Posted on 11/04/2010 6:49:30 PM PDT by Libloather
GOP claims bag of uncounted ballots found in Conn.
By Susan Haigh, Associated Press – 2 hrs 39 mins ago
HARTFORD, Conn. – The Republican candidate for governor in Connecticut says a bag of uncounted photocopied ballots has been found, further throwing into question the outcome of the race.
Tom Foley says the bag was found during the counting of ballots in Bridgeport, where a shortage Tuesday night forced officials to photocopy ballots. Foley says it's unclear where the ballots originated and whether they are valid. He wants them impounded.
Foley and Democrat Dan Malloy have claimed victory in Tuesday's election.
The secretary of the state said Wednesday that Malloy was the winner by more than 3,000 votes. But the tallies from Bridgeport still have not been submitted.
Bridgeport officials haven't commented on Foley's claim a bag of ballots was found.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's top election official said Thursday she did not have the final vote totals yet in the disputed governor's race because of a delay in the state's largest city.
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Yeah, well, bottom line, we need to cheat too. They don't get called on it. Politics is war, we will just have to adopt their tactics.
It is easier for them to cheat since they win the urban areas by massive margins and control those city precincts and election offices. All their vote is concentrated and it's simple for them to stuff a ballot box here or there, weed through huge piles of provisional ballots when they need extra votes, etc.
But yeah, they will do whatever it takes to seize or maintain political power and we will have to adopt the same attitude.
Several years ago, in King County, WA (Seattle) Christine Gregoire was locked in a neck and neck race with someone for Governor. Poll workers “found” several boxes of overlooked ballots there also.
Why do authorities continue to allow this corruption to continue? How often does it favor Republicans? Can you spell never?
Why wouldn't these socialist crooks pull this every election, they know they have nothing to fear at this point.
Drop a dime on these red SOB's, the GOP has to set up a hotline and put up reward money for every tip resulting in a successful prosecution.
I have often thought that nothing will be done about election fraud until a fair number of ‘Rats start losing close elections because of voter fraud. IOW, as long as it benefits them, since they control the system, they have no incentive to change things. Only if fraud starts hurting ‘Rats candidates will they do anything about it, and then their enforcement of election fraud laws and prosecution for election fraud will be very, very selective.
I have relatives from France who are appalled at out system.
ALL French must present voter card plus picture ID.
When the polls close, all ballots are counted electronically within fifteen (yes, 15) minutes and the results announced.
The only type of recount allowed is to run all the ballots again (which takes another 15 minutes).
the forms were photocopied, not the votes. It is relevent because “for some reason” alot of GOP areas were not provided enough ballots.
No, it is constitutionally the responsibility of each state........and we just won 10 Governorships and 700 legislative seats. Fix it in YOUR state.
Connecticut Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz is UNFIT to serve in this position!!!
Office of the Secretary of State - Connecticut
Thank you for the heads up on this one, Black Agnes.
FBI needs to get involved. The fake ballots would be held as evidence. Comb them for fingerprints or other evidence. Wait until President Palin is sworn in on January of 2013. Then she will have AG Ken Cuccinelli prosecute this case to the fullest extent of the law.
So were these ones photocopied before or after somebody voted for Malloy?
Like the RAT machine is gonna let that happen...
Until voter fraud is investigated and prosecuted, this won’t stop. Nevada’s election, in my opinion, was a cesspool of corruption.
Why don’t Republicans just cheat as well? Oh, that’s right, Republicans believe in Americans’ right to elect their leaders democratically.
“A judge kept polling places open past closing time and they used photocopied ballots for those who didn’t have a regular one.”
Didn’t I also read that the judge allowed the use of reverse 9-1-1 to inform the public that the hours were extended? But only informed certain precincts, and not others?
Ah, unfamiliar with Bridgeport, huh?
Doesn't suprise most of us here in Konnecticut, where the rest of the nation enjoys historic conservative gains - and we go 0 for 6 - it's like living in a bizzaro world........
They photocopied ballots because the election commission or whoever did not order enough ballots to start with. IMHO they purposely did this so blank ballots could be photocopied. The photocopied ballots were for the most part (I believe I read this) hand tallied at the polling place instead of scanned. So what you have is basically a formula for manufacturing votes. Then, the Dems miraculously turn up a bag of these ballots after the fact, and initially tell the R’s, oh we’ll get some folks to count these. The R’s called the cops to hang on to the bag until this could be straightened out. But it won’t be straightened out. This is like Franken in MN. Just keep counting til you get the number you need.
The problem with fixing it in each individual state is that so many states are controlled by Rats who WANT the system we have that can be manipulated to their advantage.
I have been seeing to many news on your media about “founding ballots” from the election process...
And for all I have seen, they always count up for democrats don´t they?
One ought to find a way to stop this kind of thing!
That’s why photo copied ballots should not be used, as I was saying, they should be originals or they don’t get counted. As for not having enough ballots that is pure stupidity on someone’s part, either that or they were setting things up for vote fraud by not ordering enough ballots. They know how many people are registered in each precinct and getting enough ballots should be a no brainer.
Is CT’s SOS elected or appointed? When is her term up?
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