Politico Knocks 'Baseless' Suspicions of Radical Raman's Surge in L.A. Mayoral Vote Count

Newsbusters ^ | June 9, 2026 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

Candidate Nithya Raman in the Los Angeles mayoral race came in third place on election night, June 2, so far behind second place finisher Spencer Platt that she essentially conceded the election in a tearful farewell. And then, miracle of miracle, over the next few days as more and more mail-in ballots kept rolling in, Raman suddenly surged in the votes, often exceeding first place Karen Bass in some counts and doubling the percentage of her election day returns to the extent that by Sunday she surpassed Pratt in the vote, thus apparently landing a spot in the November runoff elections.

Oh, and for those of you who expressed skepticism about this electoral miracle in the midst of a questionable vote count of the mass ballot mailings in which voter identification requirements were at best laughable, Politico has written off your concerns as "baseless."

The Politico California damage control team of Melanie Mason, Dustin Gardiner, and Blake Jones have already described any reasonable skepticism as, wait for it, "conspiracy theories" on Monday in "The online meltdown over LA’s vote count."

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KEYWORDS: electionfraud; leftistsource; mayoralelection; politico; pollutico; ramannoodles; spencerpratt

[Presbyterian Reporter]

And Utah who is holding primary election today is doing the same thing with mail-in ballots as California.

“””Vote by Mail
Elections in Salt Lake County are conducted mainly by mail. Ballots are mailed to active, registered voters 21 days prior to an election, according to Utah State law.

The post office does not forward ballots. If you need your ballot mailed to an address other than the address where you are registered to vote, contact the Salt Lake County Election Office.

To receive a mail-in ballot you must be registered to vote no later than eleven days before an election.

Mail in ballots may be returned in one of these three ways:

Option 1: Return by Mail
Return it by mail in the postage-paid return envelope provided in your ballot packet.

To be valid, your ballot must be in the clerk’s possession by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day. This deadline has recently changed, so make sure to mail your ballot early.””””

https://www.saltlakecounty.gov/clerk/elections/vote-by-mail/

[know.your.why]

Musk said it all: "The reason ID is banned in California (and New York) elections is to enable large-scale fraud. When you combine no ID and mail-in voting, fraud is de facto legalized." -Elon Musk

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2063995496381767761

[spintreebob]

We hear the allegations. Hopefully someone is digging beyond the allegations and finding evidence and proof. So far we have anecdotal proof of a very small number of “dead” and “non-citizens”... not enough to change the vote outcome.

The anecdotal fraudsters should be prosecuted.
A lot more investigation and evidence beyond allegations is needed.

[ridesthemiles]

WHAT POSTMARK?

THEY WERE ACCEPTING HAND WRITTEN DATES.......

[cpdiii]

LA is 85% mail in ballots. If the percentages change radically from early ballots to late ballots it is 100% statistical fraud.

[cpdiii]

Wednesday evening June 3 460626 ballots counted 322000 estimated remaining 782626 estimated total votes Monday evening June 8 713325 ballots counted 66000 estimated remaining 779325 estimated total votes The total votes cast remained pretty much at the 800,000 level for the duration of the counting.

If I open my mail box and find 1000 100 dollar bills but 1/2 of them are counterfit I do not have 100 thousand dollars. I have 50,000 dollars. Which begs they question of good ballots and illegal ballots. The system in California has zero security not because of a flaw in the system but by design of the system.

[markman46]

skid row votes

[Presbyterian Reporter]

“””The system in California has zero security not because of a flaw in the system but by design of the system.”””

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I totally agree. California has enacted laws that make it easy to cheat and nearly impossible to prosecute those who do cheat.

One example. California laws dictate that all registered voters are sent a ballot.

And California provides a postage paid return envelope that the Postal Service does not date stamp.