Arizona’s primaries aren’t even done yet, and there’s already legal action being taken as a result of incompetence or possibly even intentional sabotage.
Leaders from the Arizona branch of the Democratic Party have confirmed that its lawyers are officially making an inquiry after multiple Democratic voters showed up to the polls only to find that they were listed as independents, Republicans, or had no party affiliation at all.
Many voters wound up having to wait in line under the hot Arizona sun only to find that they were ineligible to vote for the candidates of their choice. To add insult to injury, the polling locations have been so poorly planned that many voters had to wait in line up to four hours before finding out that their information had been improperly filed.
Poll workers have been giving out “provisional ballots,” according to 12 News. It’s unclear at this time as to whether these ballots will actually count in the Arizona primary, and whether intentional or not, it could result in the disenfranchisement of Arizona voters. […] No word has been given as to whether there was a pattern as to which kind of demographics were experiencing this kind of treatment, and no explanation has been given regarding what caused this bizarre error.
Bernie Sanders may be behind in the polls and losing ground to Hillary Clinton, but new polling shows that he could be the Democrats’ best bet to open new battlegrounds and turn even reliably red states like Arizona back to blue.
A poll this week from Arizona State University shows that in Arizona, general election voters favor Sanders in a hypothetical matchup against GOP frontrunner Donald Trump.
Hillary Clinton doesn’t far so well, ABC 15 noted.
“Between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, 38 percent would vote for Trump, 38 percent would vote for Clinton, 15 percent are undecided and 9 percent said neither.”
“On a Clinton and Ted Cruz ballot, 41 percent would vote for Cruz, 35 percent would vote for Clinton, 14 percent are undecided and 10 percent said neither.”
“If the election was between Trump and Bernie Sanders, 39 percent would vote for Sanders, 36 percent would vote for Trump, 18 percent are undecided and 7 percent said neither.”
While other southwestern states have turned blue including Nevada and New Mexico, Arizona has remained a reliably Republican state for the past several cycles. In 2012, even as Obama was winning most battleground states against Mitt Romney, he lost Arizona by 10 points. Even in 2008, when Obama won even bigger margins nationwide, McCain carried Arizona by nearly 9 points.
As you may have heard there is some next level shady bullshit going on with the Arizona Primary. People have showed up to polls that are understaffed, waited in lines for hours only to find out that they have been misregistered and are turned away and unable to vote. I’ve seen it first hand, and it seems to be disproportionately affecting the young and liberal.
reckless & terribly gay 