Does the DNC run the election in AZ?

[upaloopa]

A caller to Thom Hartman's show says the DNC and Hillary are turning away Bernie voters in AZ.

Thom told her not to get too much into conspiracy thinking but then said it is too bad if it were true.

The delusion could be funny if it wasn't so pathetic.

On edit: she said if you are not on the voter rolls you are being turned away

[leftofcool]

1. Bernie supporters who forgot to register as Democrats?

This is a closed primary.

[MADem]

2. LOL! But it's all "DWS" 's fault, of course!!!

"What, you mean we just can't show up, not having registered, and have our say?"


Less time playing GTA, more time reading the guidance put out on reddit/fb and other sites--that might have been a plan!

[RandySF]

8. Sounds like they maybe even didn't register to vote.

Makes me wonder about the people showing up for the caucuses.

[frazzled]

3. The Arizona Secretary of State runs it

and, apparently, it's not a primary--it's a "presidential preference election."

http://www.azsos.gov/elections/voting-election/election-information

[MineralMan]

4. No, it does not. Elections are run by

the states, not anyone else. A "caller to Thom Hartman" is not anything like a reliable source.

Are people being turned away from polling places? Probably. Most likely, they aren't registered voters. That happens.

I don't think either Hillary or Debbie are in Arizona today, anyhow. This is just silliness.

[Agnosticsherbet]

5. Arizona is a closed primary. Independents can not vote. They must registered as a party member.

Sanders has had real appeal to independents and declined to state voters. in Arizona, they can not show up the day of the election and vote for Bernie.

They are not being turned away. They did not join the party when they had the chance.

[RandySF]

6. Yes, the DNC influences every election official in America.

They even put a mind control substance in municipal water.

[geek tragedy]

7. closed primaries are favorable turf for Clinton.

Upcoming closed primaries include

New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland

[upaloopa]

9. And he will not win those by enough to make up his delegate deficit

It's the MATH don't you know

And when he does not win by large amounts he needs a larger percentage. He's running out of states.

But math is not important to Bernie.

[Cali_Democrat]

12. Bernie is toast. nt

[OKNancy]

10. For what it's worth, Hillary voters are also being turned away

as I read on my twitter feed. It's an overall mess up, not just for one group.

[hrmjustin]

11. Before this election I never really paid much attention to the conspiracy theorists on our side.