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Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell on who is to blame for the long lines (Original Post) dana_b Mar 2016 OP
Shit that just makes you BLINK. Scootaloo Mar 2016 #1
Ruh Roh whirlygigspin Mar 2016 #2
(oops, I was just thinking that... did it actually come out of my mouth?) tomm2thumbs Mar 2016 #3
Damn those voters! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2016 #4
Hey stupid...how about not cutting the polling locations down to 60 from 200?? Hulk Mar 2016 #5
Cutting office hours and consolidating locations is a GOP tactic.... HeartoftheMidwest Mar 2016 #9
Isn't she from the same county as Sheriff Arpaio? bulloney Mar 2016 #13
She needs to be fired! Bernblu Mar 2016 #6
knave not fool captainarizona Mar 2016 #7
Who's to blame, "The voters for getting in line, maybe for us not having enough polling stations... pantsonfire Mar 2016 #8
I agree with her, it's the voters. She is elected, and they have elected her 7 times. n/t jtuck004 Mar 2016 #10
Oh, for pete's sake, what an ignorant thing to say, with Republicans running the elections! Peace Patriot Mar 2016 #11
Speaking of ignorant, what other way might she be gone except being voted out? jtuck004 Mar 2016 #12
have you seen the video of Bill Clinton and Paul Ryan tk2kewl Mar 2016 #17
unopposed FreedomRain Mar 2016 #18
If this woman is an elected official, chervilant Mar 2016 #14
Well, it took a while... MrMickeysMom Mar 2016 #15
and then she goes on to say dana_b Mar 2016 #22
But, that's what you get when you destroy the laws previously made to protect voter rights... MrMickeysMom Mar 2016 #23
Interesting that she's not outraged by what she sees. jalan48 Mar 2016 #16
Republicans: "Government doesn't work!" FreedomRain Mar 2016 #19
^^^BUMPER STICKER!^^^ Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #20
Good idea whirlygigspin Mar 2016 #21
 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
1. Shit that just makes you BLINK.
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 03:22 AM
Mar 2016

How DARE theproles show up to vote! What does this look like, a polling station?!"

whirlygigspin

(3,803 posts)
2. Ruh Roh
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 03:23 AM
Mar 2016

shit, meet fan

what a disgrace

independent votes won't count, it's your fault for being in line, just wow.

I think Arizona gonna have a lot of really angry people waking up in the morning.

 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
5. Hey stupid...how about not cutting the polling locations down to 60 from 200??
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 03:46 AM
Mar 2016

Honest to God, can she really be that fucking stupid?

Right....blame the voters for not casting their ballots early, so they could waste their votes on rubio and O'Malley.

Just stupid. This idiot gives us old white people a bad name.

HeartoftheMidwest

(309 posts)
9. Cutting office hours and consolidating locations is a GOP tactic....
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 05:47 AM
Mar 2016

...used nationwide to suppress voting. BECAUSE IT WORKS.
Untold numbers of voters simply leave the building because they can't stay for hours.

 

captainarizona

(363 posts)
7. knave not fool
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 05:11 AM
Mar 2016

This is a part of arizona republican voter suppression. In 2012 she tried to force latino voters to take provisional ballots so their votes against sheriff joe arpaio would't be counted. The republiscum just a passed a voter suppression law to stop people from bringing in mail in ballots. They are always coming up with ideas to stop minorities from voting that is why arizona is the only state out side of the south to fall under the voting rights act!

 

pantsonfire

(1,306 posts)
8. Who's to blame, "The voters for getting in line, maybe for us not having enough polling stations...
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 05:17 AM
Mar 2016

My thread detailing her involvement...200 to 60 reduction from 2012.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511557013

 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
12. Speaking of ignorant, what other way might she be gone except being voted out?
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 06:18 AM
Mar 2016

The reason this idiot is there is because they voted her in and kept her there.

I normally don't engage with Randos, but perhaps it's not a waste. Maybe you will learn.

FreedomRain

(413 posts)
18. unopposed
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 08:49 AM
Mar 2016

as far as I remember for every election I have seen here in 25 years. After this statement would be a good time for her to retire though, I bet someone steps up now.

chervilant

(8,267 posts)
14. If this woman is an elected official,
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 06:30 AM
Mar 2016

I hope someone runs against her and wins.

If she is not elected, she needs to be fired.

Disgusting!

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
15. Well, it took a while...
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 06:40 AM
Mar 2016

But, the Fox reporter finally got her to contradict herself in who was to blame. She should have asked her WHAT other counties had this same problem, since by the time she addressed this, she probably would have continued to have that clueless deer in the headlight look, coming up empty...

Empty, just like the plan for providing voters with polling places, clear directions, instead of empty excuses...

And, did you catch the part about, "we had to reduce the number of polling places by LAW" ?????

Who's responsible for THAT? Was there a formula for carrying this law out?

THIS IS FUCKING OUTRAGEOUS.

dana_b

(11,546 posts)
22. and then she goes on to say
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 12:46 PM
Mar 2016

and we reduced that amount based on looking at past history.

So they were REQUIRED to reduce it to half of the normal amounts and then they (I guess her being in charge) decided to reduce that amount even further! Complete Rovian/Repub tactics.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
23. But, that's what you get when you destroy the laws previously made to protect voter rights...
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 11:13 PM
Mar 2016

So, we have all 3 branches of government to thank for that injustice.

jalan48

(13,863 posts)
16. Interesting that she's not outraged by what she sees.
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 08:31 AM
Mar 2016

Demanding more money for the voting process so that the State can insure everyone gets to exercise their Constitutional right. Instead she's the dutiful little sheeple, parroting what she has been told to say.

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