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TexasTowelie

(116,830 posts) Fri Mar 20, 2020, 01:12 PM Mar 2020

Ann Arbor clerk responds to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's complaint about long voter lines

ANN ARBOR, MI – U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, campaigned with Bernie Sanders in Ann Arbor just before the Michigan presidential primary last week.

In an interview on Fox News two days after Sanders lost the state to Joe Biden, the congresswoman complained about voter suppression, citing hours-long lines of University of Michigan students trying to vote in Ann Arbor as an example.

"I think one thing that isn’t being talked about is the rampant voter suppression in this country,” Ocasio-Cortez said in response to a question about why Biden was winning.

"Right there in Ann Arbor where we had that rally, those kids were waiting three hours in line to vote in Michigan.”

Read more: https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2020/03/ann-arbor-clerk-responds-to-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-complaint-about-long-voter-lines.html

Cross-post: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10584505

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Ann Arbor clerk responds to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's complaint about long voter lines (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2020 OP

So apparently it's "voter suppression" when college students show up at 4PM on election day.... George II Mar 2020 #1

Lord. NurseJackie Mar 2020 #2

AOC shows her lack of information again NCProgressive Mar 2020 #5

No, she quickly picks code words and use them. A lot. question everything Mar 2020 #8

This is one time AOC got it mostly wrong ... marble falls Mar 2020 #3

Yes, she got it wrong and unfortunately she got it wrong on Fox News. George II Mar 2020 #4

The amusing part is how a Fox audience couldn't give a poop about students in Ann Arbor ... marble falls Mar 2020 #6

Biden supporter waited over 6 hours to vote with 2 jobs.. Cha Mar 2020 #10

They could have done mail in voting..and register. Iamaartist Mar 2020 #7

AOC needs to get her facts right before she goes on fox or anywhere.. Cha Mar 2020 #9

George II

(67,782 posts)

1. So apparently it's "voter suppression" when college students show up at 4PM on election day....

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 01:25 PM

Mar 2020

....to register!

They weren't waiting three hours to vote, they were waiting three hours to register. Throughout the state there were mostly minimal waits, including in Ann Arbor when people took the trouble to register before the last minute.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)

2. Lord.

Reply to George II (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 01:31 PM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

NCProgressive

(1,315 posts)

5. AOC shows her lack of information again

Reply to George II (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 01:58 PM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

question everything

(48,833 posts)

8. No, she quickly picks code words and use them. A lot.

Reply to NCProgressive (Reply #5)

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 02:32 PM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

marble falls

(62,106 posts)

3. This is one time AOC got it mostly wrong ...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 01:53 PM

Mar 2020

that said, I wish she were my Rep.

Its a primary and I've worked them and it is very easy to miss the big picture over a fuzzy detail.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

George II

(67,782 posts)

4. Yes, she got it wrong and unfortunately she got it wrong on Fox News.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 01:56 PM

Mar 2020

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

marble falls

(62,106 posts)

6. The amusing part is how a Fox audience couldn't give a poop about students in Ann Arbor ...

Reply to George II (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 01:59 PM

Mar 2020

one of my favorite places.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Cha

(305,440 posts)

10. Biden supporter waited over 6 hours to vote with 2 jobs..

Reply to George II (Reply #4)

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 06:28 PM

Mar 2020

Link to tweet

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Iamaartist

(3,300 posts)

7. They could have done mail in voting..and register.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 02:18 PM

Mar 2020

They could have done mail in voting in Michigan for all..now before primary ..no excuse ....was on news and tv...just call there city clerk office...

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Cha

(305,440 posts)

9. AOC needs to get her facts right before she goes on fox or anywhere..

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2020, 06:27 PM

Mar 2020

City Clerk Jackie Beaudry responded this week, saying it’s misleading to suggest there were three-hour waits at campus polling locations in Ann Arbor.

There were hardly any wait times in the city except at city hall to register and vote there, Beaudry said.

She acknowledged there were long lines of UM students trying to register and vote at city hall the day of and day before the election,
and there were two- to three-hour waits.

Here's an idea..

..

Don't wait until the next to the last day or the last day to Register to Vote! They still got to vote, though.. right?..

Here's a Biden Supporter who waited what.. 7 hours!

Link to tweet

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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