Posted on 11/17/2022 9:01:20 PM PST by SeekAndFind
If the 2022 midterm election taught Americans anything, it’s that every vote counts.
That lesson comes after many political races have come down to only a handful of votes or fewer — and now another Democrat has eeked out a victory after a recount.
Sarah Keitt, the Democratic candidate for the state’s 134th House district who previously conceded to Republican Meghan McCloat, won her seat in the race for Connecticut state representative by only 10 votes, the Trumball Times reported.
The Keitt campaign released a statement after the procedure wrapped up, noting that the outcome “demonstrates the truth of the statement, ‘EVERY vote matters.'”
Indeed it did for Keitt. On Election Day, preliminary results had her behind McCloat by 113 votes, the Connecticut Post reported.
Keitt called her GOP opponent around 10 p.m. to concede the race, though she claimed she later found out that there were uncounted absentee ballots.
“I’m going with what I’ve been told,” Keitt said. “If a recount is triggered, then a recount is triggered.”
Now Keitt has been declared the winner and McCloat has filed a complaint with the State Elections Enforcement Commission alleging misconduct on the part of Fairfield Democratic Registrar of Voters Matthew Waggner, according to the Trumbull Times.
A statement from McCloat’s campaign posted to Facebook Thursday explained that the filing included “certified moderator documents and witness testimony statements from poll workers and other elected officials participating in the vote counts” and that Waggner violated “multiple” state laws.
“Alleged violations include unnecessary printing of photocopied ballots, improper chain of custody of official ballots, false statements on certificates and returns, improper voter count without an official moderator present, and tampering with ballots among other violations,” the statement recounted.
“These violations, if corroborated, carry criminal penalties and should be the subject of investigation ”
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What are the odds?
Another stolen election.
[Then a Recount Including Absentee Ballots Overturns the Race for the Democrat by Just 10 Votes]
It’s a miracle!!!
Shazam
I have only seen one minor office recount where the republican won. Otherwise... Yep. Count until the democrat wins every f’n time. She should demand another recount.
That’s the way it always works.
I expect it will for Boebert too.
The cheaters already tossed the ballots they didn't like.
(and replaced them with versions they liked....so the totals matched.....)
That’s the problem with mail in ballots, they can always be “discovered” ( note the quotes ) later and then with the excuse that “every vote must be counted”, suddenly overturn an election. And why is it always the Democrat who suddenly wins every newly discovered ballot everywhere?
That is why in Europe, most countries don’t allow mail in ballots with very stringent exceptions. A bi-partisan election commission led by Jimmy Carter and James Baker in 2005 also recommended NOT to use mail in ballots because of chain of custody issues and vulnerability to cheating.
Yet, here we are, adopting a system that we were warned against!
If you have to guess how a voter voted then the ballot goes into file 13.. Called the trash..
Count until you win then stop immediately.
Amerikastan.
Tried to keep an acceptable Christian life to stay out of hell. Seems it didn’t make a difference. I do not look forward to my inevitable battle.
More cheating by democrats.
They will do this to Lauren Boebert as well. It never works the other way. This is what the GOP gets for working with the dems in 2020 to get rid of Trump. They ignored the massive ballot fraud then because it was convenient for them. Did they really think the level of cheating would return to “normal” after that?
Withe lying, cheating, criminal enterpise demon rats every BALLOT counts, not every legitimate vote.
Connecticut is a liberal hell hole.
Record high heating oil and gasoline prices? Surging grocery bills? Out-of-control crime in its cities? Failing school systems?
Konnectict voters say:
"Yes please, may we have even more of that'?
Just simply amazing...sarc.
Do Republicans EVER win in a recount?
Dems really know how to cheat....Republican’s need to learn how to cheat if they want to win.....who said cheaters never win.....Biden??
“That’s the way it always works.
I expect it will for Boebert too.”
Probably so.
Just to be prepared, I’m getting my “shocked face” ready for when the recount — whether it be the 1st recount or the 31st recount — in Boebert’s district miraculously determines that the Democrat has won. Then I’ll keep that face handy for some of those yet-to-be-determined close House races in California (particularly CD-13 and CD-22) and that AG race in Arizona.
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