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before November. Good Lord what a damn mess.

EDIT: And by "fixed" I mean squared away, leveled, not the other meaning.

All of us know what happened with W. What will our nation come to if we get Ted Cruz? That dude is a nightmare covered in creepy ass sauce.

Ive been fighting Romney...personally...for 15 years

And Hillary frightens me more; because we Dems will continue to fight each other about what's really going on with her.

At least with the other VERY bad choices...there's clarity

It does very little to remedy the current election to suspend this person now. Day late, dollar short. The only acceptable remedy is to allow those who didn't get to vote to have a make up day and include it in the official election results.

Than offer a sacrificial lamb for firing. Nothing REAL or Substantive, espeically if it might change the results to not favor his annoited one.

But no real remedy.

can conduct an unbiased investigation? If he was a Sanders delegate you would be going off the rafters...

Creepy.

keep doing it, and they love it when bernie voters blame hillary, which is why they would do it in the primary.

the trolls will be strong with the voter suppression

Learn something every day on DU....

Chicago, where I am from, is supposed to have equal numbers of Rs and Ds in election bodies. In reality the city D machine has loyal Ds pretend to be Rs and thus one party controls all the ward election judges. I really doubt NYC is more pure when it comes to this stuff...

benefited from a purge of 100K votes anywhere in the NYC area, where she had extremely strong support.

The place to hurt Bernie would have been in upstate, rural NY, not in a NYC borough.

I was born at night, but it wasn't last night.

Who hired her?

are "controlled" by the 2nd place party in the general election (not sure if that's the 4year presidential, 2 year congressional or something else).

problematic when one party is the republican party

if the "losing" party is in control of the board of elections that prevents the "winning" party from stacking the deck

the problem with republicans is they now live in an alternate talk radio generated reality in which democrats steal elections (hanging chads!!!,etc), commit voter fraud, and are letting people across the border to vote for dems! on republican talk radio that's been sold strongly since they needed to defend themselves from their election thievery in fla and ohio etc. - strong for 15 years, and they pushed electronic voting machines and a lot of voter suppression in many states with that crap.

sold his soul for nothing.

Anyone tweeting?

Might want to find out what the truth really is not just spread conspiracies. Do you care whether it's true of not?

I simply responded with a question, not stating a fact.

And since I haven't "shared" this anywhere, I'm not engaged in promulgating anything regarding this story.

Perhaps you replied to the wrong post?

Corruption and debacles left, right and center.

We're starting to look like the countries we "spread Democracy" in.

The nation is trashed by the 1 percent corporate thieves who control it. They're milking us and the environment.

As it is, she won Brooklyn -- and all the NYC boroughs -- by a huge majority. But if you want her to get more votes, that's fine with me.

course of the primary but what matters more is that the people who were denied their right to vote get their chance. So even if it got her more vores than so be it. ( I don't actually believe it would).

People should be allowed to vote. I think we still call it a "right," don't we?

Doesn't matter if it's a Clinton, Sanders, Trump, Cruz, Kasich, which supporters had their ability to vote taken away. You don't seem to care much about such things, but that's not something that should be taken lightly.

I too pretend that when we dismiss A as relevant, we are necessarily unconcerned with B.

Granted, it's a logical fallacy indicative of a lazy and undisciplined mind, but it allows us to reinforce our biases... so I figure it's a win/win.

Too obvious to sweep under the rug, I guess.

Eric Schneiderman will get to the bottom of the mess, hopefully before the Nov election.

A New York City board of elections official has been suspended after voting issues arose in Brooklyn during Tuesday's primary election.

The Board of Elections office released a statement Thursday evening, saying the Commissioners' Executive Committee of the Board of Elections voted to suspend Borough Office Chief Clerk Diane Haslett-Rudiano without pay. The suspension takes effect immediately and will continue pending an internal investigation.

"The Board will fully cooperate with the investigations currently being conducted by the Office of the New York State Attorney General and The Office of the New York City Comptroller," the BOE said in a news release.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Wednesday that his office was going to investigate the BOE. He issued a statement Thursday following the suspension.

"The administration of the voter rolls in Brooklyn is of major concern to our office and is a focus of our investigation," Schneiderman said.

New York City's Comptroller Scott Stringer kicked off the first investigation Tuesday night. Stringer said the biggest issue appeared to be that some eligible voters were removed from voter-registration rolls and some that had their party affiliation changed.

Other issues included polling sites not opening in time for voting, incorrect primary notifications being mailed out and training of the poll workers.
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Just sayin

A re-vote is being scheduled in New York (and Arizona).

Qué será.

How will they investigate if they're suspended? Someone is trying to bury the truth.

fuck 'em

mainstream news and people who only read headlines realize that Hillary's "big win" happened in a state where an election official just got suspended without pay and there's an ongoing investigation. Perception is a hugely important thing in voting behavior. And there are more votes across the country to be cast.

Unless they have a 'do-over' it doesn't change anything and therefore dosen't mean shit.

accept it will make some even less likely to vote for her again

or some other remedy to make up for the F-up. In other words, put pressure on their ass to give those affect an opportunity to vote. I truly think if enough people raise hell that something good could happen. Even have protests in front of their office every day.

they disenfranchised states 8 years ago didnt they?
Thats pretty brutal collective punishment.

It's incredible how Clintonites rationalize this away as bad as Republicans do when their campaigns commit crimes. Do these people never learn until the pitchforks come out? History just repeats itself over and over again as human nature never learns. Talk about self-entitlement. We all want a woman president but at what expense? Would these same people vote for Condaleeza Rice? So here is an article of a corporation hired by Hillary to TROLL the internet with fake commenting...the company is bragging about how many threads they engage and neutralized. I wonder if they will attack this comment right now? The advice in the article is to ignore them.
http://usuncut.com/politics/clinton-super-pac-busted/

If Bernie isn't in the General.

She's a Rethug. And by her actions she lost many votes for Hillary, who carried every NYC borough by huge margins. Hillary would have had even bigger numbers in Brooklyn if all her supporters had voted.

Is that false?

And both are the only ones under investigation for MASS voting irregularities. Just call me Captain Coincidence.

based on polling and demographics.

We might as well argue that Bernie's people were behind any irregularities in those precincts, because Bernie benefited by any suppression of the vote in the most hispanic county in Arizona or in any of the boroughs of New York. His support came from other whiter parts of Arizona and rural upstate NY.

Depends on what demographic purged. You assume evenly dispersed. I do not.

could have benefited Hillary, who was much stronger among Bernie among hispanics everywhere. If they wanted to hurt Bernie, the logical tactic would have been to suppress votes in areas where he would have many voters, not just a few.

The same thing in NY. The logical tactic would have been to create lines and interfere with the vote in the parts of upstate NY where he would have lots of voters.

Hispanics and unions were floating Bernies way. We all want the same ends I assume. No war. No explotation. No ruined lives. It just sucks that I realize Hillary is a Bush surrogate and you don't. It boils down to that. I know the Bushes. You are making a major mistake regardless of where your hearts at.

Is futile

scintilla of truth that the purge in Brooklyn would have done anything other than make Hillary's lead LARGER? Or how about explaining how - 6 months ago - this REPUBLICAN (who you think was working for Hillary apparently) knew which buildings and blocks that were purged were going to vote for Bernie. You all sound desperate and it's not becoming at all.

Of ipso factos....doesnt change the facts

Of course Hillary didnt touch software buttons...but she possibly benefited and possibly Bernie was harmed (scintilla)

She always benefits ...because its never her staff complaining about halted voting (scintilla)

Her campaign wanted Bernie's med report;
And everyone clearly sees she has issues

It happened....greatly...in Brooklyn (huge scintilla)

Rest of state (50 out of 62 counties) went for Bernie

And now Conn is announcing..in advance...plans to close 60% of poll places

That can only harm Bernie

S C I N T I L L AAASASSZ

and you still haven't explained how a borough like Brooklyn that voted HEAVILY for Hillary (she won 60-40 in a blowout) would have benefited Bernie if those votes were cast? You still haven't explained how - 6 months ago - this REPUBLICAN knew exactly which entire buildings and blocks in Brooklyn would vote for Bernie. Do you even listen to yourselves? And it's Rhode Island that cut out 66% of their polling places, not Connecticut. You can't even get the big stuff correct.

are you having problems with? Is it reading comprehension that's difficult for you or just having trouble because you're candidate is a loser?

I hope you're satisfied with yourself!

Please, some real content, just once....

She finally sold that building I think.

She's a Republican, yup. And there you guys are, arm in arm with her and her right to fuck over voters, because - hey! - you got what you wanted out of it.



Birds of a feather, it seems.

that people whined about and falsely claimed "conspiracy". ?


I don't get people disregarding historical fact as if none of this could ever possibly happen ever again.

This shite happens every effin election cycle every where across this nation.

That's right. election engineering fraud in the good ole U.S.A. has been happening on a big wide scale, since the very birth of this nation.

Be informed, and Know our History.
This ain't nothing new, and yes of course it's a gd conspiracy.

What the hell else is it? Just a "coincidence"?

... this occurred in a location in NY state that went for Bernie.


This was in Brooklyn that went for Hillary by a large margin.


Maybe the people who didn't get to vote would have increased the margin of victory.

Tammany hasn't had play in NYC politics since La Guardia.

I am ridiculing the idea that this is some Clinton conspiracy. It seema likely to me that more people voting in Brooklyn would have just added to he vote totals.

That is what I have been saying for a long time now.
They need someone who will not energize the base...and that would be Hillary.

Just like Brer Rabit was afraid of being thrown in the briar patch.

It would be in a Republican's interests to support Clinton for sure. If she is elected they will get everything they want: More wars in the Middle East, more interventions in the MIddle East to complete the PNAC plan, more help for corporations, more help for insurance companies and big pharma and a few crumbs for the rest of us.

That is all well and good but it doesn't change the fact that many people were cheated out of voting.

She took New York, next!

This is DU. The only thing you are allowed to say on DU is that HRC and the DNC are rigging the vote in every state and the Bernie is actually winning the race despite the fact he has 2.5 million less votes.


You are not allowed to post any facts here.

Brooklyn Election Official Suspended for Reportedly Botching Voter Roll, Purging 125,000 Names


The New York Daily News is citing multiple unnamed sources reporting that the reason Haslett-Rudiano has been suspended, and will ultimately be fired, is that she botched the maintenance of the voter roll.

The problems began when she was trying to clean up the voting books, which must be periodically purged to eliminate people who die, move or are ineligible for other reasons. Sources said she skipped one of the steps that was built in to stop the system from purging eligible voters, which caused a chain reaction that led to people being improperly removed. Brooklyn lost 102,717 — or 8% — of its active voters from Nov. 1 2015 through April 1, 2016, according to state stats. It’s the only county in the state that lost voters in that time period.
"The administration of the voter rolls in Brooklyn is of major concern to our office and is a focus of our investigation," New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Thursday.


http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/04/21/elections_board_suspends_brooklyn_official_for_purging_125_000_from_voter.html

This site would not be the same without you.

Such a pithy comment, and right on target.

Sam

Made me smile.

While giving the republican criminal a free pass.

Typical Hillbagger.

I mean you're here. And all you're doing is shit-talking Democrats posting here, with nary a word of criticism of the Republican who seems to have fucked over voters.

In fact, given the evidence, I would happily and assertively say that "sneering at other Democrats while giving the Republican criminal a pass" is not only exactly what you are doing, but is in fact the only thing you are doing in this thread.

Now if you want to play the Whatabout game, we can do that. I wouldn't advise it though. It'll be long, tiresome, unproductive, and I have more ammunition than you do. So how about you make a show of shaking your fist at the republican here, and htne toddle off to the Hillary Clinton Group to brag about how you "owned" me or whatever you guy do there.