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peacebird

(14,195 posts)
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 09:32 PM Nov 2015

Albemarle Democratic volunteer voices concern over letter put forth by Democratic committee

http://www.nbc29.com/story/30405410/albemarle-co-democratic-volunteer-voices-concern-over-letter
Marianne O'Brien is the Democratic Party's chairwoman for the Yellow Mountain Precinct. As she was going through her Election Day materials, she came across a memorandum from the Albemarle Co. Democratic Committee.

O'Brien says the last sentence of the letter caught her attention.

It reads: “As voters exit the polls, please ask them to sign the petition to include Hillary Clinton on the ballot for the 2016 Virginia Democratic Primary."

O'Brien says she feels as though this sentence shows the committee's bias in favor of Clinton's campaign by excluding any mention of Democratic candidates Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley.

"It bothered me that they seemed to be showing preference for one candidate over all of them. We're supposed to be equal and even-handed with all the candidates, providing equal support until after the primary has been voted," O’Brien said.
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Albemarle Democratic volunteer voices concern over letter put forth by Democratic committee (Original Post) peacebird Nov 2015 OP
Thank you, very good article. LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #1
Did O"Malley or Sanders campaigns ask them also.... Historic NY Nov 2015 #2
Should they have to? nt artislife Nov 2015 #7
Yes remember the Gingrich screwup.........he didn't file and then whined... Historic NY Nov 2015 #12
Why should they? The dem committee is supposed to be impartial peacebird Nov 2015 #10
Did Hillary ask them? All candidates should be treated equally. None of them should have to ASK sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #22
can't say I'm even a little surprised marym625 Nov 2015 #3
"Hills asked, so just her." JackInGreen Nov 2015 #4
Did anyone prevent petitions workers for Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley from working at this Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #5
Think about it artislife Nov 2015 #9
What is wrong with their campaign organizing, did they not know they have to have petitions to get Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #11
Then the DNC should stop using Sanders to try to raise funds. Funny how that works. Thankfully we sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #23
Sanders campaign should serve Sanders. Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #27
The DNC should serve all Dem Candidates, because it matters to us Dems who they depend on sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #30
The DNC is clearly a tool of the same billionaires that are funding HRC. rhett o rick Nov 2015 #34
The DNC is using Sanders to raise funds? I think it's the other way around.... George II Nov 2015 #28
Yes, they have been using him. What a ridiculous thing to say. I, eg, a Democrat, donate to Sanders sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #32
Sure as hell DOES show the committee's bias. elleng Nov 2015 #6
Good idea, will send it to Sanders' campaign also. sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #24
I'm glad that made the news. It sounds like fraud to me. CharlotteVale Nov 2015 #8
So, no bias here folks, move along.... NOT! peacebird Nov 2015 #14
That just does not fly. And the fact that they changed after CharlotteVale Nov 2015 #15
The reply peacebird Nov 2015 #17
"Given your concerns" -- WTF?! THEY should be concerned CharlotteVale Nov 2015 #18
Machine Politics zentrum Nov 2015 #19
....x10+ 840high Nov 2015 #20
They think we were born yesterday jfern Nov 2015 #25
Here is a link to requirements to get on the ballot in a few states, one needs to check in each Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #13
now it's confirmed: the illusion is that she's the only candidate--"the Democratic candidate" MisterP Nov 2015 #16
Wow...talk about putting the politics in politics. SoapBox Nov 2015 #21
don't we Democrats ALL know it by now? DrBulldog Nov 2015 #26
Where would she be without a "fix?" senz Nov 2015 #31
You know what I call Democrats who let money and power influence elections??? Republicans. reformist2 Nov 2015 #33
I wish we had a way of knowing exactly what is going on here. jwirr Nov 2015 #29
K&R Cosmic Kitten Nov 2015 #35

LiberalArkie

(15,729 posts)
1. Thank you, very good article.
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 09:36 PM
Nov 2015

I think I posted something about it yesterday or the day before but did not have anything but a picture.

Historic NY

(37,453 posts)
12. Yes remember the Gingrich screwup.........he didn't file and then whined...
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 09:54 PM
Nov 2015

its up to the campaign to do there own paper work.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
22. Did Hillary ask them? All candidates should be treated equally. None of them should have to ASK
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 11:50 PM
Nov 2015

for that. I'm glad to know this. I will be telling everyone I know to expect it so they are not taken by surprise.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
3. can't say I'm even a little surprised
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 09:41 PM
Nov 2015

Bought and paid for. They'll be really upset when it's not delivered

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
5. Did anyone prevent petitions workers for Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley from working at this
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 09:43 PM
Nov 2015

Site? Did anyone from Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley campaigns organize an effort to have petitions signed? Instead of jumping to conclusions and saying bias in favor of other candidates, go to the campaigns and ask who did not organize to get petitions signed. It takes lots of work to campaign, just because a candidate decides to run in the DNC does not mean the DNC does all of the organizing.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
11. What is wrong with their campaign organizing, did they not know they have to have petitions to get
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 09:52 PM
Nov 2015

On the ballot? Running for president takes more than saying they are running. I knew there has to be a petition to get on the state ballots and I am not on charge of running a campaign, now someone needs to find out what a campaign needs to do abm d then do the job.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
23. Then the DNC should stop using Sanders to try to raise funds. Funny how that works. Thankfully we
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 11:52 PM
Nov 2015

are far more aware now of these things and don't fall for these things the way we used to.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
30. The DNC should serve all Dem Candidates, because it matters to us Dems who they depend on
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 12:19 AM
Nov 2015

for votes.

All campaigns should serve their candidates. Why did you feel the need to say that?

We are talkiing about OUR PARTY treating some voters differently than others.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
34. The DNC is clearly a tool of the same billionaires that are funding HRC.
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 01:24 AM
Nov 2015

I thought all Democrats were against big money from buying elections. Not HRC supporters.

George II

(67,782 posts)
28. The DNC is using Sanders to raise funds? I think it's the other way around....
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 12:13 AM
Nov 2015

...if Sanders wasn't using the DNC as his affiliation he'd have squat in contributions today.

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
32. Yes, they have been using him. What a ridiculous thing to say. I, eg, a Democrat, donate to Sanders
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 12:22 AM
Nov 2015

regardless of the DNC as do ALL his donors. The DNC has zero to do with his huge, historical number of donors.

Where you got that from is a mystery to me.

peacebird

(14,195 posts)
14. So, no bias here folks, move along.... NOT!
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 10:05 PM
Nov 2015

The Albemarle Co. Democratic Party tells NBC29 the letter has been misunderstood as an endorsement.

The committee says it does not support one candidate over another but was specifically asked by the Clinton camp to collect signatures and that's what it was doing.

The Albemarle Co. Democratic Party has revised its memorandum to now include all three candidates in light of O'Brien's concern.

CharlotteVale

(2,717 posts)
15. That just does not fly. And the fact that they changed after
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 10:14 PM
Nov 2015

getting bad publicity says it all. And I wonder how many other areas they are trying to pull this shit in. Thank you for speaking up. I wouldn't have sounded that calm!

peacebird

(14,195 posts)
17. The reply
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 10:35 PM
Nov 2015

Marianne,

Given your concerns The Chairman of the Albemarle Democratic Committee has asked that all precinct chairs be advised that they can have petitions signed for all 2016 Democratic presidential candidates. It is just being requested that voters be approached after they vote.

CharlotteVale

(2,717 posts)
18. "Given your concerns" -- WTF?! THEY should be concerned
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 10:49 PM
Nov 2015

that they are being underhanded. Wow, it's so big of them that they finally did what they should have done in the first place.

MisterP

(23,730 posts)
16. now it's confirmed: the illusion is that she's the only candidate--"the Democratic candidate"
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 10:34 PM
Nov 2015
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251749139
they can't really acknowledge the Sanders campaign as even a campaign, let alone a full-bore attack on party and national politics as usual

there's no deck that can't be stacked http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/08/25/4-state-parties-sign-victory-fund-pacts-with-clinton-campaign/
play the game or get gamed: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251755318

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
21. Wow...talk about putting the politics in politics.
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 11:47 PM
Nov 2015

So if I ask them to go "jump in the lake" they will?

It all sounds so very stoopid.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
29. I wish we had a way of knowing exactly what is going on here.
Mon Nov 2, 2015, 12:19 AM
Nov 2015

How many precincts are running Clinton only campaigns across the country? How many are ignoring the supporters of the other candidates even when we contact them? Who is directing this across the country - can we see the communications between local groups and the DNC since the campaign started?

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