Latest Breaking News

Fantastic Anarchist

(7,309 posts)

89. Anarchist Feminist Emma Goldman quote:

Reply to LibDemAlways (Reply #38)

Wed Jun 8, 2016, 10:52 AM

Jun 2016

"If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal."

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

100 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

'It was just chaos': Broken machines, incomplete voter rolls leave some wondering whether their ball [View all] ThinkCritically Jun 2016 OP

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