It has been widely reported over the course of these last weeks that the moderate wing of the Democratic Party is actively engaging in electioneering, election rigging, fraud, and voter suppression against progressive Bernie Sanders and other progressive candidates. Reports of these incidents are numerous and have been been pervasive in almost every primary state. Issues include but are not limited to:
Excessive waiting time to vote ( often as much as 8 hours), sudden moving of polling locations without sufficient notice, voters being purged from rolls for no apparent reason, voters being refused or denied ballots, votes being changed by machines that are “malfunctioning”, a shortage of voting machines and polling places, electioneering at polling places, delegates being assigned in caucuses in ways that benefit Bernie's opponents, disappearance of ballots and thumb drive data, votes being tallied without all of the data, huge discrepancies between exit polling and actual vote totals, failure to count and certify votes in states that are thought to favor Bernie Sanders, etc.
The DNC made it very clear at the outset of this race that they would do everything they could to stop Bernie Sanders from becoming the nominee, up to rigging the process against him and forcing a contested convention with a second ballot of super delegates if necessary. Presently they appear to be pulling out all the stops in order to achieve that end.
At a time when our country needs a fair election, perhaps more than ever, we are asking that your foundation please lead the way in bringing this malfeasance to light.
