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laserhaas

(7,805 posts)
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 08:44 PM Apr 2016

Um..60,000 Brooklyn DEM Votes Vanish

Early today, we posted a thread titled "Warning of Clinton Protocols" warning that those mysterious protocol ways of Hillary must assure her win of the home staye of NY..or she is toast.
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Now there's a new report out that 60,000 democratic votes have vanished as reported by WNYC. And guess where it happened?

" 60,000 Fewer Democrats in Brooklyn "

Real Strange dealings going on..even before Tuesday.

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N'est-ce pas!



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Clinton protocols will overcome
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She knows she's toast if she loses NY...so the gloves are coming off
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Goldman Sachs has Hillary's back
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Shoving the coronation down our throats - crowned the Queen
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WHAT's a little vote rigging..in the big schemes of things
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Transcripts schmamspits...its the vote counters that count
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Bernie overcomes this and he Will Win NY
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ALL of the Above
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Come on - Wall Street fraud is cool - Hillary will help it grow
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Laser is going to get butt frug'uck by DOJ and Wall Street - even more
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Um..60,000 Brooklyn DEM Votes Vanish (Original Post) laserhaas Apr 2016 OP
My vote RandySF Apr 2016 #1
Actually... pat_k Apr 2016 #7
I just voted to leave this post. Quackers Apr 2016 #8
For your information many Hillary supporters were declared inactive. hrmjustin Apr 2016 #2
It's related to hurricane sandy. pat_k Apr 2016 #5
We better keep an eye on 'em. Smarmie Doofus Apr 2016 #3
Explanation: Hurricane Sandy. Voting in 2012 by affidavit ballot stripped party affiliation. pat_k Apr 2016 #4
Wouldn't they have to be sent new registration cards? Barack_America Apr 2016 #18
I don't know. pat_k Apr 2016 #19
Early votes mailed in..were all Hillary laserhaas Apr 2016 #6
Oh..btw..new poll has Bernie ..TIED...nationwide laserhaas Apr 2016 #9
Can somrone post The Hill link laserhaas Apr 2016 #10
"Despite the precipitous decline, no city or state election official could explain" Jon Ace Apr 2016 #11
I'm with ya 'Jon Ace' laserhaas Apr 2016 #17
Looks Like The Fix Is In....nt global1 Apr 2016 #12
This is something that does need to be looked into passiveporcupine Apr 2016 #13
Puhhllllleeeeaaaasssseeee..... ..It's never caused by Hillary laserhaas Apr 2016 #14
Not true passiveporcupine Apr 2016 #15
You claim blabber as fact... laserhaas Apr 2016 #16
Dammmmm doubled laserhaas Apr 2016 #20

RandySF

(58,847 posts)
1. My vote
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 08:47 PM
Apr 2016

Those new hipsters were too cool to choose a party and now they can't vote for their artisanal candidate.

pat_k

(9,313 posts)
7. Actually...
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 09:00 PM
Apr 2016

Voters were -- unbeknownst to most -- stripped of party affiliation when they voted by affidavit ballot after Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

It is outrageous.

Conscientious voters who voted despite being stranded away from home were stripped of party affiliation.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1772678

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
2. For your information many Hillary supporters were declared inactive.
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 08:48 PM
Apr 2016

And the city Board of elections is run by a Republican.

On tv he totally failed to explain this.

 

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
3. We better keep an eye on 'em.
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 08:54 PM
Apr 2016

..... They'll try to get away w. whatever they think they CAN get away with.

And .... trust me on this.... they think they can get away w. a LOT here.

pat_k

(9,313 posts)
4. Explanation: Hurricane Sandy. Voting in 2012 by affidavit ballot stripped party affiliation.
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 08:57 PM
Apr 2016
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/04/18/3770355/new-york-voting-open-primary-lawsuit/

Westchester County voter Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez decided to check on the status of her voter registration last month, after hearing about problems in Arizona’s primary. She was dismayed to discover that, despite being a registered Democrat since 2008, her party affiliation had been changed to unaffiliated. She is now unable to vote for her preferred candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), in the primary.

“I am so hurt that my right to vote in this primary has been taken from me,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a Reddit post explaining her situation.

Ocasio-Cortez was later told by her local Board of Elections that her party affiliation was changed during Hurricane Sandy. The devastating storm hit right before Election Day 2012, and in an emergency measure, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) allowed New York residents to vote at any precinct via affidavit ballot. Ocasio-Cortez was stuck in New York City for the storm, so she voted there instead of in Westchester.

“Apparently when I signed that affidavit my party affiliation was waived,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. “I had no idea I was losing my party status when I did that… Had I known this was the case I would have fixed this ages ago.”


This is outrageous. Conscientious voters who went out of their way to vote even though they were stranded away from home were all stripped of their party affiliation. And I would guess, that like Ocasio-Cortez, had no idea of the implications of signing the affidavit ballot would be.

This explains A LOT!

pat_k

(9,313 posts)
19. I don't know.
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 10:32 PM
Apr 2016

Since it was an emergency measure i could see them failing to follow expected procedures. But i don't know.

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
13. This is something that does need to be looked into
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 09:08 PM
Apr 2016

how so many voters registrations are being changed...but this is NOT being caused by Hillary, and I hate to see so many posts come out like this.

It is either errors in the system, or deliberate sabotage of all dems, regardless of this campaign.

I know it's easy to get mad and blame your opponent, but if anyone is guilty of voter disenfranchisement, it is the GOP.

And this part really bothers me:

the number of active registered Democrats dropped there by 63,558 voters between November 2015 and April 2016. That translates into a 7 percent drop in registered Democrats in the borough.


This is a very short period of time. This couldn't be dems leaving the party to go republican and vote for Trump, could it? If the Gop has switched this many voter registration identities, this has got to be uncovered...and soon.

Or this is a typical number of changes close to big elections (only it seems like it should be going up, not down) and someone is trying to use this as a scare tactic?
 

laserhaas

(7,805 posts)
14. Puhhllllleeeeaaaasssseeee..... ..It's never caused by Hillary
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 09:30 PM
Apr 2016

But Bernie is always the one...getting the shaft

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
15. Not true
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 09:37 PM
Apr 2016

Hillary voters have also had their registration changed.

I don't know why it's not in the news, but in Nevada or Arizona where it was such a big issue here, it was affecting Hillary voters too.

Why would they disenfranchise their own votes?

 

laserhaas

(7,805 posts)
16. You claim blabber as fact...
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 10:04 PM
Apr 2016

By far...VERY FAR

Bernie's tally has suffered ...unequivocally

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Results have changed in his favor

No Main Stream report

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....tens of thousands come to see him...religiously

No Main Stream report

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You dont see Bernie people running out doors

Nor do you see Bernie fighting for less votes

This diehard for Hillary stuff..with all her baggage...

Is INSANE


Our eToys company was intentionally destroyed by Sachs

Near zero...zip...nada hope Hillary will prosecute them

BUT..w Bernie...near 100% chance he will

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Shes worth 100 mil

Bernie at it longer...worth less than a mil

...... And you are arguing for Her

NUTZ

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