Alleged Voter Registration Slamming In NY

First attempted diary here.

In case someone is in NY and not looking at Reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/comments/4boc9t/new_york_ch...

Some are reporting their information has been changed, and some seem to be jumping to the conclusion that there's an intentional voter-suppression effort favoring one candidate, rather than neutral incompetence. This seems premature to me, not enough facts, nor whether all of the advice proffered there is good.

(A similar entry has apparently been deleted from here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/comments/4c6ynq/evidence_of...

Don't know why.)

But for what it is worth. In any case, if someone has a primary coming up, doesn't hurt for voters to double check their registration status ahead of time, whether in NY or elsewhere. We sure don't need any more mess-ups. A lot of states (maybe all?), registration can be checked online.

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sojourns's picture

We can ill afford any voter malaise. One cannot assume that one's registration is up to par! Incompetence there will be but so will there be grand fuckery!

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"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones."
John Cage

stevej's picture

it is fair to assume that if team Clinton can find a way to screw with the process they will screw with the process. Their only consideration will be whether they are likely to get caught or not. A sense of right and wrong won't enter the equation. Add to this the the Clintons deep connections to the NY machine and we have a recipe for a very skeevy primary.

I think that concern is well warranted.

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“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire

Raggedy Ann's picture

I'm indie in a closed primary. I need to switch to dem.

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"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11

Are you in NM? When is your primary? Would hate to think of a passionate Berner like you not voting.

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Lady Libertine's picture

NM primary is not til June 7 and you need to change to (D) 28 days ahead so you have time but damn dont dally, RA!!

save this link to see online in NM. Not sure if you can change it online more HERE

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There was a report brought to this forum of a Hillary supporting caucus precinct captain attempting to leave the building, to get cupcakes, un-attended, with an open folder of ballots. This was stopped and the captain removed.
https://twitter.com/Parker9_/status/713907623205076993

If you see something wrong, call it out at once, loudly if necessary.

Register, vote, watch those cheating suckers closely. No cupcake capers. please.
Please.

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With their hearts they turned to each others heart for refuge
In troubled years that came before the deluge
*Jackson Browne, 1974, Before the Deluge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SX-HFcSIoU

WindDancer13's picture

I saw that one also. Here is the original one I saw. But I am not finding verification or the video he mentions, so...

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.--Aristotle
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With their hearts they turned to each others heart for refuge
In troubled years that came before the deluge
*Jackson Browne, 1974, Before the Deluge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SX-HFcSIoU

NWIA's picture

http://heavy.com/news/2016/03/new-york-election-fraud-voter-registration...

It was being reported a couple days ago on Heavy.com. The comment section is chilling. I detest conspiracy theories, but damn this just smells awful.

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dervish's picture

Voter fraud and voter suppression are real issues in every election. We like to think of them as being in the general, but there is so much at stake here, that we must expect and anticipate them in the primary as well. WI, WY and NY after that are crucial. We need to keep the momentum going but there are powerful forces that will want our people to stay home, or give up.

We have to fight them at every step.

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"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."

We are so damned sanctimonious but still have barriers to voting, voter fraud, intimidation of voters, discouragement of voters, etc. If we read about these things in a foreign country we'd be outraged. Jimmy Carter's program to monitor elections in third world countries is NEEDED HERE!

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Alison Wunderland's picture

reading this thread got me to wondering about my voter reg. Went to PA voter site and lo and behold, I'm not registered any more. WTF?!?! We've been here... and voting here... in the same school auditorium for 23 years!
Now all of a sudden I'm not registered?

Dafuk?! I'm about to take a correspondence course with that Russian guy who invented the cocktail bearing his name.

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jiordan's picture

here: http://www.inquisitr.com/2930677/are-new-york-primary-voters-party-affil...

Computers don't up and change registrations all by themselves. Someone had to write a program to make it happen. And whoever it was, I bet they were hired by someone who loves their blackberry so much they had their own private email server set up in their basement at home...

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Alison Wunderland's picture

It's not VOTER fraud. It's ELECTION fraud.

Every time "voter fraud" is used it connotes voters stealing votes. These "irregularities" are all election fraud, plain and simple. The electoral process is being subverted. The game is rigged and it takes eagle-eyes and persistence to root out the malignancy.

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If "Election Fraud" is used and spread to conversations far and wide, the problem gets internalized by a far wider audience of readers. So called Voter fraud is a despicable act perpetrated by "Those People" and as such is to be condemned along with "Those People". It's a handy handle for bigotry.

Election Fraud is a problem for everyone. It's something everyone can internalize. It's an indictment of The System, not The Users.

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mhagle's picture

We need big news coverage on this!

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Marilyn

"Make dirt, not war." eyo

GreyWolf's picture

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My trust is declining, but verify is always a good policy.

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