Washington state delegates say they "are fighting for the soul of the Democratic Party and Democracy.” | Getty Washington state delegates blast Democrats' false unity, voting practices

Three Washington state delegates who backed Bernie Sanders slammed the Democratic Party on Thursday for its "manufactured" sense of unity, while circulating data from Election Justice USA that suggested there were voting "anomalies" during the primary contest.

The announcement follows their participation in a silent walk out of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday.


“We are concerned with the manufactured ‘unity’ narrative in the media and are fighting for the soul of the Democratic Party and Democracy,” said Jessa Lewis, Jessica Justice and Joshua Trupin in their statement, citing concerns over leaked Democratic National Committee emails discussing Sanders' religious beliefs and “offering federal appointments in exchange for big donations.”

The Election Justice USA report said there were widespread statistical anomalies in at least 21 states that could be sufficient to call the results of our candidate selection process into question.” Their data shows that among the 21 states they've examined so fa, the average difference between the reported vote totals and the expected statistical pattern was 12.82 percent — a margin that could have shifted election results.

The group attributes this to faulty electronic voting technology, ultimately calling for “decertification of the 2016 Democratic primary results in suspect states” as well as a move to a hard copy voting process consisting of “universal hand counted paper ballots with secure chain of custody and transparent processing that is open to the public and the media.”