I'm attempting to be as polite as possible. But watching this AZ Election hearing...

[DFab420]

The republican official they are questioning right now 12:30 PST is SO OUT OF THEIR DEPTH.

ALSO is the chair person a repub as well??

http://www.abc15.com/live

Update:
Now they are interrupting the line of questions jesus fucking wept. This is making me sick. Fucking republicans on a state level are ruining this country.

[LisaM]

1. Put it on for a couple of minutes, but the guy "testifying" did himself no favors

Claims that he knows 4000 Bernie Sanders supporters who had their registrations changed (!), that the Democrats didn't inform anyone of early voting (given the number of early votes cast, this cannot be true), and so forth. Why doesn't he stick to the actual facts of the diminished polling places? (He also whined that he had to order pizza twice during a five-hour wait). Many, many of the concerns are legitimate, but this guy is not helping his cause any (don't know his name - black and white t-shirt, bearded, was trying to demand they pull up a YouTube video on Phoenix Rising, going after Hillary instead of the people who actually down the number of voting places, etc.)

[DFab420]

2. Yea that was a bit cringe worthy, but people are rightfully pissed,

[yardwork]

4. Then go after the Republicans who did this.

[DFab420]

5. Pretty sure we are? Are you not watching the video??

Not everything is you vs me.

[yardwork]

6. No, the person in question is going after Hillary.

You defended this by saying that people are understandably upset. Does that justify twisting this deplorable situation into an attack on Hillary? Seems counterproductive to me. Hillary didn't do this - although she was accused of that for days by nutty people here and the nut on the videotape.

Focus, people. We're supposed to be the smart ones. The Republicans are shutting down polling places, not us.

[peace13]

7. Pretty sure you aren't watching.

Hillary didn't do it but she has not spoken out about the problem. That is an issue but not what these folks are talking about.

[yardwork]

10. Hillary has been speaking out about voter suppression for years.

Bernie didn't seem to care until it affected him personally.

Hillary cares about voter suppression in all states.

[peace13]

18. Hillary has not spoken out about AZ.

This problem undermines the entire election process. All candidates should respond. This is a current event of magnitude. Make excuses all you want but at the end of the day....take it up with Hillary.

[LisaM]

17. I'm pissed too!

It's not okay to make voting such a burden.

[jillan]

3. That was ONE person out of 100 - but whatever.

[TheDormouse]

8. Yes, all the chairs are Repubs--Repubs have the majority

in both state senate and state house, so they control all the chairs and control all the agendas.

[DFab420]

9. Fucking disgusting, this is what local GOP does to its own constituents.

[yardwork]

13. No, this is aimed at Democrats.

The Democratic precincts in Marcopa County were the ones given inadequate polling places.

Make no mistake. This is a national Republican strategy to suppress the Democratic vote. It's being enacted state by state.

It's a big, big problem.

[TheDormouse]

16. correct--a few Repubs inconvenienced, but the party as a whole benefits statewide nt

[DFab420]

19. Yes! I meant constituents sorry. Meaning the people they are supposed to represent are the people

they are suppressing.

[TheDormouse]

11. Watching Sec of State at press conf now--seems totally incompetent

She keeps saying the state (her office) has no statutory authority over counties' behavior. The press--thank heavens--are grilling her and telling her that that sounds like BS.

Press are citing statutes back at her, and pointing out that even if she didn't have statutory authority, she surely has responsibility to point out potential problems with county plans.

The press are also pointing out that this wouldn't have happened if Arizona had still been held under federal voting oversight due to a Voting Rights Act provision. (The Supreme Court stripped that provision in 2013.)

[yardwork]

14. Just like Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004.

[Aerows]

21. She's as full of shit

as a Christmas turkey.

[Zorra]

12. Republicans on state level = ALEC nt

[yardwork]

15. Yes.

[riderinthestorm]

20. Thanks for this nt