Posted on 11/11/2018 8:24:52 AM PST by Kaslin
Many people I know enjoy watching movies multiple times: from Gone With The Wind and Jurassic Park to Field of Dreams or La La Land, if it comes on TV they’ll watch it. A harmless vice…time-wasting but no lasting damage,
However, across America—and around the globe—we are all facing the prospect of a rerun we don’t want to experience: yet another stupid, protracted, over-lawyered “election recount” drama in the state of Florida. Unlike watching Batman Forever a few too many times, this rerun will “Make America UNgreat Again” by turning Florida and the USA into an international joke.
Three statewide contests—including Florida’s closely watched race for the U.S. Senate and the battle for Florida’s governor’s mansion—were thrown into official recounts on Saturday. Not because of any rampant fraud or malfeasance by voters or officials statewide. And not because of hacking or manipulation from foreign governments.
No. The reason we are again being forced to relive the nightmare and embarrassment first seen in the 2000 Bush/Gore “recount” (which took the U.S. Supreme court to resolve) and which in 2016 led to lawsuits over mishandling of ballots in a Congressional race is a familiar one: election “officials” in Palm Beach and Broward counties. Poster-child for the recurring incompetence in timely, accurate tabulation of ballots is—once again—Brenda Snipes, Broward supervisor of elections.
As Lou Dobbs observed on a Salem Radio Network commentary: “Rather than chasing phony leads about Russians interfering in our elections, the FBI and Federal authorities might be wiser to investigate vote tampering by elections officials in Broward and Palm Beach County.”
While Lou is on-target, such probes would inevitably just add to the circus by drawing-out even more lawyers than the ones already scurrying into Florida like rats in heat.
What this latest totally unnecessary “emergency” requires is out of the box—to wit, radical—thinking. It is time to throw out ALL ballots cast November 6th in Palm Beach County and Broward County. Every one. Even Palm Beach County resident Rush Limbaugh’s. Whether cast for Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians or write-ins. Then use the accurately counted, professionally handled ballots from Florida’s remaining 65 counties to determine who won last week’s election for the next U.S. Senator, Governor and State Agriculture Commissioner.
This, of course, would elicit yowls from intelligent people (as well as from MSNBC hosts) that ALL voters in those two populous counties have thus been “disenfranchised” and they ALL should file lawsuits.
Which is true. And they should.
The lawsuits should name as defendants the specific parties responsible for ballot irregularities ranging from idiotic butterfly ballots to the “hanging chads” and—a few days ago—the Provisional Ballots box a teacher suddenly “found” at Sunshine Elementary School in Miramar. The lawsuits should be filed against elections officials in Broward and Palm Beach counties.
My guess is that once these officials are held personally responsible for the repeated (to be charitable) bungling of the completed ballots which county residents had every right to believe would be accurately counted, two things would likely happen: most of the current buffoons in those offices would be replaced, and—going forward—elections in Broward County and Palm Beach County would not cause Florida’s statewide winners to be held up by weeks of partisan wrangling because a ballot was misplaced or dropped off the back of a truck or burned up when a spark flew out of a toaster. That’s what we don’t even accept from elections in remote villages of Third World countries, much less in two of the most populous counties in Florida.
Full disclosure: I do not personally know any of the officials involved, nor do I bear any of them ill will or impugn their motives or integrity. Brenda Snipes in Broward County, for example, may be a perfectly wonderful person. But the preponderance of the evidence available to us as laymen—especially the repeated inability over many years to swiftly and accurately complete tabulation of election results—leads me to believe she and other election officials have long ago outworn their welcome.
When a proud office-seeker like Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum—who graciously conceded Tuesday evening to his rival Ron DeSantis after the “final” results were announced—has to look like a fool by “unconceding” on Friday once it turns out all the votes have STILL not been counted almost a week later, it is well past time to accept this as business as usual.
Disenfranchising this year’s ballots in Broward and Palm Beach counties will resolve the 2018 statewide races quickly, and ensure that future balloting will be overseen by competent, qualified elections supervisors rather than the current rogue’s gallery of political hacks.
Dis enfranchise is not the right word. The State should remove her and appoint a State level bureaucrat to fix the problem.
Time to Disenfranchise Broward and Palm Beach Counties.
Never happen even though they are repeatedly corrupt. Takes cojones to act...something most politicians lack.
Agree that disenfranchise is not the right word. Some phrases apply:
You reap what you sow
Just Deserts
The voters allowed those incompetents to control their ballots, the voters are therefore ultimately responsible.
But how does one find a state level bureaucRAT who is NOT? (a RAT)
Add Los Angeles county to the list just as crooked.
i would not accept their votes now, they’ve contaminated their results with a lot of illegals... AND by a criminal ballot counting racket....including where the vote counters are reportedly themselves filling out many fake ballots...
this is the best possible result given these terribly- unfortunate circumstances
(Just as soon as a cleaned-up counting system is installed there, like HOPEFULLY for the next election, we should let their votes count again)
They will win ....there 27 for 27
The 1960 election was stolen....Chicago....
2 reasons why it won’t happen... One, she’s black; second, she’s female.
Bttt.
5.56mm
They will win ....there 27 for 27
The 1960 election was stolen....Chicago....
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You maybe forgot about Bush v Gore. So...26 for 27.
In Florida the state is controlled by Republicans at least at this point. That’s why i said state level. If
“One, she’s black; second, she’s female.”
Yep, untouchable. This particular demographic has become a particularly racist, nasty and hateful group.
I wonder why Bondi has not taken some action.
I know the feds have little power over states in these matters, but this does look like a matter for the state AG.
We’re going to need to block the urban vote but now it is suburbs too.
As I understand it, 27 for 27 is for the years since 2000.
If that is correct, your numbers would be 27 for 28.
My,. what a coincidence. 27 coincidences in a row. And you don’t believe in coincidences?
<><>ALL voters in the two counties have now been “disenfranchised”
they should ALL file lawsuits against elections officials in Broward and Palm Beach counties......
<><> name as defendants the specific parties responsible for (a) ballot irregularities, (b) the Provisional Ballots box
a teacher miraculously “found” at Miramar's Sunshine Elementary School, and, (C) the ones in the back of the rental truck.
<><> Last but not least, the State should remove Brenda Snipes and appoint a State-level bureaucrat to proceed.
At this point that is the only valid choice in both FL, GA and AZ.
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This is an active crime scene-----put up the yellow tape.
<><> seize all ballots
<><> seize all of the evidence from the criminal Snipes.
<><> interrogate and investigate those that “found” ballots,
<><> if they won’t cooperate, charge them.
<><> this is organized crime---start the RICO charges.
<><> voters' free speech is under attack.
Broward and Palm Beach officials' election practices may have violated state and federal laws that may include, but are not limited, to:
<><> Title 18 U.S.C. §1341, Mail Fraud, 18 U.S.C.§1001, Presenting a False Document to an Agent of the US Government for funding (may involve several felonies and could include forgery);
<><> 18 U.S.C.§1027 False statements and concealment of facts in relation to documents required by ERISA enacted 1974 and other possible offenses including civil and/or criminal RICO violations.
<><> 18 U.S.C. §§1961-68 (RICO Act)18 U.S.C. §1001 (making false Statements to Agents of the US Government,
<><> 18 U.S.C. §241(Conspiracies Against Civil Rights). Violation of Civil Rights under Color of law and conspiracy. Conspiring with others to violate 4th amendment rights.
<><> Full investigations centering on RICO conspiracies under 18 U.S.C. §1962(c) are warranted because (1) the persons (2) are employed by or associated with a public enterprise (3) that engaged in or affected interstate commerce and, (4) the persons operated or managed the enterprise (5) through a “pattern” (6) of racketeering activity, and (7) voters were injured by reason of the “pattern” of racketeering activity.
<><> Alleged Offenses could include Violation of Rights – which prohibits in relevant part, “two or more persons (from conspiring) to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District
<><> Title 18 U.S.C. §2 41 – Conspiracy Against Constitutional mandates in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of having so exercised the same . . .” See, 18 U.S.C. §241.
Voters should demand the following agencies commence investigations at once:
<><> FBI — Wire Fraud Division
<><> IRS-Fraud Unit
<><> Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General,
<><> Department of Commerce’s Office of Inspector General.
<><> DOJ’s Criminal Division— Public Integrity Section
<><> DOJ Criminal Division—Organized Crime and Gang Section.
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