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Maricopa County Elections Department admits error on date of general election on voter ID cards Rea

Oct 18, 2012 19:27

The Maricopa County Elections Department mistakenly listed the wrong date of the upcoming general election on an official government document.

The error appears on a document containing a voter ID card.

In addition to the ID card, the piece of paper it comes in lists other information such as important election dates.

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electoral malfeasance, election 2012, race / racism, arizona, usa, language, hispanic/latin@ people, *trigger warning: racism, elections

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maladaptive October 19 2012, 13:04:13 UTC

8 and 6 looks the same in English and Spanish. But right, human error. Sure, sure. That's totally plausible.

hinoema October 19 2012, 13:33:00 UTC

Mistake, my ass. Pathetic.

thelilyqueen October 19 2012, 13:37:56 UTC

Seriously. And there are people out there who want us to believe the major threat to our democracy/voting system is people voting fraudulently?

sihaya09 October 19 2012, 14:23:51 UTC

Riiiiiiiiiiiight.

layweed October 19 2012, 14:44:09 UTC

Any other county in the country and I might be inclined to believe it was a human error, but Maricopa County, home to Joe Arpaio? Nope.

crossfire October 19 2012, 15:30:29 UTC

This.

rhysande October 19 2012, 16:56:39 UTC

Yup.

baked_goldfish October 19 2012, 18:13:02 UTC

Same.

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lucygray October 19 2012, 14:45:51 UTC

UGHH fuck them. I tried to get my absentee ballot from them (I'm in the military) and after I sent in my application, I didn't get anything for a couple weeks so I called. That's when they decided to tell me "Oh yeah your application was cancelled." ORLY?! THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. She said it's because I wasn't picking up my mail from address anymore. Well, yeah. Cuz I joined the military...Anyway. So I tried to re-submit it but they were just being really dodgy, transferring my call 3 or 4 times, etc. One lady said to me, I kid you not, "Well, I know that in the military they have, like, commanders....or chiefs...and sometimes they give out ballots in bulk. Why can't you do that?" ARE YOU FUCKIN SERIOUS RN YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THATS NOT HOW THIS WORKS. So. much. rage. I have to vote through my Home of Record, lady. Anyway, it turns out I could vote through a different county, so that's what I did. Got my ballot this morning and sent that shit in already. BAM. Done.