Posted on 11/11/2020 12:16:46 PM PST by Signalman
Houston — Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick announced Tuesday that he would pay up to $1 million from his campaign account to incentivize, encourage and reward people to come forward and report voter fraud from anywhere in the country, CBS Dallas / Fort Worth reports.
"Whistleblowers and tipsters should turn over their evidence to local law enforcement. Anyone who provides information that leads to an arrest and final conviction of voter fraud will be paid a minimum of $25,000," said Patrick in a news release.
Joe Biden became President-elect on Saturday when he surpassed 270 electoral votes with his projected win in Pennsylvania, but Mr. Trump has refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of the results reported by state election authorities.
Mr. Trump's re-election campaign has filed numerous complaints and affidavits in courts around the country alleging unfair elections and voter fraud. So far, no court has confirmed any of the allegations or made any decision reversing any election results.
"I support President Trump's efforts to identify voter fraud in the presidential election and his commitment to making sure that every legal vote is counted and every illegal vote is disqualified," Patrick said. "President Trump's pursuit of voter fraud is not only essential to determine the outcome of this election, it is essential to maintain our democracy and restore faith in future elections."
In response to Patrick's call, Lt. Governor John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, one of the states where Trump campaign legal challenges are pending, took to Twitter to say: "Hey, Governor Patrick- it's your counterpart in Pennsylvania. I'd like to collect your handsome reward for reporting voter fraud. I got a dude in Forty Fort, PA who tried to have his dead mom vote for Trump. I'd like mine in Sheetz gift cards pls. ps. The Cowboys blow."
Jim Clancy, former chairman of the Texas Ethics Commission, said handing out large sums of reward money may be improper if it's being used to help prove Mr. Trump's baseless claims of voter fraud.
"You could argue that this is an in-kind contribution to the Donald Trump campaign. That's his problem," Clancy said.
Patrick spokeswoman Sherry Sylvester said the offer was about voter fraud "regardless of the outcome of the election," and restoring public confidence in the electoral process.
Most Republicans are refusing to congratulate Biden or declining to push Mr. Trump to accept the outcome.
On Tuesday, President-elect Biden called Mr. Trump's refusal to concede "an embarrassment," and went on to say: "How can I say this tactfully — I think it will not help the president's legacy."
I’m starting to love that crazy bastard.
C’mon—I wanna see some Texas Freepers get this money.
Here is how to do it:
How To Find A Million Fraudulent Biden Ballots (no watermark required)!
(1) Identify ballots with sole vote cast for Biden
(2) Identify the state representative (not Congress, state = small districts) for the precinct.
(3) Verify that the state representative candidates on the ballot match the state representatives that should be on ballots in the precinct.
(4) Disqualify as fraudulent any ballots where the state representative candidates and the precinct do not match.
(5) Trump/Pence is re-elected.
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If the locals give you are a hard time, offer to split the proceeds with them.
Get rich or die trying!
Hopefully, this triggers reward programs in all the disputed states and beyond.
I believe some of these people involved don’t think it’s fraud, much less know what the word means.
Me too.
How about this.....
Whistleblower amnesty.... come forward now and this does not apply:
Title 18 USC, Section 4
“Misprision of felony” is a crime that occurs when someone knows a felony has been committed, but fails to inform the authorities about it.
They must interview the poll workers in these counties with inexplicable numbers. Have them sign a form stating they understand 1001 (lying) and 4 (failure to inform). It is a free talk and anything they say cannot be used against them as long as they are truthful.
I am sure they will get right on that. We are WAY PAST the probable cause stage given the sworn affidavits.
I thought about 3 days ago that a reward offered would be great.
Then I said nah, too tacky, maybe.
I’m glad this guy has the courage...and the money I don’t have :)
it’s not tacky. It’s smart.
Making it clear that fraud is a felony would help too.
The low level fraud folks are kinda stupid, i’m betting
The offer is not restricted to those people.
If I were in a low-level position in an election-related office and saw something, would I consider reporting my boss for $1m?
On a side note, I donated to Trump defense and the company that collects the donation charged that day and 2 days later charged same amount again. I cancelled the card and will get a new one and just eat the double charge.
My thought is many are mercenary, and will gladly sell out for the right amount. Here’s hoping.
Even 10k would be money many of them never dreamed of.
The inner city younger ones, at least.
When it comes to patriotism, you can always count on Texas.
Lived there for a while and really want to go back.
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