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

[TexasTowelie]

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

[George II]

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

....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.

[NurseJackie]

2. Lord.

[NCProgressive]

5. AOC shows her lack of information again

[question everything]

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

[marble falls]

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

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.

[George II]

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

[marble falls]

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

one of my favorite places.

[Cha]

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

Link to tweet

[Iamaartist]

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

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...

[Cha]

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

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