Faith Decker, a 19-year-old sophomore at Arizona State University, got off work a little early Tuesday night so she could vote in her first-ever primary. She arrived at a church in southeast Phoenix just before 7 p.m. to find "the line wrapped completely around the corner, 300 to 400 people." After waiting in that line for more than three hours, she finally reached the check-in desk. She was told that she couldn't vote—not because the polls had closed three hours before, but because she was registered in a different county.
Decker says that while waiting in line, she saw several people get frustrated and leave before they cast their ballots, and that the election workers seemed confused, taking a long time to process voters once they got to the table.
"It's just kind of all a giant disappointment to everyone who usually comes out and votes in person," she said. And as a first-time voter she was shocked "to see that it was so unorganized or disorderly."
Decker's long wait and disappointing outcome was shared by many voters in Maricopa County, Arizona, the state's biggest county, with 2 million registered voters who live in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, Glendale, and other larger communities. Images of people waiting hours under the hot sun and into the night filled Twitter timelines and cable TV broadcasts. The last person to cast a ballot didn't do so until after midnight, according to the Arizona Republic, nearly five hours after the Democratic race had already been called for Hillary Clinton, and a few hours after Donald Trump was declared as the Republican winner. The Election in Arizona Was a Mess | Mother Jones
There is too much mischief that is going on in this election that they are trying their best tom ruin it.
Decker says that while waiting in line, she saw several people get frustrated and leave before they cast their ballots, and that the election workers seemed confused, taking a long time to process voters once they got to the table.
"It's just kind of all a giant disappointment to everyone who usually comes out and votes in person," she said. And as a first-time voter she was shocked "to see that it was so unorganized or disorderly."
Decker's long wait and disappointing outcome was shared by many voters in Maricopa County, Arizona, the state's biggest county, with 2 million registered voters who live in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, Glendale, and other larger communities. Images of people waiting hours under the hot sun and into the night filled Twitter timelines and cable TV broadcasts. The last person to cast a ballot didn't do so until after midnight, according to the Arizona Republic, nearly five hours after the Democratic race had already been called for Hillary Clinton, and a few hours after Donald Trump was declared as the Republican winner. The Election in Arizona Was a Mess | Mother Jones
There is too much mischief that is going on in this election that they are trying their best tom ruin it.
