2016 Postmortem

babylonsister

(171,070 posts) Wed Mar 30, 2016, 06:43 PM Mar 2016

Dem mistake keeps Sanders off DC ballot

Uh huh.

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/274738-dem-mistake-leaves-sanders-off-ballot-in-dc

March 30, 2016, 05:58 pm
Dem mistake keeps Sanders off DC ballot

By Rebecca Savransky

Sen. Bernie Sanders's name is not yet on the presidential ballot in D.C., due to a registration error by the local Democratic Party, NBC4 News reported Wednesday.

The D.C. Democratic Party was required file to the D.C. Board of Elections by March 16, but submitted the registration paperwork for Sanders a day late.

Both Sanders and front-runner Hillary Clinton submitted their registration fees of $2,500 on time.

NBC4 News reported that a voter in D.C. filed a challenge against the Vermont senator's registration, which will be heard in April.

To fix the issue, the D.C. Council could have an emergency vote if necessary, D.C. Democratic Party Chairwoman Anita Bonds told NBC.

The Democratic primary is on June 14.

~or~

http://usuncut.com/news/bernie-sanders-washington-dc/

News
The Democratic Party Just Sabotaged Bernie Sanders’ Campaign… Again

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Dem mistake keeps Sanders off DC ballot (Original Post) babylonsister Mar 2016 OP

IT'S A CONSPIRACY! nt onehandle Mar 2016 #1

no but it does need to be fixed unapatriciated Mar 2016 #2

MEGA CORRUPTION BY DEM INSIDERS ON A GRAND SCALE! CorporatistNation Mar 2016 #36

It is a little suspicious that a single Democratic voter filed a challenge, wouldn't you agree? nt JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #3

Not sure why that is suspicious. Nailzberg Mar 2016 #8

Both Clinton's and Sanders' ballot access filings were turned in a day late by the D.C. Party JimDandy Mar 2016 #30

that shows that there's one Clinton supporter in DC with too much time on their hands. geek tragedy Mar 2016 #14

Also too few ethics. Of course, I can't say I am surprised. n/t JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #16

which campaign illegally spied on the other campaign's data again? nt geek tragedy Mar 2016 #17

A staffer was fired. And I'm not convinced of the official narrative. JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #18

"the official narrative" pushed by all kinds of people geek tragedy Mar 2016 #21

I'm not at all convinced Aerows Mar 2016 #24

Yes of course that is the official narrative. I got a whiff of the backstory from JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #25

sure, the harm from not having access to their own data was a pretty compelling argument geek tragedy Mar 2016 #29

Yes, I am glad you finally learned the definition of the word, proud even! Dragonfli Mar 2016 #6

That's another DUers F Key programmed response. Wilms Mar 2016 #10

Noohhh...iths juth anothah widdle co-in-ci-dence. Dat's ahl. senz Mar 2016 #39

Have you noticed none of these "mistakes" seem to hurt Hillary. Funny that...n/t monmouth4 Mar 2016 #4

Goldman paid a lot for it's President PowerToThePeople Mar 2016 #12

They had no problem cashing/depositing his check though. Puhleeease...n/t monmouth4 Mar 2016 #15

Careful, you're not supposed to notice these things. senz Mar 2016 #40

oops. reddread Mar 2016 #5

Have a vote on it? You screwed up on it - fix it. This involves jwirr Mar 2016 #7

I like to see a Kevin Bacon breakdown on how the person who filed the protest knows HRC... cherokeeprogressive Mar 2016 #9

I'd like to see one for the person that filed late. (nt) jeff47 Mar 2016 #11

Me, too Aerows Mar 2016 #20

Not that it would matter KingFlorez Mar 2016 #13

What about doing the right babylonsister Mar 2016 #31

Every time y'all call these Hill-supporting irregularities mere "mistakes" senz Mar 2016 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj Mar 2016 #19

I did use the original article babylonsister Mar 2016 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author cyberpj Mar 2016 #44

RE. DO. THE. WHOLE. PRIMARY!!!! LuvLoogie Mar 2016 #22

lol lol... ya seabeyond Mar 2016 #27

So just fix it. NEWSFLASH: IN AMERICA, TAIL NOW WAGS DOG. snowy owl Mar 2016 #23

It isn't an issue. Everyone knows it is not an issue. Hey... Lets make it an issue, anyway. !!! Nt seabeyond Mar 2016 #26

Oh my Dem2 Mar 2016 #32

usuncut? Sounds like bull to me. MineralMan Mar 2016 #33

Original article is from the hill. nt babylonsister Mar 2016 #37

It's not a coincidence when it's ALWAYS him and never her dana_b Mar 2016 #34

Just like their candidate. senz Mar 2016 #43

Too many "mistakes" to remove Sanders out of the Presidential race.... kgnu_fan Mar 2016 #35

Someone tried some funny business and it got caught in time to correct it. TwilightGardener Mar 2016 #38

So NOT a mistake by the sanders campaign ,but by the "local" democratic party? Oh, my. EndElectoral Mar 2016 #41

onehandle

(51,122 posts)

1. IT'S A CONSPIRACY! nt

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 06:45 PM

Mar 2016

unapatriciated

(5,390 posts)

2. no but it does need to be fixed

Reply to onehandle (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 06:48 PM

Mar 2016

We do seem to have a lot of quinky dinks in this silly season.

CorporatistNation

(2,546 posts)

36. MEGA CORRUPTION BY DEM INSIDERS ON A GRAND SCALE!

Reply to unapatriciated (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 08:29 PM

Mar 2016

Arrest these bastards!

JonLeibowitz

(6,282 posts)

3. It is a little suspicious that a single Democratic voter filed a challenge, wouldn't you agree? nt

Reply to onehandle (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 06:48 PM

Mar 2016

Nailzberg

(4,610 posts)

8. Not sure why that is suspicious.

Reply to JonLeibowitz (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:04 PM

Mar 2016

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)

30. Both Clinton's and Sanders' ballot access filings were turned in a day late by the D.C. Party

Reply to Nailzberg (Reply #8)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:46 PM

Mar 2016

There is still time for someone to legally challenge Clinton's appearance on the ballot. Let's see how fast this problem gets fixed if she is challenged. Anyone living in D.C. interested in filing a challenge against her campaign?

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

14. that shows that there's one Clinton supporter in DC with too much time on their hands.

Reply to JonLeibowitz (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:15 PM

Mar 2016

Not much of a conspiracy

JonLeibowitz

(6,282 posts)

16. Also too few ethics. Of course, I can't say I am surprised. n/t

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #14)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:16 PM

Mar 2016

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

17. which campaign illegally spied on the other campaign's data again? nt

Reply to JonLeibowitz (Reply #16)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:17 PM

Mar 2016

JonLeibowitz

(6,282 posts)

18. A staffer was fired. And I'm not convinced of the official narrative.

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #17)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:18 PM

Mar 2016

There is a reason Politico reported that the DNC backed down after the first conference call with the judge assigned to the case. It wasn't debbie being fickle.

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

21. "the official narrative" pushed by all kinds of people

Reply to JonLeibowitz (Reply #18)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:20 PM

Mar 2016

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-apologizes-for-data-breach/

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire -- Bernie Sanders offered his apology to Hillary Clinton and his supporters during the Democratic debate here on Saturday night for the data breach that has roiled the Democratic party since Thursday night.

"Yes, I apologize," Sanders said, when asked by the moderator if Clinton deserves an apology.

It was Sanders' first comment on the data breach.

"I want to apologize to my supporters," he continued. "This is not the type of campaign that we run."

Aerows

(39,961 posts)

24. I'm not at all convinced

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #21)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:25 PM

Mar 2016

that the Sanders Campaign was the one doing the sabotaging. It's fascinating how many Sanders donors are the ones getting their votes flipped.

It is human nature to be tempted that if the opposition is having a lot of problems and it benefits the politician you support to want to just laugh it off and say "my candidate is running a better campaign, yours just sucks".

Arizona has already come right out and admitted there was election fraud.

There are plenty of suspicious examples that can be pointed to around the country. This isn't simply my team vs. your team - this is our democracy.

JonLeibowitz

(6,282 posts)

25. Yes of course that is the official narrative. I got a whiff of the backstory from

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #21)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:26 PM

Mar 2016

The biggest transformation for the campaign started out as a kind of nightmare. Everything changed when staffers woke up the Friday before Christmas to stories about the Democratic National Committee shutting them out of the party voter file after a Sanders staffer had used an opening in the system in an apparent attempt to swipe piles of Clinton campaign information.

The 8 A.M. campaign call started confused and frightened, but Devine and Longabaugh cut everyone off. What they should do, they said, was fight. They wanted to sue. In a smaller follow-up call—Devine and Longabaugh sitting next to each other on a plane about to leave Reagan National for Burlington, Weaver in the campaign office, Sanders and his wife at their home—they agreed.

...

While Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook and press secretary Brian Fallon were agitating about their claims of deeply damaging high crimes out of Vermont in a call with reporters, with Sanders’ state staffers nervously listening in, the lawyers from the campaigns and the DNC were on the phone with the judge. The judge left Sanders’ team with the distinct impression that she was going to rule for them, and within hours, the Clinton campaign sent a turnaround statement urging the DNC to back down. The DNC reversed itself and let the Sanders campaign back into the database late that night.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/bernie-sanders-2016-inside-213692?o=1

Those paragraphs tell a fascinating story, a behind the scenes look at how the DNC operates.

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

29. sure, the harm from not having access to their own data was a pretty compelling argument

Reply to JonLeibowitz (Reply #25)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:30 PM

Mar 2016

for a judge to consider in terms of irreparable harm

And there was a colorable breach of contract claim.

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)

6. Yes, I am glad you finally learned the definition of the word, proud even!

Reply to onehandle (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:03 PM

Mar 2016

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conspiracy

Wilms

(26,795 posts)

10. That's another DUers F Key programmed response.

Reply to onehandle (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:11 PM

Mar 2016

Got anything else?

senz

(11,945 posts)

39. Noohhh...iths juth anothah widdle co-in-ci-dence. Dat's ahl.

Reply to onehandle (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 09:04 PM

Mar 2016

monmouth4

(9,708 posts)

4. Have you noticed none of these "mistakes" seem to hurt Hillary. Funny that...n/t

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 06:51 PM

Mar 2016

PowerToThePeople

(9,610 posts)

12. Goldman paid a lot for it's President

Reply to monmouth4 (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:13 PM

Mar 2016

They are playing to win at all costs, ethics be damned.

monmouth4

(9,708 posts)

15. They had no problem cashing/depositing his check though. Puhleeease...n/t

Reply to PowerToThePeople (Reply #12)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:15 PM

Mar 2016

senz

(11,945 posts)

40. Careful, you're not supposed to notice these things.

Reply to monmouth4 (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 09:05 PM

Mar 2016

reddread

(6,896 posts)

5. oops.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 06:51 PM

Mar 2016

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

7. Have a vote on it? You screwed up on it - fix it. This involves

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:03 PM

Mar 2016

all of us not just DC.

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)

9. I like to see a Kevin Bacon breakdown on how the person who filed the protest knows HRC...

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:07 PM

Mar 2016

or knows someone affiliated with the HRC campaign.

jeff47

(26,549 posts)

11. I'd like to see one for the person that filed late. (nt)

Reply to cherokeeprogressive (Reply #9)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:12 PM

Mar 2016

Aerows

(39,961 posts)

20. Me, too

Reply to jeff47 (Reply #11)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:19 PM

Mar 2016

This is getting ridiculous.

I wonder what threats/rewards are being offered.

KingFlorez

(12,689 posts)

13. Not that it would matter

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:14 PM

Mar 2016

DC is hardly going to be a Sanders stronghold and the delegate count isn't enough to really effect the primary, so why would someone even bother to do this on purpose? It's a mistake and nothing more.

babylonsister

(171,070 posts)

31. What about doing the right

Reply to KingFlorez (Reply #13)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:49 PM

Mar 2016

thing, for both candidates? I imagine that wouldn't have been your reaction had the situation been reversed, but either way, it seems a bit amateurish to me, or worse. DC can't get two names right?