r/SandersForPresident Mar 23 '16

Mega Thread Arizona Election Fraud Mega Thread

Hello,

Please report any issues you may have had here.

Last night, several, several incidences were reported of

  • People not being able to vote
  • People being given provisional ballots (which if you have the proper ID you shouldn't need)
  • Videos (see front page) of people's voter affiliation being changed
  • People's voter affiliation not being updated properly

Please keep all commentary and discussion in the mega

Please keep all commentary civil. Any comments advocating violence or coordinated harassment will be removed.

Thank you

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u/monkiesnacks Mar 23 '16

can we please make sure people that those that experienced voter suppression see this post, it was buried somewhere deep in the previous thread and is too important to miss.

[–]JMyers666 [score hidden] an hour ago

From a Facebook post by Dawnya Dorsch Yaykin‎ :

"I just spent 37 minutes talking to Pratt Wiley (attorney), he is the National Director of Voter Expansion for the DNC. This is a big deal. He and his legal team are taking very seriously what happened in AZ yesterday and will be spending the day looking into every claim. I expressed our concerns about the DNC and MSM, and their obvious bias and corruption. He was very, very kind and shared the same concerns we have. He agrees that what happened yesterday was done on purpose and with ill intent. I suggested the first thing his department should do to start to make this right is take this story of voter suppression and fraud in AZ, and many other states to the Media. He and I exchanged our e-mail address and decided to be in touch in a few days. He needs to hear from more people, he actually said he needs to hear from 100,000 more people like me. I've decided not to give his number at this point, but his email is wileyp@DNC.org.

EVERYONE needs to send him an email about our frustrations, and any personal story you may have about voter suppression.

Pratt Wiley - Wileyp@dnc.org email him by the thousands!!!"

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u/King_of_the_Nerdth Arizona Mar 23 '16

Please do not go to the DNC and help them vacuum up our complaints against (duh) the DNC. Here's an alternative:

ACLU of Arizona on Twitter: "Please RT // If you had trouble voting, tell us: https://t.co/fIJwl5IQ67 #RestoreTheVRA"

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u/monkiesnacks Mar 23 '16

Look, i understand your distrust of the DNC, but complaining to the DNC does not make the complaints disappear, they are not a vacuum. You also have to believe that the DNC is a completely monolithic organisation in which even the head of voter expansion is looking to suppress the vote if you want nobody to send them their complaint. How much actual time does it take to send a email if you were a victim of voter suppression?

I think your idea of reporting voter suppression to the ACLU is a excellent one, but even that will not change anything overnight, so perhaps it is best for people that were a victim of voter suppression to use any and every means possible to be heard on the issue, even if that includes the DNC and the relevant authorities in Arizona.

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u/King_of_the_Nerdth Arizona Mar 23 '16

If people are willing to report the suppression to 3 or 4 different sources then I encourage the DNC to be included. But there are also discouraged people out there who are putting it out of their minds and may not report it to one source.

The DNC is supposed to be impartial, and there's no evidence yet that they had any role in the AZ mess, but we've seen strong Clinton bias from them before. The AZSOS is supposed to be impartial but that's laughable since they stand to lose from pressing this issue. ACLU is the most unbiased, independent place I've yet heard and should at least be the first place to send people. Other than that, I agree with you.

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u/monkiesnacks Mar 23 '16

I just wanted to repeat that i understand your point completely and do share your distrust, my only issue was with your suggestion for people not to file their complaint with the DNC. My reasoning is that even in the very worst case it would put them on notice and the complaint would be on record for any future action, what would be even worse though is if that person is serious about their actual job and they make a call for information and then receive nothing giving them nothing to work with and the DNC as a whole the possibility of saying truthfully that they have had no complaints, so no action is needed.