Post by Logan on Apr 18, 2016 14:51:46 GMT -6
PHOENIX - The Democratic National Committee and the Arizona Democratic Party filed a lawsuit Friday morning in federal court over the voting disaster that was Arizona's presidential preference election.
The lawsuit names the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, Secretary of State Michele Reagan, Maricopa County recorder Helen Purcell, Maricopa County elections director Karen Osborne and Arizona attorney general Mark Brnovich as defendants.
The suit quotes Phoenix mayor Greg Stanton's March 23 letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, saying those in charge of Arizona election has engaged in "consistent activity that has created a culture of voter disenfranchisement."
In a Thursday email announcing the DNC's plan to file the suit, DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz wrote, "We all watched in sadness and frustration as Arizona voters waited in lines up to five hours long to cast a ballot in the March primary. The Republican election officials who decided to reduce polling locations by 70 percent in order to cut costs later admitted they never considered the impact these actions would have on Black, Hispanic or Native American communities.
Read more: www.12news.com/news/politics/democrats-file-lawsuit-over-arizona-voting-debacle/135283490
The lawsuit names the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, Secretary of State Michele Reagan, Maricopa County recorder Helen Purcell, Maricopa County elections director Karen Osborne and Arizona attorney general Mark Brnovich as defendants.
The suit quotes Phoenix mayor Greg Stanton's March 23 letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, saying those in charge of Arizona election has engaged in "consistent activity that has created a culture of voter disenfranchisement."
In a Thursday email announcing the DNC's plan to file the suit, DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz wrote, "We all watched in sadness and frustration as Arizona voters waited in lines up to five hours long to cast a ballot in the March primary. The Republican election officials who decided to reduce polling locations by 70 percent in order to cut costs later admitted they never considered the impact these actions would have on Black, Hispanic or Native American communities.
Read more: www.12news.com/news/politics/democrats-file-lawsuit-over-arizona-voting-debacle/135283490