Posted on 11/06/2002 5:28:53 PM PST by commish
Sorry for the vanity, but I feel it is important that Freepers know the truth about the “fiasco” in Alabama. As everyone knows, Siegelman is claiming he received 19,070 votes in Baldwin County when the OFFICIAL CERTIFIED count is 12,736.
Siegleman is claiming that 6000+ “"Votes were changed after midnight with nobody present." This is a pure Bald faced LIE, and SNEAKYMAN knows it.
I will now explain the counting process and what happened in Baldwin County. My sources are Radio Hosts RICK & BUBBA – who worked the Riley War Room Vote Center last night and explained in detail the system used. I was able to verify this today with a co-worker who worked as a Riley Precinct rep here in Montgomery. I am sure that Alas Babylon! And other Bama Freepers will also verify that the Vote reporting system I will explain is true.
Once the polls close, each precinct counts their votes and creates an OFFICIAL Tally sheet, Campaign reps verify this number, the precinct then creates a CALL SHEET which is then Faxed or phoned into the County Probate, Campaign Precinct reps verify that the TALLY Sheet and CALL SHEET match. The TALLY is then HAND CARRIED to the county probate for Certification. At County level the CALL SHEET is received and Campaign Reps there VERIFY with their Precinct reps that the numbers match. The CALL SHEETS are then fed into a computer SPREADSHEET which is then posted and released to APT (Alabama Public Television) – this is usually not looked at by the CAMPAIGN REPS as they are too Busy verifying the TALLY and CALL sheets. APT is Alabama’s OFFICIAL Election Eve Vote Counter. APT then releases the numbers to the press.
Now in Baldwin County – Each Precinct TALLY sheet and CALL sheet MATCHED and was verified by both campaigns. The CALL sheets were then MATCHED and VERIFIED at county Level by BOTH CAMPAIGNS. At all times LAST NIGHT these TOTALLED up to 12,736 VOTES for SEIGELMAN. BOTH CAMPAIGNS KNOW THIS AND VERIFIED IT.
Now here is where the error occurred, when the CALL sheets were put into the UNOFFICIAL SPREADSHEET there was an input error and when the SPREADSHEET was printed and given to APT it showed 19,070 votes for Seigelman. THIS WAS NEVER AN OFFICIAL NUMBER, AND WAS NEVER GIVEN TO EITHER CAMPAIGN OR VERIFIED BY EITHER CAMPAIGN. BOTH CAMPAIGNS HAD 12, 736 AS THE OFFICIAL NUMBER
. Needless to say, when the RILEY people saw Baldwin reported as 19,070 in the press BELLS and WHISTLES went off. They called their rep in Baldwin county and he verified and the PROBATE JUDGE verified at 11 PM LAST NIGHT that 12,736 was the correct number.
It was at this point that Baldwin County decided to rerun their numbers just to verify the total was correct. By this time all the precincts had closed and all the “Campaign reps” had left. All Baldwin County did was recount the numbers and verify they were correct. THEY DID NOT MAKE NEW TALLY SHEETS, because the OFFICIAL TALLY SHEETS were CORRECT!
At 11AM this morning Baldwin County OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED their results at 12,736 votes for Seigelman and BOB RILEY WON THE ALABAMA GOVERNORSHIP BY 3085 VOTES.
Don Seigelman is lying when he says votes were STOLEN UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS AND HE KNOWS HE IS!
Made me sit up and take notice, too, mad as hell about it and glad I contributed directly to candidates and not to an NRA fund. I got even madder on the day before the election when I received in the mail a large card having the NRA logo and all appearances of having come from the NRA, supporting Siegelman and including a picture of Heston's letter. Fine print covered by the postmark showed it came from the Siegelman campaign. NRA really needs to reconsider the policy of automatically endorsing any incumbent just because he has not pushed gun control.
If you listened to those two during the 9/11/01 show, you would understand what outstanding Christian men these two are. They are conservative and make no bones about it on their radio show. They are what you call good ole red neck conservatives. But the "Good" stands tall and clear. They are church members, married fathers, and funny. But they are above all a class act. They have been around for around 10 years as the top rated morning crew (at various stations).
I never received any such letter, so it probably went out to the NRA mailing list. I used to be an NRA member but resigned some years ago over exactly this sort of garbage concerning an NRA endorsement in a congressional race. What's really bad about this is that Riley also has a 2nd amendment record that he can cite from his time in congress, so the least the NRA should have done is either offer no endorsement or recommend both of them.
Durn good post, I noticed the very same thing today myself. I also saved the photo. They are "TRYING" to hide the truth and you had the great ability to see through it.
Thank you Commish for a wonderful post with picture. It was the best post I have read all week. Dang I love this place...
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