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HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 05:41 PM Apr 2016

Do I understand this disenfranchisement thing correctly? It originated with the Dem Party?

In some machination of intent explained as automated clean-up of their membership roles?

And if you made a donation to Clinton your inactive status was changed to active?

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Do I understand this disenfranchisement thing correctly? It originated with the Dem Party? (Original Post) HereSince1628 Apr 2016 OP
Link please? peacebird Apr 2016 #1
It's not about a link it's about what's being said across various threads on DU HereSince1628 Apr 2016 #3
I tend to disregard any assertions w/o corroborating evidence. Phlem Apr 2016 #2
I'm not making any assertion. I'm asking questions based on things posted on DU HereSince1628 Apr 2016 #4
I'm sorry for the confusion. Phlem Apr 2016 #7
For you who must have a link...Here is one of the frik'n DU posts HereSince1628 Apr 2016 #5
I'm trying to find some answers on this myself... mak3cats Apr 2016 #11
Based on the link above, there appears to be no actual evidence that this is true. NV Whino Apr 2016 #6
That's The way I read it. Phlem Apr 2016 #8
There are always mulitple alternative stories, I haven't heard one but I'll suggest HereSince1628 Apr 2016 #12
Completely agreed. Phlem Apr 2016 #13
And miracle of ALL miracles, 126,000 voters were purged from the rolls and AMAZINGLY!!! they were in_cog_ni_to Apr 2016 #9
Here is video of Mayor de Blasio learning voter purges and election fraud are happening in his City Dragonfli Apr 2016 #10
OMG...that scene was running through my mind as I typed my post! in_cog_ni_to Apr 2016 #14
We must think alike because the same thing ran through my mind as well, so I thought I'd share /nt Dragonfli Apr 2016 #15
One of my friends worked for the NYC Council pre-911. femmedem Apr 2016 #16
Who needs hackable evoting machines when voter rolls can be so easily purged? in_cog_ni_to Apr 2016 #17

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
4. I'm not making any assertion. I'm asking questions based on things posted on DU
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 05:53 PM
Apr 2016

from this morning to this afternoon.

I'm trying to figure out what's known and what's not known.

mak3cats

(1,573 posts)
11. I'm trying to find some answers on this myself...
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 06:41 PM
Apr 2016

...I asked twice in that post for a link to something supporting the party rule change, because I'm a NY committee person and I never heard of it, and couldn't find anything online about it. (Doesn't mean that it didn't happen, I just want to know when it happened.) And I haven't gotten an answer yet. So I will view it with skepticism for now.

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)
6. Based on the link above, there appears to be no actual evidence that this is true.
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 06:06 PM
Apr 2016

Maybe it is, and maybe it isn't. Until there is actual evidence, I would regard it with extreme skepticism.

Phlem

(6,323 posts)
8. That's The way I read it.
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 06:16 PM
Apr 2016

It's pretty strange that only her and her team would send out such a reminder w/o anyone else knowing.

Now I want to see where this goes!

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
12. There are always mulitple alternative stories, I haven't heard one but I'll suggest
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 06:43 PM
Apr 2016

it's possible that Sanders campaigners in NY never considered the possibility of people being dropped as inactive, while it's possible that people involved in making the rule changes for NY that made that possible were also part of Clinton's campaign. In that scenario, one side would know and one would not.

It might not be conspiratorial, but ... well, you know.

Phlem

(6,323 posts)
13. Completely agreed.
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 06:54 PM
Apr 2016

It's an old trick that's still used today. Part of obfuscation is not only about lying but also not speaking about certain truths.

Take today's "Network" media for example. They don't have to show any news they don't want to. Still completely impacts the opinion for the knowledge consumer that receives said "news".

That has been going on forever in public opinion and there's nothing conspiratorial about that. Pretty basic knowledge IMHO.

P.S. Also not saying this is Hillary work, but just a common technique.


in_cog_ni_to

(41,600 posts)
9. And miracle of ALL miracles, 126,000 voters were purged from the rolls and AMAZINGLY!!! they were
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 06:29 PM
Apr 2016

ALL from Bernie's hometown/borough of BROOKLYN! Isn't that spectacularly miraculous?!! Of course people are expected to believe it's all just a coincidence!

And Mayor de Blasio feigning shock and surprise is just laughable. We know who he supports.

U.S. DEMOCRACY = A DAMN SHAM!

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

in_cog_ni_to

(41,600 posts)
14. OMG...that scene was running through my mind as I typed my post!
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 06:54 PM
Apr 2016


"I am shocked—shocked—to find that gambling is going on in here!"

That's exactly what purged voter rolls and de Blasio's reaction to it is like. NO ONE believes he didn't know about it.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

femmedem

(8,203 posts)
16. One of my friends worked for the NYC Council pre-911.
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 07:25 PM
Apr 2016

He helped arrange a hearing about voting machines after 10,000 votes were "lost" in one borough. One voting machine manufacturer gave a presentation, and afterwards, my friend overheard the chair of the hearing--a friend of John Giotti's--tell his assistant that they'd never have those machines in NYC because they would be too hard to "fix."

I don't expect people to believe me. I'm just an anonymous internet poster, with no evidence to back this up. But my friend sent me the following as a facebook message early this morning with a link about the missing voters:

"I see good old NYC hasn't changed. It was 10k votes "lost" in 2000. Now it looks like 54k Ahhhhhh New York. Nothing changes. B Bernie needs to win by 6 points to win by 1%"

in_cog_ni_to

(41,600 posts)
17. Who needs hackable evoting machines when voter rolls can be so easily purged?
Tue Apr 19, 2016, 07:34 PM
Apr 2016

I hope we see some major lawsuits after this. It's so obvious what's going on, it's ridiculous.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

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