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‘For real?’ Did CNN’s John King just give away Florida Democrats’ election game? [video]

 

CNN’S KING ON FLA. RECOUNT: DEMS ARE NOW HOPING COURTS ‘BEND THE LETTER OF THE LAW’
‘The hope now for Democrats though is that the court has already shown its willingness to overlook or bend the letter of the law and would do so again’

 

 

 

 

 

I HAD BEEN ASSURED THAT ELECTION FRAUD WAS A MYTH: 

 

Florida Dems planned to use altered forms to fix mail ballots across state after deadline.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTHUR CHRENKOFF: An open letter to my American friends, re: your shambolic election process.

I write this not with condescension or glee but as a friend who wants to help. Furthermore, I write as an Australian, from a country, which has always been on the forefront of electoral best practice and thus has much to offer by way of experience and example. In 1856, the state of South Australia adopted universal male suffrage as well as secret ballot as a way to conduct election, the latter reform adopted later that year by Tasmania and Victoria and over the next few years by the remaining states. Throughout the second half of the 19th century, political reformers in the United States and Great Britain would fight – eventually successfully – for the adoption of “the Australian ballot”, as it became known overseas. It is now the international standard. It seems to me that it’s time for America to again look Down Under for inspiration on how to improve its democratic process. Our Australian system is not perfect and it’s not 100 per cent foolproof (what is?) but it has been by and large free of fraud or the perception of fraud and its integrity is acknowledged by all sides of politics as well as the general voting public (voting in Australia is compulsory but I don’t recommend it for the US).

 

What follows is solid advice.

 
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1 hour ago, DC Tom said:

It's as though they're trying to stage a coup in Florida, as a tryout for the rest of the country.

Not just those two counties in Florida but something seemed fishy in Arizona too, and I'm not sure what to think of Georgia.

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2 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

Correct. See how far they can push it as preparation for 2020. 


It is making me sick to my stomach. I have had to step away from the internet. I think there are about 30 "close"  Congressional elections and so far the Dems have "won" nearly 25 with a few still undecided (7). If Vegas gave those odds, the casinos would be out of business. And yet our uninterested (a better word would be complicit) press asks no questions, and instead they meme "every vote should count". All these "found" votes... gimmie a break. 

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On 11/7/2018 at 9:30 AM, LABillzFan said:

 

I suspect you're done posting over here for the time being, but wanted to post this thread from Twitter ffor you.

 

Ignore where the writer is from; Breitbart died when Andrew died, but the points he makes are still very accurate. You even see people responding from Colorado.

 

Click to read all his posts. It helps if you see what's coming...and it's coming to Colorado.

 

 

 

there is a widespread, deeply ingrained cowboy, ag, livestock element here.. Democrats and Liberals will stick to Denver, Fort Collins and Boulder... Conservatives will stick to the Springs, eastern plains and Western slope... much of the State divided by no mans land of mountain towns that most people D/R can't dream of living in.  I hope it doesn't turn into California, but it is does I guess so be it.  There just ins't anywhere Red I'd want to live, but that doesn't mean I dislike the people...thanks for posting...

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20 minutes ago, B-Large said:

 

there is a widespread, deeply ingrained cowboy, ag, livestock element here.. Democrats and Liberals will stick to Denver, Fort Collins and Boulder... Conservatives will stick to the Springs, eastern plains and Western slope... much of the State divided by no mans land of mountain towns that most people D/R can't dream of living in.  I hope it doesn't turn into California, but it is does I guess so be it.  There just ins't anywhere Red I'd want to live, but that doesn't mean I dislike the people...thanks for posting...

 

 

Hi B.

 

My daughter's long standing 'boyfriend, took a seasonal job in a camp near Keystone (near Breckenridge).

 

I'm hoping that he is far enough out of Denver to escape contamination.

 

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1 hour ago, B-Large said:

 

  I hope it doesn't turn into California, but it is does I guess so be it.  There just ins't anywhere Red I'd want to live, but that doesn't mean I dislike the people...thanks for posting...

 

I think this is known in Arizona and Nevada as "Californication"

 

 

31 minutes ago, KD in CA said:

Regardless of who wins what, there's a major problem with no longer having an 'election day', which is the date ALL the votes are counted.

 

Yes and it seems to me that voting via any method needs to take place in much tighter windows of time.  Fat chance of states moving in that direction. 

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Jared Golden, a Marine Corps veteran and Democratic state lawmaker in Maine, defeated New England’s lone House Republican, Bruce Poliquin, on Thursday, just two days after Mr. Poliquin filed a lawsuit to stop the counting of votes under the state’s new ranked-choice voting system.

Mr. Poliquin’s defeat in Maine’s Second Congressional District added to a swell of bad news for northeastern Republicans, who suffered heavy losses on Election Day, and gave Democrats another Republican seat in their takeover of the House.

And it added an intriguing new angle to the nation’s ferment over voting rules and options when Mr. Poliquin, the candidate who was the first choice of more voters, lost the race to Mr. Golden, who won on the basis of being the second or third choice of voters who initially chose two independent candidates who together got 8 percent of the vote.

A spokeswoman for the Maine secretary of state’s office said the results remained unofficial pending certification by Nov. 26. But, if certified, the results would make Mr. Golden the winner of a four-candidate race in which Mr. Poliquin received 2,632 more first-choice votes but failed to reach the 50 percent needed to win.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/us/politics/poliquin-maine-loses.html?action=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage

 

just keeps getting better and better! 

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22 minutes ago, B-Man said:

.@RepMattGaetz :“When The Final Recount Showed Rick Scott Had Actually GAINED 700 Votes,

 

The Broward Supervisor of Elections Simply WAITED For 2 Additional Minutes Until AFTER The State Submission Deadline Before Submitting Scotts Votes

 

So None Got Counted”

 

I'll say it again:  nooses.

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25 minutes ago, B-Man said:

.@RepMattGaetz :“When The Final Recount Showed Rick Scott Had Actually GAINED 700 Votes,

 

The Broward Supervisor of Elections Simply WAITED For 2 Additional Minutes Until AFTER The State Submission Deadline Before Submitting Scotts Votes

 

So None Got Counted”

 

If they don't get counted, the malfeasance can't be exposed. 

 

This was a dry run for 2020 to see how far they could push it before federal authorities/the public got too vocal about the abuses. 

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