously, Clinton was colluding with Republicans... Orrex Jun 2016 #75
ThankYou! baran Jun 2016 #73
You are mistaken Orrex Jun 2016 #81
If there are such issues in LA, sheshe2 Jun 2016 #8
I know... LenaBaby61 Jun 2016 #80
Dear Bernie, SouthernDemLinda Jun 2016 #99
Absentee Ballot allinthegame Jun 2016 #10
Provisional ballots are simply tossed away. Kokonoe Jun 2016 #11
They will be counted in 21 days in Los Angeles. JDPriestly Jun 2016 #30
A can of worms verified within 21 days. Kokonoe Jun 2016 #42
Maybe. A lot of people were being given provisional ballots. JDPriestly Jun 2016 #48
Only the ballots connected with people who met the deadline for being registered pnwmom Jun 2016 #52
That was not the issue that the voters I talked to today had. JDPriestly Jun 2016 #57
The onus was on the Bernie campaign to go after the non-affiliated voters, pnwmom Jun 2016 #66
That was done. JDPriestly Jun 2016 #69
Putting hangers on doorknobs wasn't enough. As you note, not everyone pnwmom Jun 2016 #72
One use for provisional ballots is to cast a vote even if alfredo Jun 2016 #82
Provisional ballots are for voters who have been rejected in person. Kokonoe Jun 2016 #91
so you are saying my fellow election officials are corrupt? alfredo Jun 2016 #93
Who'd bother? Retrograde Jun 2016 #95
I had absolutely NO problem ! jaysunb Jun 2016 #12
In what part of California did you vote. I am in Los Angeles. It was JDPriestly Jun 2016 #31
Pasadena n/t jaysunb Jun 2016 #45
Welp, the corporatocracy gets what the corporatocracy wants (and paid for). Snarkoleptic Jun 2016 #13
Business as usual warrprayer Jun 2016 #14
I had no problem. No one I know had any problems. Beaverhausen Jun 2016 #16
If we can't (or won't) get this right, chapdrum Jun 2016 #18
As cenk uygur WOULD say ... yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #19
this is now officially a third world country in terms of voting bbgrunt Jun 2016 #20
Yes. Especially New York, Arizona and California. JDPriestly Jun 2016 #27
Per Steve Kornacki, of all the independents who requested a mail ballot, 15% got a Dem ballot. hedda_foil Jun 2016 #21
The clarity is not an issue at the state level. LiberalFighter Jun 2016 #25
Only 15% requested a Dem ballot MattP Jun 2016 #29
proove it OwlinAZ Jun 2016 #43
Yeah, that's "chaos", like a fox, eh? nikto Jun 2016 #22
It was a typical Hillary Clinton primary day -- horrible chaos, cheating JDPriestly Jun 2016 #26
Sounds like CA will have the validity OwlinAZ Jun 2016 #46
It's not fair to blame this on Hillary. It's not her fault, for example, pnwmom Jun 2016 #54
The people I saw in the polls were clearly decline to state and not JDPriestly Jun 2016 #56
"I spoke to a woman who" Retrograde Jun 2016 #63
More of... kadaholo Jun 2016 #83
America is just simply not a democracy. highprincipleswork Jun 2016 #28
Let me guess...SoS probably a Clinton supporter? HooptieWagon Jun 2016 #32
Alex Padilla catchnrelease Jun 2016 #65
Could not vote grendelsd Jun 2016 #36
It needs to be postmarked by midnight. jaysunb Jun 2016 #50
Voting went extremely smoothly here in OC. stopbush Jun 2016 #51
I hate to say it... c-ville rook Jun 2016 #61
Of course libodem Jun 2016 #55
This message was self-deleted by its author tomsmom22 Jun 2016 #58
We handle voting in this country like some broken down banana republic. avaistheone1 Jun 2016 #67
the nation has unfortunately fallen into that state- witness infrastructure wordpix Jun 2016 #74
We handle it collectively. Igel Jun 2016 #85
What? You think this isn't a broken down LibDemAlways Jun 2016 #90
I had no such experience voting for Bernie in a rather GOP county of California.. NT vkkv Jun 2016 #64
Over It. Elections Don't Work Anymore billhicks76 Jun 2016 #68
Thanx for the post! K N' R Jack Bone Jun 2016 #76
Election fraud RICO lawsuit filed June 6-I have no way to form an opinion merrily Jun 2016 #77
It's very sad our election system is so F'ed up mdbl Jun 2016 #78
I hope Bernie supporters won't use this as an excuse to claim election fraud. Nitram Jun 2016 #86
LOL GulfCoast66 Jun 2016 #88
Voter suppression tactics have gotten more refined in this cycle. nt valerief Jun 2016 #87
How odd that THIS is the primary where our elections look like third world countries. cui bono Jun 2016 #92
Voter disenfranchisment is a systemic feature... blackspade Jun 2016 #94
I currently don't think it's deliberately rigged by any one campaign. SusanCalvin Jun 2016 #96
LOCKING THREAD AS ANALYSIS/OPINION LostOne4Ever Jun 2016 #100
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