..and they start counting the “provisional” ballots.
why make it so hard?...
some (brainless) Liberal State Judge, will just toss the
elections in favor of the
Posted on 11/01/2011 10:15:28 PM PDT by Qbert
Proposition 103, the only statewide tax increase on the November ballot across the country, is going down tonight, according to number-crunchers in my home state of Colorado. If the results of this massive tax hike referendum had gone the big government/big labor lobby’s way, it would be front-page news tomorrow and Debbie Blabberman-Schultz would be crowing about it non-stop on MSNBC. Instead, crickets will chirp. White House, pay attention:
Colorado voters have rejected an attempt to raise state income and sales taxes to fund education, The Denver Post has declared. Colorado voters were saying no to a major tax increase proposal Tuesday night, as early returns appeared to show Proposition 103 failing across the state.With 38 percent of precincts reporting, Proposition 103 looked to be headed to defeat, with 36.9 percent in favor to 63 percent against. That was also true in Denver. With 68,471 ballots that had been counted through 7 p.m., the measure was failing 43.7 percent to 56.3 percent.
Even in liberal Boulder County — home to the measure’s chief supporter — the measure was failing, though by a narrow 93 votes. Our Democrat governor here in Colorado, John Hickenlooper, refused to endorse the $3 billion measure. Voters were mercifully unswayed by the progressive human shield strategy of adorning the job-killing tax hikes with shiny apple images and elementary school kids. Analyst Ben DeGrow noted that contrary to hysterical ed lobby propaganda, total annual expenditures on K-12, adjusted for inflation, from 1999 to 2010 have actually “increased by $3.2 billion or 46 percent. Per pupil spending is up 24 percent.”
Fiscal sanity and the facts trumped teachers’ union demagoguery. Taxpayers in this battleground are not in the mood for more tax-and-spend sinkholes.
Hope for change? Yes, we can!
I imagine there are a million “provisional” ballots out there someplace that will push this tax increase over the top after all of the real votes are counted and they start counting the “provisional” ballots.
Yeah, here in WA state, they keep finding “misplaced” ballots in various locations until the desired result ensues.
The voters turned down “medical” marijuana here in Arizona. Then they counted the “provisional” ballots from out of state and Mexico.
I think voter fraud should be punished by hanging.
“Voters reject statewide tax increases” You damn skippy! A majority of Colorado voters vote by mail anyways because they signed up for the “permanent vote-by-mail” list with the secretary of state. Vote it,stamp it mail it! So easy even the stupid Democrats can do it. So no “provisional” ballots. Come on 2012, Obozo you going down this time.
That’s good to hear. I wish Arizona would stop allowing those provisional ballots. They haven’t got a clue as to who is voting or where they came from.
Oh, that’s easy; Jose(A), Jose(B), Jose(C), Juan, and of course Me & Julio.
LOL! Yup!
I’m going to have a nice late-night glass of red wine on this one, Cowgirl.
Celebratory greetings from Grand Co.
“I think voter fraud should be punished by hanging.”
Chad?
d@mn 'em all....
It failed big here in Colorado because voters are just not in the mood to spend in a sour economy. The message to our state government is to live within your means. CO voters did loosen the TABOR corset in the past. But that didn’t mean they wanted to take it completely off! We’re facing a recession and Americans know we have massive debt and worry about how to repay that and even here people just don’t want to take on new debt. Its a wake-up call for the country.
Not only can we the citizens ill afford to pay more in taxes, the government itself is too large, too bloated, too over-reaching. Our elected officials will just have to learn to live within their means, just as the rest of us do. The bigger lesson here is that governments cannot go running to the citizens for more money anytime they want. This is a bad, bad precedent and strategy. Where does it end government? What happens in the future when the taxation rate is already 100% and you need more money? Seriously. Increasing taxes to deal with your failings as a leader, budgeter, and decision maker is not a viable long-term strategy. Fix it now, period.
ILLEGAL aliens and unions, all with their hands out begging “more, more more” have ruined this country.
Keep this bumped for some REAL news, not opinion. This is the pulse of the voters.
I may be wrong but aren’t provisional ballots only counted if the number of them will affect the final count? If there are 100,000 prov. ballots and the measure passed or failed by more then that amount there is no reason to count the ballots since even if they all went one way or the other it would change nothing.
Also, I believe all provisional ballots need to be verified as to the voters eligibility
Well done, Coloradans!
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