Posted on 11/07/2013 7:04:29 AM PST by sdnet
Anti-gunners across the nation are reveling in the victory of Terry McAuliffe in the hotly-contested Virginia Governors race with claims that McAuliffes F rating by the National Rifle Association indicates the American people are rejecting the so-called gun agenda.
But in reality, the McAuliffe victory proves once again the powerful roll that money plays in political elections in our fair nation. McAuliffe was expected to easily win the election, but ended up barely squeaking out a victory on election night despite dramatically outspending his opponent.
In the days leading up to the Virginia election, McAuliffe outspent Republican challenger Ken Cuccinelli $705 to $285k. The Governor-elect also enjoyed support from Michael Bloombergs well-funded anti-gun group to the tune of $346,000. Further, a rich Texas Democrat funded a professional signature-collection effort to get Libertarian Robert Sarvis on the ballot in the hopes of taking away votes that would otherwise have been placed for the Republican.
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Are you familiar with how that verification is done here in VA?
No, but I do know that voter I.D. isn't yet in effect, but has been enacted to PREVENT voter fraud.
Well... I am. And verification of name and address are done on the spot. If one of the two can NOT be verified, the ballot is held as a provisional and it's then up to the voter to return with proper ID for their vote to be counted.
Now.. are you familiar with how VA processes paper ballots? Because I'm going to dispel the notions there are "boxes of ballots" laying around waiting to be counted.
Disregard everything I said.. just heard a report on ABC News several thousand ballots “lost” due to a clerical error have just been found in..... get ready for it..... Fairfax County. Fecking amazing.....
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