Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumSanders Voters in MA to Sue Bill Clinton for Trampling on Voting Rights
They are seeking delegates be awarded to Bernie.
The complaint draft: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/101031312/billclintoncomplaint.pdf
A draft copy of a civil action posted in a Drop Box account states:
"On March 1st, Super Tuesday in the Massachusetts Democratic primary...Bill Clinton, did disenfranchise a large group of voters by diluting their votes through illegal campaign activity in and near polling stations. This disenfranchisement was deliberate, carefully crafted, and effective."
The voters contend that far more than being a nuisance and exhibiting thoughtless disregard for the law, Clinton's actions were:
"carefully and deliberately calibrated to impact the electoral battlefield in such a way that the entire course of future primaries was affected."
The lawsuit takes note that throughout the day of the Massachusetts primary, Clinton and Sanders were "neck and neck," according to NBC News, with Sanders at one point pulling ahead. Boston Patch reporter Alison Bauter wrote afterwards that Massachusetts was considered by some to be a "must-win" for Sanders, as any momentum he had might have had would be stopped by a loss there. In the end Clinton won seven out of 11 races in states which were voting on that day, with Sanders taking four.
The complaint states:
"Given the large number of undecided voters and the extremely narrow margin of victory for Hillary Clinton, there was sufficient fluidity in the race for Bill Clintons illegal electioneering to have made a significant impact, and to have reversed the verdict of the voters by handing victory to Clinton rather than to Sanders. With 100,00 undecided voters and a margin of victory of only 16,800 votes, it is eminently plausible that Bill Clinton impacted the final result.
polichick
(37,152 posts)in_cog_ni_to
(41,600 posts)Even with the lawsuit, nothing will come of it. TPTB never pay for their crimes.
PEACE
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BERNIE
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)This IS what they deserve. Cheaters, the both of them. And if the law can't help, remember this come Nov. They cheated US not the GOP.
PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)Politico is a Conservative site. not fictional news like Faux but a general Conservative site. So seeing a headline about Democrats call on Sanders to step aside I have to read it.. First name that pops up oh no not you. claire mccaskill a known conservative democrat hey okay all the names that pop up in that article are all known Conservadems. Yes we get it. Conservatives don't want Democrats to vote , just shut it until we are 70 % in. We aren't even 1/2 . Like anyone calling for him to step aside before even half of the states have voted yet should be impeached. It's that annoying. I know why they hate Bernie this much but they are shooting off their own legs. The only reason Bernie has made it this far is because how poorly Hillary has run her own Campaign. Bernie knows full well it never should have gotten this far. Like how bad is she that she's gotta use Bill to block people from voting And they think the hair piece is dangerous. Hey anyone is dangerous that blocks people from voting. So they voted for someone they don't want. Hey fine, but don't dump them. Same here. It's not on Bernie supporters to come back to Hillary, it's Hillary supporters to get us back when and if that time comes. Since most haven't voted yet. Right now his chances of winning remain rather high.