Posted on 11/05/2010 6:53:50 AM PDT by LoneGOPinCT
This video from WFSB 3 showing a disagreement between a poll watcher and a poll worker. The worker can be seen mixing official and unofficial ballots. The watcher advises them repeatedly that they cannot do that. (Of course) the police officer comes over and escorts the poll watcher away.
In the interview, Vernon Mayor Jason McCoy tells viewers that he went to the Bridgeport polls to observe after receiving information of potential issues there. Not the least of which was a bunch of ballots that were mailed to a vacant lot in the city.
ID's were not checked. Ballots were stuck together. He did say that some honest voters brought back 3 or 4 extras. Ballots were not secured.
Move over Florida. There's a new laughing stock in town.
Shoot, link didn’t show up. Here’s the link:
http://www.wfsb.com/local-video/index.html?grabnetworks_video_id=4405211
We need to make a ****ing fist.
breaking news!!!
Bag of Uncounted Ballots Found in CT [Bridgeport!!]
http://nation.foxnews.com/2010-midterms/2010/11/05/bag-uncounted-ballots-found-ct
The level of corruption in Connecticut politics is high, primarily in places like Bridgeport, Norwalk and Stamford (all in otherwise mostly Republican Fairfield County), and in New Haven and Hartford. These are places where much of the population are on the dole or work for government. The state will soon be like California.
Was the Bridgeport poll worker coached into screaming “I quit” when questioned by a poll watcher?
Reaffirms Hugh Hewitt’s dictum “If It Ain’t Close They Can’t Cheat”.
No votes from any such polling place should be counted: rather, everyone checked off as having voted should be contacted, and brought in to recast his or her vote (after providing proper photo identification) at a securely guarded location with high level poll watchers and election lawyers from all of the parties on the ballot.
Yeah, I live in Floriduh and every county does it slightly differently.
When I vote, I must vote at the precinct in which I'm registered. My name is on a roster, I have to show ID and sign the roster and the signature is checked against my legal ID. The ballots are padded and each ballot stub is numbered and the number of the ballot assigned to me recorded on the roster. The actual ballot is not numbered so that the actual vote can not be traced to a specific voter. But every ballot , voted and leftovers, is accounted for and maintained in a chain of custody. We don't "find" boxes or bags of ballots days later.
Why this or something similar isn't the National standard is beyond me. The fact that it is not proves to me that the mechanism for cheating is blatantly intentional.
But...but...but...that would be voter intimi-DA-tion.
Why this or something similar isn't the National standard is beyond me. The fact that it is not proves to me that the mechanism for cheating is blatantly intentional.
That is how we vote in the suburbs and rural areas. But stringent ID checking is always deemed "intimidation" in the urban areas. Ignore the fact that the poll workers are also city residents, probably of the same party affiliation.
Nothing to see here folks. Nothing to see here.
Of course the cheating is intentional;the Democrat party steals elective offices every election ,and for some odd reason the Republican party organization won’t do a thing about it.
Of course the cheating is intentional;the Democrat party steals elective offices every election ,and for some odd reason the Republican party organization won’t do a thing about it.
It matters not that it was done in the light of day (and a TV camera or two), there will be no penalty to speak of and the ballots will all be counted. There is no downside and folks will likely get their secret rewards.
I used to work as in a voting precinct for election day many years ago in Fairfax County, VA as both a regular worker and as a chief/assistant chief.
Whenever we allowed someone to vote a provisional ballot, that ballot was a special form which was a different color and was sealed in a same color envelope marked “PROVISIONAL BALLOT”. It was placed in a lock box and not opened or counted with our results.
Voters who used provisional ballots were informed that their ballot was not guaranteed to be counted and would have to be reviewed by county election officials as to their validity. Even then it would only be counted if the margin of victory was slim enough that it would make a difference.
Mixing provisional ballots with regular ballots is a disgrace to the election system and potentially disenfranchises legitimate voters.
Deliberately doing this should carry the highest legal penalties.
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