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To: Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party candidate for President
Tell Hillary Clinton: Condemn voter suppression in Arizona
Petition Text
Hillary Clinton should make a public statement condemning voter suppression in the March 22nd Arizona presidential preference election.
Why is this important?
America saw voter suppression in action on March 22nd, watching would-be voters in Maricopa County, Arizona, stand in line for hours to vote for a presidential nominee.
Why were the lines so long? The county’s usual number of polling places had been reduced by 70%, from 200 to only 60. At 1,250,000 voters in the county, that meant 21,000 people per polling place.
Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell defended the reduced number of polling places as a cost-cutting measure. But countless numbers of voters stood in line for hours; more countless numbers had to leave the lines before voting because they couldn’t wait the extra hours it would take to make it to the polling booths. Some voters were still in line at 11:30 p.m.
Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders, quoted by CNN, said this: "In the United States of America, democracy is the foundation of our way of life. And what happened in Arizona is a disgrace.”
It’s time for Hillary Clinton to go on record: stand up for democracy by condemning voter suppression in Arizona.