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Voter Fraud Group Sues Over Allen West Recount

Feb. 4, 2013 1:52pm Becket Adams

True the Vote Files Suit Against the St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections in Florida

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 08: U.S. Rep. Allen West (R-FL) speaks during a Tea Party Town Hall meeting February 8, 2011 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The town hall meeting was held by the Tea Party Express and Tea Party HD to address issues Tea Party members were concerned over. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

True the Vote, a watchdog group dedicated to protecting against voter fraud, on Monday filed suit against the St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections in Florida, demanding the release of “all records pertaining to the recent 18th Congressional District election and subsequent recounts between Rep. Allen West and Patrick Murphy be reviewed in order to perform a comprehensive third-party audit.”

Here’s True the Vote president Catherine Engelbrecht explaining what the group hopes to accomplish from the lawsuit:

As Engelbrecht notes in the video, the group does not expect to overturn Rep. Murphy’s narrow victory over Allen West. Rather, True the Vote wants the election board’s recount process to be made public so that similar debacles can be avoided in the future.

“This dramatic recount was an extraordinary example of how our elections can suffer systematic failure,” said Engelbrecht.

“We run the risk seeing episodes like this becoming ordinary if citizens do not demand answers and hold election officials accountable. The American people own the voting system — we have the right to ask tough questions when we witness the failure of one of America’s core functions,” she adds.

She concludes by noting that the “clock is ticking” for the St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections to present True the Vote with a detailed audit of the election, because “each passing day heightens the risk of critical documents being disposed of.”

Here’s True the Vote’s point-by-point account of the messy West/Murphy recount:

On November 6, St. Lucie County election administrators admitted that ballot tabulation machines suffered a malfunction, preventing early vote totals from being properly counted. County workers were forced to hand-feed ballots into tabulation machines as a result.
On November 8, West demanded a full recount of early votes and copies of poll sign-in records to compare voter participation against ballots cast. West’s requests were denied and ignored, respectively.
On November 9, West demanded that a Florida state court impound all ballots and voting machines, but made no claims of the sort True the Vote makes today in federal court. West’s requests in state court were denied.
On November 10, St. Lucie County “unofficially certified” the vote count for CD-18 and publicly acknowledged “uncertainty” over the early vote totals. St. Lucie County called an emergency meeting to “recount all ballots cast during early voting.” The county later reversed itself, only performing a partial retabulation. After the partial retabulation, the lead for Patrick Murphy decreased.
On November 13, Defendant Gertrude Walker held a press conference admitting that her staff acted with “haste” and that “mistakes were made” throughout the tabulation and partial recount process. Florida Division of Elections auditors were dispatched to investigate how 799 votes disappeared or changed hands during the partial recount.
On November 16, Defendant Walker claimed to find 306 early votes in a box at her office that had not been counted. The St. Lucie County Canvassing Board ordered a recount of all early votes, with a deadline set for noon on November 18.
On November 17, the full recount operation was relocated to a privately-owned property. County workers were evicted from the premises late at night, suspending the recount until the next morning.
On November 18, County workers failed to meet the deadline, instead certifying the original November 10 tabulation, which officials claimed “uncertainty” over the accuracy of the results.

And here’s the full lawsuit:

True the Vote Filed Suit Against the St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections in Florida by Becket Adams

You can read some of the interesting information TheBlaze uncovered about Walker in our past story here.

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cosmic dogma
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 11:31pm
Corruption and fraud. The democratic strong points. Dirty politics. Disgusting. For the first time in my life, I am ashamed of my country.

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- FloraBelleza
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 6:50am
  If news paper can put up the address from gun owners, why can the St.Lucia, FL county do the same, and released a names of those that cast a ballots?
  
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- CathyvanDyke
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 5:18pm
  Thank you “True the Vote” for your efforts!!
  
  What motivated Allen West to suddenly concede to Patrick Murphy … concede without following through … concede without exposing aspects of widespread election fraud not confined to Lucie County? Without a reasonable explanation forthcoming many who unwaveringly supported the candidate who appeared to be the real thing were left with the feeling of betrayal … were left with the assumption that something hinky may have taken place behind the scenes … something hinky that also motivated Mitt Romney and defeated Rupublicans in other district not to challenge the suspicious voting outcomes that allowed Barack Obama to emerge the victor.
  
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- CathyvanDyke
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 5:20pm
  BOTH COMPAIGNS DECLINED
  
  True the Vote Sues St. Lucie County, FL Over ‘Botched’ Allen West Contest
  3 Feb 2013
  
  … Two hours after the deadline, St. Lucie County election officials approached the West and Murray campaigns, asking them to share their independent retabulation figures for comparison purposes. Both campaigns declined. As the two candidates and St. Lucie County could not render a vote total, election administrators certified the flawed count from November 10–the same count that Gertrude Walker publicly doubted. …
  
  http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/02/04/True-the-Vote-Sues-St-Lucie-County-FL-Over-Botched-Allen-West-Contest
  
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- CathyvanDyke
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 5:22pm
  HIS CAMPAIGN DESERVED BETTER
  
  Allen West Concedes Defeat Despite Options Still Available
  Wednesday, 21 November 2012
  
  The Allen West for Congress campaign issued a press release on Nov 20 conceding defeat ….
  
  A post-election audit in this contest could have national implications if it uncovers significant illegal voting by ineligible voters, whether that be because they are non-citizens, non-existent people, or people registered multiple times. It would likely lead to similar post-election audits across the nation. Conversely, if there was only minimal illegal voting in this contest, the public has a right to verify that as well.
  
  Allen West’s decision to concede the election without a post-election audit to check for potential illegal voting may be one of the top 10 political blunders of 2012. The people who dug deep into their pockets to donate the $17 million to his campaign deserve better.
  
  http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/13718-allen-west-concedes-defeat-despite-options-still-available
  
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- CathyvanDyke
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 5:23pm
  FOOD FOR THOUGHT
  
  Voter Fraud in Florida Analyzed by Allen West – Sean Hannity – 11-12-12
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-aVy_s76ZY
  
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- CathyvanDyke
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 6:40pm
  Maybe the $1.5 Million of remaining donated Allen West campaign funds should have been transferred to “True the Vote” to be applied to the investigative efforts into election wrongdoings in Lucie County. Something is wrong with this picture.
  
  Ex-Rep. West uses campaign funds for self-named foundation
  Thursday, January 24, 2013
  
  Allen West, the outspoken former Republican lawmaker, was always a prodigious fundraiser, drawing money from far outside his Florida district. He had $1.5 million in the bank even after mounting an unsuccessful recount challenge to his November 2102 loss at the polls.
  
  Now, he’s transferred a half-million dollars in donated campaign funds to two charity groups: the Allen West Foundation and another entity sharing the new foundation’s post office box address.
  
  http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/24/west-uses-campaign-funds-self-named-foundation/
  
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pahrumper
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 10:13pm
If you have Obummer involved, it is fraud

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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 7:49pm
Here’s my idea (for the public domain):

1. Show a picture ID with your physical address on it.

2. You get a piece of paper with a tracking number on it.

3. Votes are counted and verified, elections results are not made public. No more than 10% of the military vote can missing without a waiver by the Secretary of Defense, who must justify his waiver with physical evidence why votes can not be counted.

4. All election results are entered into a database, then encrypted, then published to a DVD, which is then distributed to all movie video outlets, and all public libraries. The DVD is not valid unless you can use the tracking number that was given to you, and look up your vote by entering a password and your tracking number.

5.) 2 weeks after release of the DVD, the media is then allowed to report on the results, since millions of votes will be in the hands of third parties that can either validate the results or demand a recount for suspected voter fraud.

That’s a leap ahead of what you have now? This does NOT solve the problem regarding voting yourselves monies out the treasury, however even that is not going to be a danger because of the rate of mechanical automation (robots) will allow you to live off the machinery, and yes, we probably will have a government check for doing nothing, perhaps, in the coming decades of growing automation?

That’s assuming you don’t destroy each other with war or the EPA first?

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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 12:09am
  How about self-verifying ballots that ensure that voters are not drunk or otherwise intellectually impaired?
  3 questions from the following categories: an analogy (e.g., gun is to rifle as bow is to _____), civics (e.g. “the term of elected office for a U.S. Senator is ____ years); reading comprehension, simple math problem (in “spoken” format, e.g.: What percent of 70 is 7?). If you get 2 out of the 3 correct, then your vote is counted.
  
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- Smokey_Bojangles
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 2:39am
  I usually have a couple of beers before going to vote.
  
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- Marine25
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 9:55am
  Chuck, Americans can vote. All of them that wish to register can vote. 18 and American. Those are the qualifications. The literacy test was abolished in 1964. If you think someone is mentally incapacitated, or even mentally disabled, too bad they still get to vote if they choose. If the test was on The Constitution, you couldn’t vote, as you obviously think the law says you have to know the length of a Senator’s term to be eligible to vote. Even those THAT ignorant of Constitutional law are eligible to vote. Good thing for you, Chuck.
  
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- lefty5005
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 10:34am
  Marine,
  I think one should be literate to be able to vote. You aren’t one of those “grunt” marines they used as cannon fodder and somebody missed, are you? This is from a 22 year AF person who had the pleasure of working with some very capable marine corp people. I am surprised at your response.
  
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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on February 5, 2013 at 4:59pm
  @ Marine25
  There is no Constitutional prohibition on on literacy tests. Such prohibitions are statutory — enacted by Congress under the color of its authority under the 15th Amendment. But, hey — I’m only a lawyer authorized to practice in 2 states and admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, so what do I know?
  
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Southernsoul
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 7:46pm
I wonder if they will ever get into the voter fraud surrounding obama’s election victory?

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- Nanaswords
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 7:55pm
  It is the agenda to pay for voters moving for the progressive numbers…into key areas to pile-up their voting success in elections !!! Just my style of joking…..or is it ??? You all do the ” researce” Does it possibly add up ???
  
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- SniperFace
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 8:18pm
  Nano- of course it is obvious that is what they are doing. The left has been plotting and planning since the 60′s when everyone else worked to provide for their families the lefties went under ground. Now they own the education system so they can indoctrinate your children. Why do you think they build ghettos??? They give the blacks just enough (food stamps,welfare) to vote democrate and to survive life(barely) but not enough to make it and become something. They build Ghettos and load them up with all the takers….that way they can win whole states by stuffing as much takers in their ghettos as possible. Just look at the Ohio map durring the last election..the whole state was pretty much all red except Clevland was Blue…which was enough to give obama the win. Dont be suprised when a neighborhood near you starts filling up with lefties…they have learned that if they spread out and spread their spew and ghettos they can will all of the red states.
  
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- Zarapachi
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 10:11pm
  There was fraud but not enough to swing it back into Romney favor.
  
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nomemymine
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 7:45pm
Allen West, don’t give-up. We are with you.

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Stone Cold Truth
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 7:13pm
Leftists are systematically infiltrating certain states like Florida. Their next big target for takeover is Texas. They’re all moving in in droves in order to taint the voter roles and flood the candidate field with leftists.

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- Nanaswords
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 8:01pm
  “DITTO” Money comes in …money goes out…Where? The Phrase “The end justifies the means ” !!!
  
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Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 7:12pm
Crucify them. Make them an example to all of the other incompetent and corrupt Liberal election officials.

Why did tar and feathers ever go out of style?

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- rpa49
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 7:39pm
  Prosecute ALL individuals involved in the debachery that took place in CD18. No slap on the hand, probation, or house arrest. Place them in a federal prison for at least 10 years and don’t allow any early release of transfer to a less harsh facility. An example needs to be made. Integrity needs to be restored to our election systems.
  
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Stone Cold Truth
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 7:06pm
Democrats are allowed to cheat. It’s an unspoken rule; A political affirmative action if you will.

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Nanaswords
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:59pm
Who wants to live and vote in the Fla. state ? Those that are paid progressives who do not know better !!! How do decent Fla. citizens appreciate that joke ??? Best clear the opinion before 2014 !!!

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Locked
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:36pm
This is the same group that forged signatures on an application to place polling observers in Ohio and is under investigation for felony charges, right?

I’d recommend not getting your hopes up.

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- dimart
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 8:11pm
  There were allegations but no charges of any kind were brought.
  
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- Locked
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 8:28pm
  @Dimart
  
  Thanks, I hadn’t heard that. Last I had heard, an inspection had shown that 5 out of 6 of the signatures were forgeries, which is a felony offense when it comes to elections, and that charges would be brought after the election. That was months ago, however.
  
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shorelineliz
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:35pm
It’s about dam time Allen West got some dam justice in Florida. Liberal White Democrats and Liberal Blacks always talk about justice for the “Black Man” only if he is a Leftie. I hope Allen West crushes these people. I know that is what I am praying for.

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- pragmaticpatriot
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:21pm
  The people who vote decide nothing. The people WHO COUNT the vote
  decide everything.”
  
  allegedly Joseph Stalin
  
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- ReallySeriouslyNoWay
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 5:36pm
  This would have been a perfect time for history to repeat itself. As in The Battle of Athens Tennessee (1946). Too bad it wasn’t, and now it’s probably too late.
  
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Sharon Rose
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:23pm
Go, Allen, go–2016

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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:50pm
It’s great that they are doing this. There are problems all over the country. Thirty-seven states have ES&S – Diebold (Election Systems & Software) with no paper trail. 80% of the votes are counted on these machines. Coincidence Chuck Hagel’s former company.

http://www.commondreams.org/view04/0225-05.htm (about the problems encountered and questions of fraud and who is involved in the decisions)

http://www.westernjournalism.com/did-obama-steal-the-election-with-hagels-help/

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DAS_NIETZSCHEAN
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:37pm
re:Post seems that my connection is not good
With any “Truth” in this administration >The Most Transparent Everif< then this applies to all elections but as Hillary said: “what does it matter” I see a lot of commits and opinions but no solutions….. so.
I will provide an answer to these questions
Resistance. we lost this fight, We continue to sleep and everyone thinks that it going to be okay… well, that is what we've been doing all along. We must get involved even if it is just one person. one person changes a group, a country, a world, we must stand, we must resist, we must Not comply.
I will not comply

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DAS_NIETZSCHEAN
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:34pm
With any “Truth” in this administration >The Most Transparent Everif< then this applies to all elections but as Hillary said: “what does it matter” I see a lot of commits and opinions but no solutions….. so.
I will provide an answer to these questions
Resistance. we lost this fight, We continue to sleep and everyone thinks that it going to be okay… well, that is what we've been doing all along. We must get involved even if it is just one person. one person changes a group, a country, a world, we must stand, we must resist, we must Not comply.
I will not comply

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123456beatriz
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:32pm
Romney should do the same. I still don’t understand why Romney conceded to soon.

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- willbedone
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:38pm
  It was in the script!
  
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- RoguePO
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:41pm
  He conceded because he knew he wasn’t going to win because of the fraud.
  
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- Xylliab_of_the_Znarghh
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 5:34pm
  He conceded because he lives I the real world and understands that he lost fair and square.
  
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DAS_NIETZSCHEAN
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:19pm
with any “Truth” in this administration>The Most Transparent EverFeed us SH!% and keep us in the darknational securityifanswer<
Resistance. we lost this fight, We continue to sleep and everyone things that it going to be okay… well, that is what we've been doing all along. We must get involved even if its just one person. one person changes a group, a country, a world, we must stand, we must resist, we must Not comply.
I will not comply

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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:19pm
Obama will ensure this never is gotten into court save before activist and progressive/socialist justices.

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term limits for congress
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:13pm
Good luck with that.

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Carlinpa
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:09pm
Yeah the liberals are racist thieves… They can’t stand having an independent black talking about things like, responsibility, self reliance, government accountability, fiscal responsibility, etc.

They stole this election..

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- doomytram
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:19pm
  Aligning oneself firmly in Right field is considered extreme in the District of Corruption. The Republicans are in Left Center and the Democrats are Radical Far Left Field. The misinformation campaign of Soros/Media Matters Drones is pervasive.
  
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- Rajabear1
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 3:45pm
  Nor can the GOP afford to have an independent black man speak truth to the masses, especially if it contradicts their NWO goals. He doesn’t fit their narrative, if you haven’t noticed, since the new congress stepped in last month. Anyone notice a huge shift in the GOP stances lately? This election, across the entire country, was not ‘stolen’ by the dems or libs, it was was carefully crafted and executed by the freaking establishment ‘right and left’.
  We have been played. It affects all of our lives, not just some corrupt freaks in DC doing what they want and just wasting money.
  FOX did a huge shift after 2010 election. Notice? Wonder why? We the people, scared the pee out of them. Spelled danger for the game plan that ‘both’ parties have in store for us.
  I’m just wondering why the Blaze is reporting on this…they, like everyone else in the media (including Beck and Co.), have treated this entire subject and the people that have raised commonsense and logical questions as though they have jumped the crazy train. Even when the numbers and reports of physical fraud from across the country supports the idea that massive fraud was perpetrated.
  I’m getting real tired of arguing that 2+2 does not equal 5.
  
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Zipit
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:05pm
If Murphy legitimately won as they say he did, then why should an examination of the process matter to anyone? Al Franken has been unavailable for comment! How many recounts took place in the Bush-Gore debacle? To no avail!

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Supah_Patriot
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:04pm
And you all made fun of the left when they claimed Bush stole it in FL. Now look at you. How low you’ve sunk!

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- antiprogressive
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:14pm
  difference is – they proved he didn”t…
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:14pm
  PORKY, you’re back! Did you enjoy that vacation? Oh well, only have a couple of hours left in today’s work shift, too bad.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:18pm
  Oh yeah, BTW Dumbass, how is that Al Gore got an army of attorneys in Florida to cancel all of the military absentee votes? Not all absentee votes in the states, but only the military mailed in absentee votes. They had to do some judge shopping prior to putting forth the issue in his court.
  
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- Rowgue
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:31pm
  They certified results that they freely admitted were not only suspect, but that they knew were completely inaccurate and rife with “errors” and “mistakes”. They intentionally missed the deadline for the recount because they knew what the results were going to be.
  
  The bush/gore election was recounted half a dozen times and not once did gore ever come close to coming out on top. You’re seriously grasping at straws.
  
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doomytram
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:01pm
Soros and Media Matters won er….stole that election. West is right of center, wow, what an extreme terrorist.

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- Supah_Patriot
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:03pm
  Right. Stolen. From a tea party whackadoo. No sir, that’s called losing.
  
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- Supah_Patriot
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 4:27pm
  “You’re,” as in, “you’re welcome.”
  
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AUsername
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 1:59pm
he lost get over it neo cons.

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- MisterSarcastic
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:08pm
  If that’s true why don’t they want to release the ballots?
  
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- Landon410
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:10pm
  did you read? the suit isn’t trying to change the outcome, but show what dumbasses the election board was, so having boards full of dumbasses can be avoided in the future, or do you like dumbasses?
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:11pm
  Neither seek the truth nor ask questions. Merely roll over and do as SH/THEAD here suggests.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:23pm
  A User
  Just for future reference, are you a liberal, a bot, or just unaware of your surroundings daily? It is hard to get a read on what you may profess to be as an “individual”. You chime in with the resident nazis, some bots, some libs, then throw out neo con crap as if you just stumbled onto a new turd and are amazed by it. What gives?
  
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- Rowgue
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 2:38pm
  Yeah I’m sure they just happened to miss the deadline by accident because they forgot when it was. And if you believe that I’ve got some ocean front property in kansas to sell you.
  
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- Xylliab_of_the_Znarghh
  Posted on February 4, 2013 at 5:37pm
  Landon410
  Having boards full of dumbasses can only be avoided when smart people want to serve on local election boards, so, never.
  
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Rickfromillinois
Posted on February 4, 2013 at 1:57pm
I would not be surprised if by some “clerical error” all of the ballots have been destroyed.

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