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2016 Postmortem

Lord Magus

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20. "Should"? The provisional ballots go to whoever they voted for.

Reply to J_J_ (Original post)

Sat Jun 11, 2016, 01:01 PM

Jun 2016

And they will all be counted, so long as the ballots were cast by eligible voters.

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THIS is why I believe that more provisional ballots should go to Bernie [View all] J_J_ Jun 2016 OP

California counts all ballots, including provisional no matter what the margin still_one Jun 2016 #1

Of course we should count all votes, but Tarc Jun 2016 #2

I understand that. Given that the contest is now settled... Tom Rinaldo Jun 2016 #5

There's only 2 things I really want to see done Tarc Jun 2016 #7

My related list is longer than yours. Tom Rinaldo Jun 2016 #13

hmm .. "non aligned voters are not the largest voting bloc in America" actually .. 99th_Monkey Jun 2016 #18

I'm not sure if for electronic you mean the voting machines or internet. LiberalFighter Jun 2016 #22

^^^AMEN to this!^^^ Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #16

Can we count on all bernie supporters to help us get rid of caucuses, Florencenj2point0 Jun 2016 #32

I never talk in "all" terms Tom Rinaldo Jun 2016 #36

Who's doing the counting? Nt Jennylynn Jun 2016 #26

Um... Tarc Jun 2016 #27

Hillary voters had less problems, because they were already Democrats. CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #3

most of hillary supporters have voted more than once in their lifetime and know beachbum bob Jun 2016 #8

"And further blaming the whole shebang on "laziness" is just being disingenuous" J_J_ Jun 2016 #12

yes, but it was laziness, on the part of the campaign mostly Florencenj2point0 Jun 2016 #33

you were mentioned in these comments J_J_ Jun 2016 #10

A lot of the 'suppression' was people mis-registering, or not knowing how. CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #15

Ahh .. there's nothing like blaming victims to ease a guilty conscience. n/t 99th_Monkey Jun 2016 #19

If, for instance, you didn't know you needed to request a Dem ballot in CA, yes, it's your fault. CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #21

If you don't follow the rules...how are you a victim? Demsrule86 Jun 2016 #28

This is what Republicans do Time for change Jun 2016 #37

The CA board of elections not being mind readers isn't suppression. CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #38

Yes it did, it happens to democrats all over the south all the time Florencenj2point0 Jun 2016 #34

thanks for letting us know your thoughts Squinch Jun 2016 #4

This is beyond sad at this point bravenak Jun 2016 #6

... DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #9

you were mentioned in these comments J_J_ Jun 2016 #11

And the repeated claims by Sandernistas that there must be cheating... Adrahil Jun 2016 #17

This needs all the publicity it can get Time for change Jun 2016 #14

"Should"? The provisional ballots go to whoever they voted for. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #20

All those that had specifically wanted to vote for Sanders ahead of time tandem5 Jun 2016 #23

Why is it that I know more about NPP rules than people who are registered that way? ContinentalOp Jun 2016 #24

Because you vote more than once every four years? Retrograde Jun 2016 #25

A super easy way to avoid this problem would be to have registered as a Democrat oberliner Jun 2016 #29

Or register as an Independant becasue both parties are owned by.... Matt_R Jun 2016 #30

Yes, you could do that oberliner Jun 2016 #31

I registered as a Democrat at 18. Never registered as another party. Matt_R Jun 2016 #40

I registered as a republican a few years ago Florencenj2point0 Jun 2016 #35

WOW I've been registered as a Democrat all my life. Matt_R Jun 2016 #39