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Tom Rinaldo

(22,913 posts)
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 04:07 PM Mar 2016

UPDATE: Petition to investigate AZ voter suppression and fraud EXCEEDS 200,000 signatures

Last edited Sun Mar 27, 2016, 11:43 AM - Edit history (1)

Signatures that were needed by April 21, 2016 to reach goal of 100,000

Total signatures on this petition
206,297



This one, to the White House:

INVESTIGATE THE VOTER FRAUD AND VOTER SUPPRESSION IN ARIZONA 3/22/2016 DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

Petition to have the Obama Administration investigate the voter fraud and voter suppression on 3/22/2016 in ARIZONA. Numerous voters who switched from Independent to Democrat could not vote and were turned away or given provisional ballots which in turn were never counted. We the people of the United States of America find this act alarming and would like a complete investigation to uncover the violations that occurred during the Arizona voting on 3/22/2016 and prosecute those responsible to the fullest extent of the law.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/investigate-voter-fraud-and-voter-suppression-arizona-3222016-democratic-party

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UPDATE: Petition to investigate AZ voter suppression and fraud EXCEEDS 200,000 signatures (Original Post) Tom Rinaldo Mar 2016 OP
Good. Agschmid Mar 2016 #1
Here's The Text billhicks76 Mar 2016 #23
A bit late, but I added my signature... Human101948 Mar 2016 #2
I think the more signatures the better. We have to make a strong point Tom Rinaldo Mar 2016 #4
Signed! B Calm Mar 2016 #3
Signed - Don't let Republicans keep stealing democracy from American AxionExcel Mar 2016 #5
Signed! ananda Mar 2016 #6
It'll reach 1M+ by then! Helen Borg Mar 2016 #7
Done...................... turbinetree Mar 2016 #8
Signed meow2u3 Mar 2016 #9
NOT TWO DAYS -- A DAY AND A HALF!!!!!! KPN Mar 2016 #19
That was fast. Signed it yesterday. Already > 60,000. nt Ilsa Mar 2016 #10
And if done it should take a couple of years. zeemike Mar 2016 #11
Cuz that's the kind of democracy war veterans lost their limbs for! Merkan democracy! nt valerief Mar 2016 #13
Done SCVDem Mar 2016 #12
Petition titled wrong, should not say voter fraud should say election fraud!....... fourcents Mar 2016 #14
Honored To Sign! corbettkroehler Mar 2016 #15
Signed mithnanthy Mar 2016 #16
I signed the other day. Duval Mar 2016 #17
Many thanks to everyone who signed, beastie boy Mar 2016 #18
A crime was committed. lpbk2713 Mar 2016 #20
Stop the election fraud All in it together Mar 2016 #21
Signed! TIME TO PANIC Mar 2016 #22
K & R !!! Thespian2 Mar 2016 #24
#125410 ☺ n/t JesterCS Mar 2016 #25
Sign The Re-Vote WH.gov Petition, Too corbettkroehler Mar 2016 #26
I signed. 840high Mar 2016 #27
Signed. desmiller Mar 2016 #28
Criminal is criminal Jenny_92808 Mar 2016 #29
I previously signed, it's now up to 145,199 signatures Babel_17 Mar 2016 #30
but but it's ALL and likely ONLY about BS supporters mindlessly raging and excuse-making stupidicus Mar 2016 #31
Let me guess, one lone Bernie supporter voting tens of thousands of times? NorthCarolina Mar 2016 #32
I just added mine: 148,726. n/t SpankMe Mar 2016 #33
Signed! hopeforchange2008 Mar 2016 #34
Signed... davidthegnome Mar 2016 #35
Current total now 206,297! Tom Rinaldo Mar 2016 #36
"My" goal is a quarter million - let's keep this going! n/t Tom Rinaldo Mar 2016 #37
 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
23. Here's The Text
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 06:50 PM
Mar 2016

I know firsthand the Nevada video is true.
Nevada video is but the rest???
"
" Open Letter to Bernie Sander's Campaign from Supporters:

We, as your supporters/volunteers/donors and advocates for the People's movement are DEEPLY concerned about what appears to be systemic election rigging within the Democratic primary and the failure of the Sanders' campaign to address problems as they have revealed themselves.

State by state, we have witnessed serious issues with caucus rigging (video evidence emerging showing Clinton staff miscounting votes/allowing Clinton voters to go into caucuses unregistered, misinforming caucus participants of rules resulting in invalidating Sanders votes). The violations were so severe in Iowa that the editorial board of the newspaper that endorsed Hillary Clinton for the Presidency, the Des Moines Register called for an independent audit and full investigation to determine what went wrong. In Nevada, we have video of Clinton supporters being allowed to vote in the caucus unregistered and miscounting vote. The concerns about manipulations by the Clinton campaign in Nevada resulted in Nurses United (the Nurses' union that endorsed Sen Sanders) to request independent polling monitors be brought in to oversee elections in remaining primary states.

In addition, we have seen a consistent trend of exit polling not matching election outcomes in Arizona, Massachusetts, Missouri, Iowa and Illinois indicating wins for Senator Sanders in these states. Additionally, exit polls in other states indicate much closer outcomes than reported results. In Massachusetts, we witnessed unadjusted exit polls indicating a double digit win for Bernie Sanders and hand counted precincts in Massachusetts going to Senator Sanders by 17% over Hillary Clinton. In Arizona, exit polls conducted by the Daily Courier indicated Sanders winning by 62% over Clinton’s 37% yet current results are indicating an inexplicable double digit win for Clinton. Exit polling has been consistently correct in predicting Republican primary outcomes from the same outlets conducting the Democratic polling. This is a major red flag.

We also have video evidence that Bill Clinton broke the law by campaigning INSIDE Massachusetts polling places and shutting down polling stations for several hours as he canvased these precincts. Despite this being against state law, the severe disruption in voting that occurred, and a petition of over 100,000 people demanding that the state take legal action against Clinton for these violations, nothing was done. This emboldened Bill Clinton to repeat the same behavior in precincts in Illinois, and Hillary Clinton was seen campaigning at a precinct in North Carolina during voting on that state's primary day. Voters felt enormously disrespected that the Clinton's interfered with our voting process and upset the Sanders campaign did not hold them to account for illegally disrupting our voting process.

Additionally, there is a serious concern about purged voter roles with voters in every primary state thus far reporting incidents where individuals were either removed from the roles or did not have their registration update changes in status that would have allowed them to participate in the 2016 Democratic primary. Florida and Arizona was the most egregious in voters reporting removal from the roles with many citizens being denied the vote entirely or only allowed to vote on provisional ballots. Additionally, in Arizona we witnessed mass suppression of the vote as the state provided only sixty polling places for participation in contrast to the 200 that were available for the 2012 uncontested Democratic primary election. Voters reported waiting in lines for up to six hours. The mainstream news media predicted a victory for Clinton with available exit polling data indicating a Sanders win and thousands of voters still waiting in line to cast a vote. This reeks of wag the dog politics, and we have zero faith that the outcome in Arizona is any way indicative of the actual results of that election.

Additionally, we are finding that vote by mail and absentee ballot registration is consistently favoring Hillary Clinton THREE to ONE and this is occurring EVEN in states where Sen Sanders is winning in double digit blow out margins over Clinton.

This is a short list of the issues and problems that have been reported in the Democratic primary thus far. Please refer to this blog for sources, videos, documentation, and video evidence compiled by state. The claims made in this petition are documented on this site.

https://electionfraud2016.wordpress.com/

As supporters of this movement, we are troubled by the failure of the campaign to address these issues as they have arisen. We are puzzled why hand recounts of sample precincts were not requested in states where exit polls and election outcomes did not match. The machines we vote on are subject to tampering and remote hacking and election results have been shown to change by simple calibration of these machines. We are disturbed that the campaign failed to follow up with recounts in Missouri when exit polls showed a clear Sanders win in this state, and election precinct totals showed statistically improbable changes to favor Clinton in larger voting areas such as St Louis. If the campaign did not want the voters to incur the cost for a full recount in this state, it would have been prudent to request hand recounts of ballots in precincts that presented red flags. Our concern in Missouri, and indeed all the primary states, is not to pick up one or two extra delegates, but reveal what we believe could be mass election fraud.

Given the amount of evidence, it has come to the point of irresponsibility by the campaign to continue to ignore this issue. Volunteers and supporters have given literally hundreds of thousands of man hours and millions of dollars in donations to drive this campaign to success. We have a right to expect the campaign will employ every possibly means of safeguarding our vote. Therefore, we request the campaign:

Fully contest the election results in the state of Arizona. The amount of voter suppression and problems in this state demand a full revote.

File for hand counts in states where exit poll results did not match election outcomes where it is legally allowed. If the campaign does not want to pay or recount entire states, we implore the campaign to request counts in states that presented red flags in reporting statistically improbable changes that favored Hillary Clinton. (St Louis in Missouri, Chicago in Illinois, etc). Immediately pursue any redress available in Massachusetts to the full extent of the law

Conduct exit polling in future primary states and immediately request sample hand counts of precincts if election outcomes do not match polling results to document for any possible fraud and challenge results wherein such fraud is documented.

Immediately respond to any future illegal behavior from the Clinton campaign (Bill Clinton illegally canvassing polls, video evidence of caucus rigging from Clinton campaign) and reports of mass voter purging or vote suppression by pursuing any/all legal avenues to provide redress.

It is the campaign's duty to ensure that they utilize every avenue available to protect our vote and ensure that our movement to elect a People's representative to the Presidency isn't thwarted by illicit or illegal tactics from any entity.

In solidarity

The People. "

Verifiable

KPN

(15,647 posts)
19. NOT TWO DAYS -- A DAY AND A HALF!!!!!!
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 06:30 PM
Mar 2016

Anyone who cares about election integrity and hasn't signed this petition, please sign it now! We need to send strong message. Democracy is at risk here!!!

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
11. And if done it should take a couple of years.
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 05:30 PM
Mar 2016

And by that time we will have forgotten all about it and it will quietly be dropped.
Then they can do it all over again in the next one if they need to.

But I will sign it anyway.

 

fourcents

(107 posts)
14. Petition titled wrong, should not say voter fraud should say election fraud!.......
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 05:42 PM
Mar 2016

Voters were not the problem that is a typical GOP agenda.. Election fraud now that is a problem.

corbettkroehler

(1,898 posts)
15. Honored To Sign!
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 05:51 PM
Mar 2016

After a tepid start, I feared that the threshold wouldn't be met. Now, I'm honored to have signed in the first wave and encouraged others to follow suit.

 

Duval

(4,280 posts)
17. I signed the other day.
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 06:16 PM
Mar 2016

My husband signed also. I'll see if I can get a couple of neighbors to sign.

beastie boy

(9,394 posts)
18. Many thanks to everyone who signed,
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 06:25 PM
Mar 2016

whether you are a Bernie supporter, or a Hillary supporter, or, for that matter, a Trump supporter.

This is how things get done.

lpbk2713

(42,766 posts)
20. A crime was committed.
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 06:30 PM
Mar 2016



This wasn't bringing records up to date or consolidating for the sake
of clerical efficiency. They knew they were violating the law.

corbettkroehler

(1,898 posts)
26. Sign The Re-Vote WH.gov Petition, Too
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 02:19 AM
Mar 2016

With more than 1 million people unable to vote, all supporters of free elections should sign the WH.gov petition to demand a re-vote in Arizona:

http://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/do-revote-arizona-primary-due-voter-suppression

 

stupidicus

(2,570 posts)
31. but but it's ALL and likely ONLY about BS supporters mindlessly raging and excuse-making
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 01:12 PM
Mar 2016

I know this to be true because so many HC supporters said so

davidthegnome

(2,983 posts)
35. Signed...
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 03:42 PM
Mar 2016

Thing is, we really ought to start with the supreme court which gutted the voting rights act. I realize that's not the only problem - we've also got officials responsible for setting these things up that have cut the hell out of everything. To go from 200 polling places to... 60... is absolutely friggin ridiculous, I absolutely suspect fraud.

Still, the problem started with the highest court in the Nation. The highest frigging court in the Nation, participating in voter suppression.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,913 posts)
36. Current total now 206,297!
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 11:47 AM
Mar 2016

Let's keep this rolling. This is the best chance we've gotten in a long time to force national attention to focus on both voter suppression AND voter roll manipulation. Let's hit a quarter million by Monday!

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