Posted on 11/12/2012 9:17:29 AM PST by smoothsailing
November 12, 2012
Charles C. Johnson
Mainstream media reports notwithstanding, the Allen West-Patrick Murphy race is far from over, according to a volunteer lawyer with the campaign. Voting irregularities abound in what has shaped up to be one of the most hotly contested congressional races of the 2012 campaign.
On Sunday, the West campaign saw a net gain of 535 votes for Congressman West in a re-feed of early ballots in St. Lucie County, roughly 43.5% of the total ballots cast in the conservative Florida county.
“That’s only two votes shy of the number of votes that President George W. Bush won the American presidency with in 2000,” said Jeffrey Scott Shapiro, a volunteer lawyer for the West campaign. Over 800 votes went “missing” in Sunday’s count and of those 800, eighty percent of them had previously gone to West’s challenger, Patrick Murphy. The West campaign likes those odds.
On Saturday, Florida had released an unofficial result showing Murphy with a lead of 2,442 votes, or 50.4 percent—a narrow lead which makes his count just beyond the half-percent margin mandated for an automatic recount.
“We only need another 249 votes to trigger a statutory recount of the total of hundreds of thousands of votes cast in this race,” Shapiro explained. “For the media to suggest Allen West has already lost this race is not only irresponsible, it’s untrue. The media needs to stop projecting what it wants to happen and start reporting the facts of what is actually happening.”
“I wouldn’t be surprised if a statutory recount shifted the final numbers,” he added. “We only recounted the early vote portion for three days in one county today, which was about five percent of the total votes cast in this race. The numbers shifted in the hundreds when we’re only about 1,800 votes behind to win. More important than victory however, is democracy. Everyone deserves to have their voice heard and their vote counted. Something is fundamentally flawed with the media when it creates the impression that recounting the votes is unnecessary.”
Shapiro doubts that the canvassing board in St. Lucie County is doing its due diligence.
“The Canvassing Board in St. Lucie County misled the public,” he said. “They said they would recount all 37,379 early votes, but instead they only recounted 16,275 early votes from November 1, 2 and 3rd. Still, out of the 43.5 percent of early votes they recounted we picked up a net gain 535 votes. If they recounted the remaining 56.5 percent, there’s very little question we’d pick up the 249 we need to trigger a statutory recount.”
“I never experienced the kind of obstructionist tactics and hostility when I was serving on John Kerry’s presidential election team in 2004,” Shapiro added. “I was impressed with the system despite its flaws, but I’m starting to realize that there’s a big difference when you’re a member of the same party as the supervisor of elections than when you’re with the opposition. What I’ve seen these past few days has caused me to lose some faith and confident in the integrity of the democratic process.”
The race was the country’s most expensive House contest, with over $21 million raised. West is among the most prolific fundraisers in Congress.
James O’Keefe from “Veritas” exposed how he went to DNC(???) office in Texas and got instruction and papers on how you vote MORE than once in Florida and other states!!!
can’t believe Al and Jesse aren’t there asking for a full recount...
kudos to the Mrs.!
kudos to the Mrs.!
SARAH PALIN speaks out of massive Obama machine voter fraud:
Sarah Palin News @SarahPalinLinks Between suppression of the military vote and voter fraud, Obama stole another election. http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/46302 …DEMAND A RECOUNT! #VoterFraud
Sarah Palin News @SarahPalinLinks People need to stop pointing fingers within the GOP and investigate the Dems' massive voter fraud and suppression of the military vote.
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I don’t understand this. Since when do recounts favor Republicans?
This would be good to post on the long thread (this article/summary and link). And also think of a good keyword or two and add it to every article, makes it easier to find.
Re Multiple posts/pings - it should be fixed but its hard to miss your pings ... so its not all bad ... we appreciate your efforts. Now please do me a favor and get Obama impeached. Thanks. ;-)
Could you post that info on this thread, plase?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2957976/posts?page=21
BARACK OBAMA FRAUD 2012- (MUST READ- MUST GO VIRAL!)
Barack Obama Voter Fraud 2012 ^ | Nov 9, 2012 | ObamaVoterFraud
If Republicans do not fight the stolen election, they are voluntarily submitting to all the hell that 0bastard will release. We’re supposed to be a country founded on the rule of law. Justice is supposed to be blind. If they do nothing, they are accessories after the fact and JUST AS DAMNED GUILTY!
Given the much better performance we're getting over all, I'm not inclined to complain. :-)
to add to my original post ......what can we do short of sending letters to our reps.
Well, one thing is:
THe more people who KNOW that massive voter fraud happened, the more possibility that R “leadership” will do something. Anyone who does Twitter, Facebook etc can post info, mass emails to friends/family, or whatever they can think of. In addition to letters/calls to Congress and especially all local Rs whose position enables them to do something. Spreading real factual info is most important. The leftist scum know this, that’s why they control the MSM and educational institutions.
Allen West for president, I say. Courage is absolutely vital. (see my tagline...)
I stand with you and Col. West.
This video should be shared:
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