Posted on 11/23/2014 12:35:50 PM PST by Moseley
On November 17th, 2014, the Delaware N.A.A.C.P Sent this letter to: Governor Jack Markell Delaware Attorney General Joseph R. Biden III U.S. Justice Department, Voting Rights Acts &Civil Rights Division Ms. Elaine Manlove, State Election Commissioner
Please consider this a formal complaint and request for an investigation into the November 4, 2014 election for the position of Recorder of Deeds in Kent County Delaware.
The Delaware State Conference of Branches of the NAACP is making this request because a candidate who was declared the winner of the Election on November 4, 2014 has had his rights denied. This was brought about as the election results were over turned in a so-called recount performed by the Kent County board of Canvass.
The NAACP has been informed by the candidate that there were several recounts of the absentee ballots performed in his presence giving him the victory. The final recount which was the only recount which gave the opponent victory was done without the purview of the candidate and even the media was asked to leave. Immediately following this recount, the Kent County Board of Canvass declared his opponent the winner.
The count by the Department of Elections on the November 4, 2014 had candidate LaMar Gunn the winner by two votes. The so called recount made his opponent the winner by two votes. This situation was compounded with the contention of an increase of two votes, which caused an increase in the total number of votes counted by the Department of Elections on November 4, 2014 and the total number of votes counted by the Kent County Board of Canvass on November 6, 2014.
The NAACP finds this decision not only outrageous and intolerable but the mishandling of this election is very troubling. We are calling upon you to intervene and investigate this matter accordingly.
The NAACP is asking you to make a determination as to whether or not the actions of the Delaware Department of Elections and the Kent County Board of Canvass in this matter violates the rights of the candidate, the rights of the voters casting their vote for the candidate of their choice, and the Voting Rights Act, the fundamental one person one vote rule and the civil rights act.
The NAACP also asks you to make a determination as to whether or not any person or persons committed any act of fraud or violated any criminal laws.
The NAACP maintains that the potential for impropriety in extraordinary due to the fact that none of the persons involved in the so called recount were people of color.
Another potential act of impropriety includes the fact that candidate Gunn has reported to the NAACP that as part and parcel to the so called recount the Kent County Board of Canvass decided that any absentee ballots that had an X beside candidate Gunn’s name were counted as votes against him. This defies common sense and reeks of impropriety and discrimination that warrants an in depth investigation by you and your office accordingly.
We are also asking the Delaware Attorney General and the US Department of Justice to institute and investigation of the Delaware Department of Elections and the Board of Canvassing for Kent County.
It is our request that Governor Markell set up a bi-partisan committee to review the current election laws and suggest changes where necessary.
Additionally, it is requested of the Delaware State Conference of NAACCP Branches that the Board of Canvassing declare LaMar Gunn the victor of the election and swear him in as the Recorder of Deeds at the appropriate time.
I thank you for your prompt and immediate attention to this most important request.
Sincerely Yours Richard Smith President
Cc: Elaine Manlove, State Election Commissioner Attorney General, Beau Biden U.S. Justice Department
The Democrat party is slowly losing its grip on Black voters and other minorities.
This scandal publicizes for Black voters the fact that there actually *ARE* Black Republicans.
The more Black voters realize you can be both Black and a Republican, the more trouble Democrats will be in.
Well, its been pretty cold for the past week or two in the Delaware Valley area. I guess Hell really has frozen over.
Blind squirrel moment, or a case of a RINO trying to infiltrate?
I know nothing about Lamar Gunn. So someone enlighten me.
If he is supported by the NAACP that knowledge should be sufficient. He is no Conservative.
I'm not sure that Recorder of Deeds has a real political platform. I doubt if they address the major issues of the day.
Maybe John Boehner and Mitch McConnell should send the ultimate legalization bill to Obama. That bill would be simple:
1. The United States of America annexes all the territory south of the United States-Mexico border to the Panama-Columbia border.
2. All people in that area are henceforth citizens of the United States of America and are subject to the laws of the United States of America.
3. The United States of America dissolves the current governments within the annexed territory.
4. The Congress will establish as many territories as the Congress deems necessary to administer the annexation.
5. The Congress of the United States will ensure the territories created from the annexation will have republican forms of government.
If the NAACP had black interests in mind, rather than democrat interests, it would keep the democrats and republicans at arm’s length and simply work with the people who can help their interests. If the shellacking has caused them to consider doing this, then good for them. We should be willing to work with them on common interests. If this candidate is anywhere near conservative, we need to support him.
This letter is nearly illiterate. Did a lawyer write it?
The NAACP has been informed by the candidate that there were several recounts of the absentee ballots performed in his presence giving him the victory. The final recount which was the only recount which gave the opponent victory was done without the purview of the candidate and even the media was asked to leave. Immediately following this recount, the Kent County Board of Canvass declared his opponent the winner... The so called recount made his opponent the winner by two votes. This situation was compounded with the contention of an increase of two votes, which caused an increase in the total number of votes counted by the Department of Elections on November 4, 2014 and the total number of votes counted by the Kent County Board of Canvass on November 6, 2014.
As if the Dhimmicraps give a bleep.
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