House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Nancy PelosiOvernight Health Care: Biden unveils virus plan and urges patience | Fauci says it's 'liberating' working under Biden | House to move quickly on COVID-19 relief Overnight Defense: House approves waiver for Biden's Pentagon nominee | Biden to seek five-year extension of key arms control pact with Russia | Two more US service members killed by COVID-19 On The Money: Pelosi says House will move immediately on COVID-19 relief | Biden faces backlash over debt | 900,000 more Americans file for unemployment benefits MORE (D-Calif.) urged California voters to remain in line amid reports of long lines at the polls for the Golden State’s Super Tuesday primary.
“Stay in line, friends. Your vote is imperative,” Pelosi tweeted Tuesday evening ahead of the polls closing in California.
Stay in line, friends. Your vote is imperative. https://t.co/KDJjT3W1sP
— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) March 4, 2020
Pelosi sent the tweet amid reports of hours-long wait times at UCLA’s single campus voting center, with Sophia Armen, a campus organizer for Sen. Bernie Sanders
Bernie SandersFormer Sanders spokesperson: Biden 'backing away' from 'populist offerings' Amanda Gorman captures national interest after inauguration performance Woman who made Sanders's mittens says she's sold out MORE’s (I-Vt.) campaign, saying she had seen students walk away from the line.
Update: there are now 3 hour waits at the ONE voting center on campus at UCLA
— Sophia “VOTE” Armen (@SophiaArmen) March 4, 2020
Yes only one at UCLA with 40k students
And the other two a 15 min walk
w/
3 hour wait &
Now 4 hour wait time
Students are genuinely walk away in line, I’m watching them#SuperTuesday #LosAngeles
Rafael Návar, Sanders's state director in California, said earlier in the afternoon that only nine of the voting center's 39 machines were functioning.
Hey @LACountyRRCC, the vote center at @UCLA has only 9 machines working out of 39. Lines are almost 2 hours long for students who need to go to class. Please resolve this ASAP to ensure all students are able to vote. @CASOSvote #Californiaprimary2020 @UPTECWA
— Rafael Návar (@Rafael_Navar) March 3, 2020
The Hill has reached out to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's office for comment.
