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passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
57. This is pretty damning, and yet she won't step down.
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 12:03 AM
Mar 2016

from your link:

county officials allocated one polling place for every 108,000 residents and said that Anglo communities had more polling sites per resident.

Voters waited in long lines to participate in Arizona's presidential preference election on Tuesday because of fewer polling sites this year in Maricopa County. County officials earlier this year said fewer sites would be more cost-effective while still accommodating projected voter turnout.

The Board of Supervisors approved reducing the number of polling sites in February on the advice of Purcell, even as the Republican and Democratic presidential primary races across the country were seeing large voter turnout. Despite that, Purcell said she still believed there would be more people voting by mail early than showing up at the polls.


Someone's head should roll. And that someone is Purcell. She needs to lose her job.

No mention in the article of the cases of switched party affiliation. So how many people had that happen to them?
WTF? chwaliszewski Mar 2016 #1
This is today's democracy in the US. jalan48 Mar 2016 #2
Helen Purcell Needs to be fired. The people standing in the Arizona sun had their lives put at risk. Bubzer Mar 2016 #3
Fired? Try Life In Prison Yallow Mar 2016 #20
Prosecute That Villan billhicks76 Mar 2016 #50
This "anything to win mentality" tells you everything about Clinton you need to know: Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #4
Well she can't win on her flip flopping erhm evolving SammyWinstonJack Mar 2016 #7
True. 840high Mar 2016 #51
Post removed Post removed Mar 2016 #54
My God are those photos for real...those folks have more patience than me. EndElectoral Mar 2016 #5
BEWARE this is just the beginning tartan2 Mar 2016 #6
It isn't us who have to beware. Hillary needs to call off her jwirr Mar 2016 #8
republicans are running this- you couldn't make rove happier certainot Mar 2016 #55
Republicans - TBF Mar 2016 #61
Yes, and she has yet to say one word about the other states jwirr Mar 2016 #62
I was doing election integrity back in the 2000's elections ... aggiesal Mar 2016 #9
Thanks for work there and on this post, aggiesal. Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #32
This is VOTER SUPPRESSION, plain and simple. Martin Eden Mar 2016 #10
We need a revolution of people demanding accountability and a new vote in AZ bkkyosemite Mar 2016 #26
Yes. Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #33
This demonstrates how people have messed with voting and deligitimized it. All in it together Mar 2016 #11
Delegitimization is the point.......nt 2naSalit Mar 2016 #30
What an excellent summary. Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #35
In 1998 Oregon passed vote by mail, and now all government elections are held by mail. Akamai Mar 2016 #12
My gueses as to what went wrong in AZ NorthCarolina Mar 2016 #13
"Your party affiliation will no doubt be processed in time for the GE" TBF Mar 2016 #15
I didn't think you had to worry about party affiliation in a GE? dflprincess Mar 2016 #52
I don't think that's all a2liberal Mar 2016 #56
This is totally voter suppression RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #14
"Sore loser complex" TBF Mar 2016 #16
Flipping Coins Has Been Around For A Long Time Yallow Mar 2016 #21
I want to see the actual coins! bkkyosemite Mar 2016 #27
Yeah. RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #29
Only with large turnout are things changed. Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #36
The lines were already pretty long, Ghost - TBF Mar 2016 #40
Who was in charge? WHEN CRABS ROAR Mar 2016 #44
Helen Purcell is claiming responsibility for the hit - TBF Mar 2016 #47
HAVA. The opposite of its title, but I think it achieved its intent. nt SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #49
voter suppression gsb54 Mar 2016 #17
Jimmy Carter monitors voting SCVDem Mar 2016 #18
"On line verifiable voting and taxes filed in 3 minutes" TBF Mar 2016 #19
As Long As It Is 100000% Verifiable Yallow Mar 2016 #22
The tax filing SCVDem Mar 2016 #23
Oregon votes by mail, no internet required or desired. All paper, automatic registration. No lines. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #28
Does the voter, having voted, get a receipt? n/t Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #37
A disgusting display of voter supression. blackspade Mar 2016 #24
The folks Iwillnevergiveup Mar 2016 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author 2naSalit Mar 2016 #31
You are in the Socialist Progressives Group TBF Mar 2016 #34
Snapshot of this thread I'm using to facebook Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #38
I believe Helen is elected - TBF Mar 2016 #39
Bernie Sanders himself weighs in on Voter Suppression: TBF Mar 2016 #41
Bernie takes this to the convention... no coronation... modestybl Mar 2016 #42
Petition to the U.S. Government to investigate Election Irregularities/Vote Suppression... HeartoftheMidwest Mar 2016 #43
I just signed the one Bernie sent in an email - TBF Mar 2016 #46
I have lost all faith in our voting system. Stonepounder Mar 2016 #45
That voting machine software code should be Public Access. Volaris Mar 2016 #58
Helen Purcell claims responsibility but TBF Mar 2016 #48
This is pretty damning, and yet she won't step down. passiveporcupine Mar 2016 #57
..she won't step down. Volaris Mar 2016 #59
She is elected and should be indicted - TBF Mar 2016 #60
when machines count hillary wins - when people show up and count sanders wins SoLeftIAmRight Mar 2016 #53
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