On Tuesday March 23rd Arizona took their turn in America’s primary election season and in an unspectacular result both Trump and Clinton won their respective parties by a large majority. But the election outcome is not what has people talking in the days to follow. Since Tuesday Arizona has come under national scrutiny for allegations of voter fraud/voter suppression and has put the overall process of planning and executing elections under a national spotlight.
From 2008 to 2016 it has been reported that the state of Arizona cut the number of voting locations by approximately 85%. Further figures on the matter reveal that in places such as Phoenix, the state capital, there was only 1 voting location for every 108,000 citizens. It has been estimated by numerous sources that for any one person to cast a vote, they had to wait in line for 5-6 hours. As a result the overall number of people who voted in the primary election was significantly slashed from previous years. It is said that the communities hardest effected by this were poor communities or minority communities whom with little funding had no local access to voting centers.
In a Republican controlled state that the employs the likes of John McCain it has been alleged that the events of Tuesday were no accident but rather a deliberate and planned attempt to suppress the voice of the states minority population. Many high ranking officials have spoke out on the matter saying this is not only a violation of the Voting Rights Act but is it also violated peoples civil/constitutional rights. In their outrage the citizens of Arizona started an online petition to the White House to open investigate into voter suppression and in less then 24 hours received over 100,000 signatures. As a result the state of Arizona is now being investigated by the Department of Justice.
But the DOJ is not the not the only organization opening an investigation into the matter. The event has also caught the watchful eye of Anonymous whom vows to conduct a “thorough investigation into the as-of-yet verified claim that Bernie Sanders campaign offices in Arizona were hacked.” The group, known as Hive Communications, alleges that Bernie Sanders campaign may have been hacked, artificially switching registered Democrats to show up in the system as registered Republicans, Libertarians or Independents. Hive Communications says they will release their findings in 72 hours time. View the full press release below.
#BREAKING PRESS RELEASE: Anonymous Investigating Claim Bernie Sanders’ #Arizona Supporter List Was Hacked #VoteFraudpic.twitter.com/0Q9IhXGRnL
— Hive Communications (@HiveComm) March 23, 2016
Online Petition To White House: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/investigate-voter-fraud-and-voter-suppression-arizona-3222016-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.”
Taking a ‘glass half full’ perspective on the matter, the primary elections are in a sense a test run for the national elections on November 6, 2015. With this issue in the national spotlight the silver lining may be found in the fact that by the time November rolls around all of these issues should be resolved and any citizen whom was unable to cast a vote this past Tuesday will hopefully be able to do so in November. The fact that so many citizens are fired up during the early primary season may actually prove to be beneficial in the long run as voter turnout for the national elections may actually increase as a result.
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So when are we going to find out? The letter Anonymous sent out said 72 hours. It’s been well over that. Is there any news? Many people are eagerly waiting.
I am looking around for any information, also. 72 hours are long past. We just need to know. Perhaps it is taking longer to discover anything, but we need to know that too. OR if it was another hooligan.
Dear Anonymous, there are many ways to investigate voter fraud and in particular electronic voter fraud which is not only on the rise, but apparently its well documented, and its becoming a methodical tactic for politicians and political parties. Example: http://blackboxvoting.org/
I do not know how the collective works, nor what you choose to look/investigate/report on or look into, but there are others who could use ‘anonymous’ assistance in collating, reporting, discovering and uncovering electronic voter fraud.
Any chance you could assist?
I would suggest you call this election fraud, because this comes from the DNC level and or even higher. Isn’t this state John McCain’s? Hmmm.
You need to correct this to say “election fraud” versus “voter fraud”. The voters didn’t fraud anyone. The election was fraudulant, likely by hacking and not just this state Arizona, but reports from other states. New York and California are having the same issue with voter registrations being changed in advance of their elections. Pima County Arizona has worse problems than Maricopa with voter registrations being changed, and it appears Trump and Sanders were the ones hurt by it.