Three (Far-Fetched) Theories for How NY’s Primary Was Rigged (Hillary Group)

[Lisa0825]

https://www.wired.com/2016/04/ways-people-said-new-yorks-primary-rigged/

So, is it rigged? Woof. It certainly looks bad, doesn’t it? But while the news may have shocked and frustrated voters who weren’t able to vote, that doesn’t mean it’s rigged. In an interview with CNN, Board of Elections Executive Director Michael Ryan described the purge as “routine,” saying that nearly all the voters who were removed from the voter roll were removed for valid reasons—either because they moved out of the borough, because mail delivered to their homes bounced back, or because they hadn’t voted in two successive federal elections.

I did read somewhere this week that more than the usual # may have been purged, and it may have gone back to people voting in different locations back after Hurricane Sandy. Is that bad? Of course! I'd be pissed if I couldn't vote. But running around yelling conspiracy when there are more concrete reasons for the problems is just ridiculous.

[NurseJackie]

1. That's what provisional ballots are for ...

... not for registered independents who want to pretend like they're democrats, or who forgot how they registered.

[Lisa0825]

2. Exactly! nt

[LiberalFighter]

3. Some of those were purged because they are dead.

Or they may have married and registered under their married name without canceling their old registration.

If the BMV was more reliable a lot of this could reduce the problems. Some of it is a matter of software not programmed to handle this.

[KittyWampus]

4. If you care enough to vote, you care enough to check to see if you're registered. It's easy enough.

[wildeyed]

5. I was "purged" once while in college.

I tried to vote at my parent's home, and was no longer on the rolls. I had filed a change of address so my mail would forward automatically, so I think a jury summons got returned.

Now we have the internet. If you haven't voted in a while, you can check your registration ahead of time. If you ARE inactive and it is a mistake, vote provisionally.

The reality, even if you ARE disenfranchising voters, you only get a point or two off of that. That matters a bunch in tight, winner take all races, but hardly at all in primaries where delegates are awarded proportionately.

[Lisa0825]

6. I thought I registered in my college town at a registration drive...

but my card never came in the mail and they said I wasn't on the rolls. Back then you couldn't just check online. I was pissed. But nowadays, everyone to whom voting is important should be verifying their status. I know I do.

[Princess Turandot]

7. I didn't know before this election that the Psychic Hotline Network was a...

division of the great State of New York! Since all of these conspiracies are assumed to have affected only those persecuted Sanders supporters, they obviously knew in advance who each voter was going to choose!

We have important elections in NYC at least every 3 out of every 4 years, because the local elections (mayoral and city council etc) are in non-federal election years. (They're next up in 2017). So someone interested in voting has a lot of opportunity to do so. And since many of the individual local seats tend to stay in the same party for years, the voter's input really comes at the primaries, not the generals. Those factors alone would keep voters aware of their registration status if they actually cared about their civic duty.

[Lucinda]

8. Interesting info! Thankie for sharing it!