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The campaign is asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to rule on the matter so that the poll books and other election materials can be opened up to the McDaniel campaign for no charge. “That’s the issue that we want to make sure that the Supreme Court rules on: that it doesn’t matter how much money you have, you still get to look at the poll books,” Tyner said.
Tyner walked reporters through the “categories of information we’ve been finding” next.
“There’s crossover votes, we know that,” Tyner said. “There’s illegal votes—all types of illegal votes going on, absentee problems, votes that were cast—we’re going as far as into the boxes to see if how many people signed in are the same number that were cast. You’re going to be astonished. They aren’t. It’s amazing. You’re going to see problem after problem after problem.”
Tyner then addressed how Sen. Thad Cochran’s campaign and its supporters have said there’s no evidence in public yet, so there’s nothing there. “Am I going to sit right here and try my case in the media and do a tit-for-tat with the Cochran campaign?” Tyner asked rhetorically. “‘We found this but it says that.’ I’m not going to do that. We’re going to be mature about this.”
Tyner promised that soon, when the campaign files its challenge, it will publish all the evidence for the public to see. “We’re going to put it all together in a complete package,” Tyner said. “I was really hoping we’d have it today. Monday, a week ago, I was sure we would. But I wasn’t sure we were going to run into this many problems. We’re going to get that together and at the same time we file a challenge, we’re going to give you a complete copy of it.”
Tyner also told the reporters that he’ll be providing a copy of the evidence to federal and state law enforcement officials as well. “We’re not only going to give it to you guys in the media, we’re also going to give a copy of it to the U.S. Attorney, to the Federal Election Commission, and we’re also going to give it to the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi,” Tyner said to cheers from McDaniel supporters at the press conference.
Tyner said that this is “much bigger than” just differences between Cochran and McDaniel.
“I praise Chris for not throwing in the towel,” Tyner said. “The conventional wisdom is out there. Everyone knows he was a very popular candidate and everyone knows he could have conceded and written his ticket for any office next year. But Chris McDaniel said, ‘no, I want to root out the problems. I want to integrity in this process, and if it destroys my political career so be it.’ That’s the kind of candidate we need for every elected office in Mississippi as well as inside the beltway.”
When local reporter Scott Simmons asked them if they have enough evidence to file a legal challenge of the election, Tyner replied: “Yes. There’s already enough evidence to file the challenge.”
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I hope the challenge stands. The Republican Establishment should not trifle with the affections of the T.E.A. party and the normally conservative voters, by taking them for granted year after year.
Thad Cochran could have retired honorably and been well regarded by posterity. But a bridge too far....
Wonderful news!
As Americans we like to think we have a superior voting system.
After experiencing 2000, 2008 and 2012, I have my doubts.
And here in 2014, there is Exhibit 1 of the type of fraudulent voting processes that dilute the vote of every American.
It exists, and not only in Mississippi.
Has anyone wondered just how many people around them agree with them but the media wants us to think no one around us agrees with us???? Unfortunately, this misrepresentation of what we believe is infectious and detrimental to how people vote!
Thanks for posting this! I was looking for an article that covered the press conference today.
Take Ditch Mitch to the cleaners.
Good news .. lets do it.
and .. don’t let anybody change your mind .. not even Ann Coulter.
Aaaaand the hard drives crash.
nice to see somebody actually willing to fight for a change.
They need to move soon. The longer this kind of claim is delayed, the more likely it is to fail. The world moves on and leaves its dying and dead in the road behind it. Act now.