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West asks court to order full recount of early votes in St. Lucie County
Palm Beach Post ^ | 11-13-2012 | George Bennett

Posted on 11/13/2012 2:54:55 PM PST by smoothsailing

West asks court to order full recount of early votes in St. Lucie County

by George Bennett | November 13th, 2012

Republican Rep. Allen West‘s campaign says it filed a request for an injunction late today ordering St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections Gertrude Walker to conduct a recount of all 37,397 ballots from early voting rather than the 16,275 ballots the county canvassing board decided to recount Sunday.

A copy of the filing wasn’t immediately available.

A partial recount of early votes on Sunday showed Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy losing 667 votes and West losing 132 — a net gain of 535 votes for West that reduced Murphy’s small lead in the congressional District 18 race.

“It stands to reason that if the remaining early votes were to be recounted, additional errors would be uncovered and the tabulation of votes revised accordingly,” a statement from West’s campaign said. “Until these remaining early ballots are recounted, however, the Canvassing Board has arbitrarily applied differing counting standards to similarly situated ballots. The erroneous decision of St. Lucie County to ‘re-feed’ only some of the early votes cast in this election violates the Florida Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection to voters.”

Earlier in the day, Secretary of State Ken Detzner ordered three representatives to St. Lucie County to observe and report on the elections process there. St. Lucie, Martin and northern Palm Beach counties make up District 18.



TOPICS: Breaking News; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: allenwest; crooks; fl2012; fraud; stlucie; voterfraud
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1 posted on 11/13/2012 2:55:00 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

and who will protect the recount????


2 posted on 11/13/2012 2:57:05 PM PST by dalebert
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To: smoothsailing

Something is crooked or they would have just counted them all,instead of having this mess.


3 posted on 11/13/2012 3:02:17 PM PST by Venturer
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To: smoothsailing

isn;t it stunning to see this election so rigged by the left and how they fought tooth and nail to have laws enforced or passed and yet the GOP does not even back a veteran up, a man who has done more for this countr than most in the GOP or the Dems.

We have seen first hand around this country how these results did not add up, we have seen first hand how West has seen how republican votes were not counted and still the GOP and Romney’s lot does and did nothing


4 posted on 11/13/2012 3:02:19 PM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: smoothsailing

So the Rats are back to their old tricks of only counting SOME of the votes.


5 posted on 11/13/2012 3:04:11 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Why is the government more concerned about protecting a microbe on Mars than an unborn baby here?)
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To: dalebert

I;d not just count them as it will have illegals and those who used fraud or voted twice or evenm ore times have their count conted.
No I’d also demand that the voters who voted be crossed off with the regutrationrols but then again we know FL and other states did not even go for obama and we know the GOP will do nothing.


6 posted on 11/13/2012 3:04:16 PM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: smoothsailing
That county should be highlighted on all national radio talk shows.

That is the essence of what a fraudulent local government looks like. I hope that West continues to fight this since it's clear he is not getting fair treatment. This is that area where Obama hugged that weight lifter-It is a democratic operative land. Imo-Why Obama came there, to thank his operatives-in place and stir up the welfare recipients.

7 posted on 11/13/2012 3:04:44 PM PST by Christie at the beach (I like Newt.)
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To: smoothsailing
There are many theories of why Romney lost the election.

My personal theory is early voting fraud. When the States starting allowing early voting there was massive opportunity for cheating.

I'm glad West is now going after the early voting process. Hopefully this investigation will spread to other swing states.

8 posted on 11/13/2012 3:05:47 PM PST by what's up
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To: seekthetruth; Joe Brower; manc; smoothsailing
PING NEEDED.

Gertrude Walker IS A CROOK!
9 posted on 11/13/2012 3:06:00 PM PST by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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To: manc
still the GOP and Romney’s lot does and did nothing

And many talk about how McCain gave the election away - this one is on a silver Judas platter.

10 posted on 11/13/2012 3:06:07 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: smoothsailing

Ms. Walker was quoted as saying “Tallahassee” ordered her to only count three days. Tallahassee (State Elections) said that’s not true. They were under they impression Ms. Walker (St. Lucie) was going to count ALL early ballots.

Ms. Walker tries to throw the State under the bus and the State says no.

This very well payed St. Lucie Elections director needs to go.


11 posted on 11/13/2012 3:06:12 PM PST by machogirl (First they came for my tagline, it's back. 2008, the Decline of America)
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To: smoothsailing

How long before the media begins pressuring West to drop his challenge ‘for the good of his district’?


12 posted on 11/13/2012 3:07:23 PM PST by skeeter
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13 posted on 11/13/2012 3:08:34 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: smoothsailing

Only sleazy Democrats have the right for endless recounts...


14 posted on 11/13/2012 3:09:03 PM PST by Gene Eric (Demoralization is a weapon of the enemy. Don't get it, don't spread it!)
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To: manc

This is exactly what happened in Venezuela. Once he got there, he never left. He was never that popular but the army of media slime, and union thugs supporting Chavez and silencing opposition, along with the extraordinary election results, make the world think he is truly a populist. Hand outs galore. The same goes for Kirshner.

Once all the limosene liberals start losing money, Obama is doomed.


15 posted on 11/13/2012 3:09:32 PM PST by mgist
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To: skeeter

That’s his district. He’d eat them alive and spit out the pits for such a demography comment.


16 posted on 11/13/2012 3:10:44 PM PST by presently no screen name
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To: manc

This is exactly what happened in Venezuela. Once he got there, he never left. He was never that popular but the army of media slime, and union thugs supporting Chavez and silencing opposition, along with the extraordinary election results, make the world think he is truly a populist. Hand outs galore. The same goes for Kirshner.

Once all the limosene liberals start losing money, Obama is doomed.


17 posted on 11/13/2012 3:11:17 PM PST by mgist
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To: onyx

Dirty Gerty


18 posted on 11/13/2012 3:11:36 PM PST by Ray76 ("We're ready to be led" - John Boehner, leader of the opposition)
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To: manc
isn;t it stunning to see this election so rigged by the left and how they fought tooth and nail to have laws enforced or passed and yet the GOP does not even back a veteran up, a man who has done more for this countr than most in the GOP or the Dems.

EXACTLY! I am DONE with the GOP!!!!

19 posted on 11/13/2012 3:13:15 PM PST by pollywog ("O Thou who changest not, abide with me.".......)
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To: smoothsailing

Well, let’s see. On election day it took about 24 hours or less to count them all.

So what’s the problem with counting them again.

How much do I wanna bet that the request for this extremely difficult, tedious, journey of a billion miles task is denied...


20 posted on 11/13/2012 3:13:41 PM PST by chris37 (Heartless.)
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