For the statisticians out there, how is it possible that an inordinate number California congressional elections won by Republicans on Election Night flipped to the Democrats after absentee, provisional, and other ballots get counted. It seems that it is never the other way around.
Even if you are no fan of the GOP, you have to wonder why this trend only favor California Democrats in the 2018 midterms.
California, one of many no-photo-ID states, has purposely lax voting procedures implemented by Dems to insure their stranglehold on state government, but the run of good luck seems like a statistical oddity.
Can’t win for losing
Is a “superior ground game” a euphemism for something else? And why is the Republican Party so timid and ineffectual about challenging these outcomes?
Nearby Arizona somehow narrowly elected to the U.S. Senate a far-left activist over U.S. Air Force hero Martha McSally. While McSally oddly sought donations for a recount, she nonetheless conceded the election and had little say about Maricopa County chicanery.
There are various theories why the GOP standard-bearer lost, but her lukewarm support of President Trump, who campaigned with and for several successful Senate hopefuls, obviously didn’t help.
From the Washington Free Beacon:
‘The Arizona Republican Party announced Thursday it will conduct an independent audit of the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office after legal issues and other complaints arose in the days-long count to decide Arizona’s next senator.
“After Election Day, about 650,000 votes were not yet tallied in counties across Arizona, but the lion’s share of those outstanding ballots resided in Maricopa County, the fourth-largest county in the country.
“The vote count in the race between Martha McSally (R.,) and the eventual winner Kyrsten Sinema (D.,) went on for six more days beyond Election Day, in which time the GOP sued Maricopa County questioning how long the county could ‘cure’ ballots where the signature on the ballot was not a good enough match to the voter’s signature on file.In instances such as this, the recorder’s office may contact the voter to verify the ballot. However, some recorder’s offices stopped this “curing” process when polls closed at 7 p.m. local time on Election Day, while Maricopa County continued to cure ballots beyond that…
‘In addition to the lawsuit, the GOP raised questions over the decision by Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes to open ’emergency voting’ centers, which were available on the Saturday and Monday before Election Day.”
Maybe McSally’s silence is because she received word that the Arizona governor has decided to appoint her to finish out the late Sen. John McCain’s term after Jon Kyl steps down in January.
The so-called independent audit is all well and good but won’t change the 2018 outcome. Doesn’t Congresswoman McSally have a solemn obligation to her voters to raise questions about the Election Day procedures?
GOP apparently prevails in Florida
In Florida, GOP Congressman Ron DeSantis appears to have won the governor’s election. Far-left Democrat Andrew Gillum, the Tallahassee mayor, is still complaining, as is George loser Stacy Abrams defeated by Brian Kemp. Remember when everyone came unglued because Trump suggested that he might not accept the results of the 2016 election if it appeared that fraud was in play?
According to the Naples News, Florida Democrats had a plan.
“A day after Florida’s election left top state races too close to call, a Democratic party leader directed staffers and volunteers to share altered election forms with voters to fix signature problems on absentee ballots after the state’s deadline. The altered forms surfaced in Broward, Santa Rosa, Citrus and Okaloosa counties and were reported to federal prosecutors to review for possible election fraud as Florida counties completed a required recount in three top races…
“One Palm Beach Democratic activist said in an interview the idea was to have voters fix and submit as many absentee ballots as possible with the altered forms in hopes of later including them in vote totals if a judge ruled such ballots were allowed.”
To his credit, and unlike many Milquetoast GOP office holders, Sen. Marco Rubio has been vocal on Twitter about the rampant election law violations if not outright voter fraud in Broward and elsewhere.
No evidence of fraud in #FloridaElection?
Dems got voters to use altered forms to fix & submit as many mail ballots as possible after FL deadline in hopes that a judge would later order state to count them.
Today that’s exactly what a federal judge did. https://t.co/MC4Tlvy9gi
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 15, 2018
No fraud?
Fine. Then what is the right word for Broward submitting vote totals that include ballots disqualified by canvassing board (as reported by @MiamiHerald)?
Or Palm Beach illegally making duplicate ballots without submitting to canvassing board?https://t.co/u3i1m6ZNKB
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 13, 2018
The same people who are quick to use the term “Voter Suppression” to describe everything from Voter ID to closing early voting sites on time, are also quick to condemn as hyperbole & baseless criticism of blatant & rampant election irregularities & violations of election laws
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 13, 2018
Gov. Rick Scott also appears headed to the Senate to join Rubio pending a hand recount, although Bill Nelson is also still complaining. There are allegations that two Democrat counties purposely blew the machine recount deadline because Scott actually picked up votes. The Senate recount is scheduled to finish up on Saturday afternoon.
Rick Scott gained 779 net votes in Broward and 146 in Hillsborough in completed recounts.
Both of these Dem counties then ditched their recounts and resubmitted their original counts instead. Blatant.
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) November 16, 2018
In an FNC Op-Ed about the vote-counting chaos in both Broward and Palm Beach Counties, Laura Ingraham observed the following:
“We cannot allow this flouting of the rules and procedures by corrupt officials or political hacks. We can’t let it stand. If we allow this to go unchecked, it will undermine our democracy, and like a contagion, it’s going to spread across the nation…is time for the Department of Justice to step in and do a top to bottom investigation regarding why these issues still persist.
“And if necessary, people are going to have to go to jail. There has to be repercussions for willful fraudulent defiance of electoral laws.
“If this isn’t cleaned up, I’m telling you, the GOP can kiss any hopes of restoring their majority, let alone a presidential victory, well, they can kiss it bye-bye in 2020.”
Here’s the latest from muckraker James O’Keefe and the Project Veritas crew:
WATCH: "Non-citizens" in disguises offered ballots to vote. "We just require that you state your name and address" say the poll workers. "We don't need" ID they repeat. "We simply need for you to make an X in this box." Here's evidence, @sarahcwestwood pic.twitter.com/0cghexuggM
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) November 16, 2018