Posted on 12/29/2006 12:44:49 PM PST by Brilliant
Of course... The first things the Dems must do upon being sworn in is dole out a healthy portion of anti-democratic partisan acid.
Florida ping request
They fail to mention that such an undervote is not uncommon in that district. That is an important fact that places things in proper context. It seems that the voters of the 13th cannot stomach the candidates from either party.
The challenge is so weak on the facts, that the election will never be overturned by Congress. If its is, prepare for war in the Capitol.
It's been done before by the Dems with even less justification. They refuse to seat GOPer simply because the election was close, the handgrenade theory.
Why is this a "but," and why is it "odd?" Some percentage of voters in every election, in every district in the nation, don't vote for one or more candidates on the ballot, while they do vote for other candidates and ballot initiatives.
Answer: Media bias.
No matter what the perceived incongruity, it's always a reason for siding with the Dems.
What da hecky??? First Florida had paper ballots, which worked well for over 100 years ... then went to punch cards, which also worked well .. then to so-called "butterfly ballots", which didn't seem to work so well for Dems. They complained about that big time and now have electronic voting, which doesn't seem to satiate the Dems either, since they lost a few races here and there ..... what type of voting system is it that the Dems want most???
(never mind, I already know the answer to that)
Lessee, 'Pubbie won, Dem lost.
Well, of course, it was voter fraud, vote tampering, miscount, hanging/pregnant/dimpled chads, disenfranchised voters, illegal voters, dead voters . . . . (have I run out of Dem whines on this, yet?) . . . . . . unregistered voters, voters from Pittsburgh . . . . .
(I just threw that last one in for fun. Nothing against anyone from Pittsburgh! Happy New Year, y'all!!)
They're going to seat Buchanan, so the rest of this is just for show.
As far as I am aware, in every instance where the certified winner had his election overturned in Congress, no one was seated while there was an investigation underway.
How long before the "intent of the voter" issues start to raise their ugly heads again?
In a slight change of subject, this is why I would like to see a "None of the Above" box added for every elected position on the ballot. In any race that "None of the Above" gets the most votes, all of the candidates are disqualified (and cannot run again in that election cycle) and a new election must be scheduled with all new candidates for the unfilled positions.
Sounds to me like 18,000 people found their own way to vote for "None of the Above".
RAT scum in action. No election left unstolen.
Not just in that district, but all over the country. I frequently leave 'blanks' in the voting booth if there is a proposition which I don't understand or candidates for a particular office who are unacceptable. It isn't an 'undervote', its the will of the voter. Thats all.
Indeed -- as they protest from dawn to dusk about how objective they really are.
Destroying the people's faith in elections is a critical step on the path towards socialist totalitarianism
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