Election fraud allegations: here, there, and everywhere
So many stories to cover.
(1) In Pennsylvania:
Lancaster County officials announced in a news conference Friday that they are investigating two large batches of voter registration forms that are suspected of being fraudulent.
During the news conference, Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams (R) said many of the 2,500 suspect forms appeared to have the same handwriting and were filled out on the same day with unknown signatures. Adams said she was aware of two other counties investigating application irregularities.
(2) In Michigan, there were reports of many duplicate ballots, but “Lara Trump said on X that the RNC’s election integrity team investigated the matter and determined that a ‘glitch’ was to blame. The duplicates will not be counted.”
This “glitch” was caught. But the existence of the glitch is troubling, and I don’t see why some glitches wouldn’t pass undetected despite attempts to catch them.
(3) And this ruling on overseas ballot verification underlines how difficult it can be to get the courts to cooperate in enhancing vote security:
A federal judge has dismissed Pennsylvania Republicans’ lawsuit regarding overseas ballot verification, stating that granting their request for an injunction could affect thousands of voters before the 2024 elections, which is a week away.
“An injunction at this late hour would upend the Commonwealth’s carefully laid election administration procedures to the detriment of untold thousands of voters, to say nothing of the state and county administrators who would be expected to implement these new procedures on top of their current duties,” Judge Christopher Conner of the Middle District of Pennsylvania said in his ruling on Oct. 29.
(4) Dominion again only this time it’s about passwords:
The news that the Colorado Secretary of State’s office inadvertently included BIOS passwords for the state’s voting machines in a hidden tab on a spreadsheet on the department’s website has election officials scrambling days ahead of the election.
In an interview with CPR News, Secretary of State Jena Griswold said the employee responsible for the passwords ending up online no longer works for the state and a personnel investigation is ongoing.
“We have people in the field working to reset passwords and review access logs for affected counties,” Griswold said. “This is out of an abundance of caution; we do not believe there is a security threat to Colorado’s elections.”
I’m sure everyone is extremely reassured.
(5) And is this a thing, or just nonsense? I haven’t a clue, plus it’s way too technical for me to understand. That’s actually the case for a number of accusations of fraud.
(6) In Georgia:
After a bit of a ping-pong match in Georgia over new election rules enacted by the State Election Board in recent months, the state’s Supreme Court has declined to allow the rules to go into effect pending an appeal on the merits. That means the rules will not impact the upcoming November election.
They said it was too close to the election.
(7) Nevada appeals court says postmarks, schmostmarks. Then again, it supposedly will only affect a small number of ballots. But now that it’s a known loophole, that number could easily increase.
(8) Fires were purposely set in some Washington ballot boxes:
Investigators responding to arson fires at two ballot boxes in the Pacific Northwest this week found devices at both scenes marked with the words “Free Gaza,” according to two law enforcement officials.
Investigators are trying to determine if the perpetrator was actually a pro-Palestinian activist or someone using that prominent cause to sow discord …
(9) Some good news in Virginia, though:
Virginia asked SCOTUS for an emergency stay after the Fourth Circuit sided with the DOJ, forcing the state to stop removing non-citizens from the voter rolls.
(10) Here’s another win for Republicans, this time in Pennsylvania:
A Pennsylvania judge extended the in-person voting options in Bucks County due to long lines and complaints that selection officials were turning people away.
Some of these suits contain allegations that are similar to ones made in 2020, but back then they usually weren’t subjected to a trial on the merits of the evidence itself. For the most part, either plaintiffs were considered to not have standing, and/or the suits were mooted because they came in after the election. This time the Republicans are more aware, and are trying to be more pro-active, but it doesn’t always work.
It’s in the nature of such voting fraud offenses that much of the evidence will either come in only after the election or immediately before it, and that any lawsuits even before the election must be rushed. Successful lawsuits ordinarily take time, and this is time that the complainants don’t have. And in large blue municipalities such problems probably wouldn’t even be reported in the first place.
The only effective remedy is to change the voting system back to a more traditional one using paper ballots, same day voting, equal numbers of observers from both parties, voter ID, and very limited mail-in voting with signature verification plus witness signatures. But the left will fight that tooth and nail.
This afternoon, polls and the betting market all suddenly switch to Harris. Why? Gaslighting to suppress voter turnout, or real?
Betting very surprising as it’s had Trump between 60 to 70% for weeks, now at 49%.
Another interesting article:
https://www.city-journal.org/article/the-plot-to-manage-democracy
“All of which is to say that current efforts to manipulate the American electoral system are not subtle or restricted to working around the law. The Democratic Party’s strategy to win the presidency in 2024 hinges in large part on preventing a normal election from taking place.”
@physicsguy:This afternoon, polls and the betting market all suddenly switch to Harris. Why?
Polls are a little easier to move, they just have to change their weighting methodology which isn’t transparent. Betting markets require movement of money so a little harder for a few players to do. But bettors might buy Harris for being undervalued, not necessarily more likely to win.
Not an example you’d probably need, but if someone offered me 10-to-1 on rolling seven with two dice I would buy it because the real odds are 5-to-1, not because throwing seven is more likely than not throwing seven.
Is there a point spread for elections, or are they just betting on who wins?
At least I have enough Scotch to last me awhile if Harris wins. Which I think she will.
https://x.com/AgentJoebond/status/1850212989389197661
I don’t believe that the Democrats would win anywhere near as often with the old voting process. Let’s go back.
The betting market can be influenced by a sudden increase in money bet. In horse racing, the odds are a product of the amount bet on individual horses. As one horse gathers a lot of bets to win, the odds will decrease (which determines the payout), Smart horse owners with a horse that is highly apt to win a particular race will place their bet, or the bulk of them, with the bookie in the back of the barbershop. Those bets do not enter into the track’s calculations.
In the present case, if someone wished to change the betting odds on the election they could just make some sizeable bets for Kamala to win…. Enough money “invested” could make a difference. What you are seeing may be no indication of a change in voter’s preferences.
It astonishes me how there can be any defense for a non-citizen voting. Either you are a citizen and can vote, or you are a non-citizen and can’t vote. What’s to defend?
Any action which improves the integrity of American elections isn’t a win for Republicans.
It is a win for America. And we need many of them, if the nation is to survive.
Always amazing no judge wants to touch vote fraud with a 10 foot pole proving again and again vote fraud doesn’t happen.
Hear no evil, see no evil is the name of the game.
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Apparently Trump has learned from his mistake, made the first time around, and has set up his own “Transition Team,” one entirely separate from, and which does not rely on input or suggestions from the Federal government or the GSA about who is to staff his incoming Administration.
It was the traditional system which, after all, apparently salted the incoming first Trump Administration with all sorts of anti-Trump people, intent on setting up roadblocks to the implementation of the President’s Agenda.
Should President Trump win, I’d assume that many of his first acts in office will be in the nature of firing/cleaning out holdovers and any “stay behind forces” that the Democrats might have emplaced.
It may be quite hard to first, identify these operatives and, then, to fire them, given Civil Service rules, regulations, and procedures designed–practically speaking–to make firing a civil servant a long and arduous, sometimes nearly an almost impossible task.
That’s why, if Republicans attain majorities in both the House and the Senate, one of the first major pieces of legislation they should pass will have to be a thorough–top to bottom– reform of the entire Civil Service system.
Hmm, might this be the “October/November Surprise”?
“Immigrants already tip scales of US elections without even voting“—
https://nypost.com/2024/11/01/opinion/immigrants-already-tip-scales-of-us-elections-without-even-voting/
Opening grafs:
@Barry Meislin:Hmm, might this be the “October/November Surprise”?
Reapportionment is every ten years so no, last one was January 2023.
JFM,
I agree with your premise that only citizens should get to vote, at least at the federal level, but it’s not a ludicrous argument to make that those who live under a regime get to vote on who makes the laws of the regime and administers them. If people are living and working in an area, spending money there, paying sales taxes… should they have a say in how that area is administered?
I see a lot of old names here from the normal 2019 era. A lot of has changed. Maybe th arrogance of the humans here have experienced a humility as I prophesied?
Still think you can “manage” the minor fraud in these selections? I will show you otherwise.
As I prophesied to Neo, when you ban FE theory as prn, hat allows me to use ALphabet and thee goverenment to ban you. How did you like that in 2020, 2021, and other times you tried to talk abou waxxinee and stolen elections? Remmber that in your soul, for that is called karma. You will get more though.
I got somtehing special for you Mr Barry Meislin. 2020 was just an appetizer. Many of you need moree discipline and more strict guidance/punishment before you will learn. Pain is very useful teaching mthod, as th qabal red shields have shown me. Many of you have too much human ego arrogance to learn otherwise.
As for me, I have underwent a divine dna transformation. My world view is not the same, but yet also un changed. Farewell to those going to the zombie timelines. The culling has only begun. In your world that you made with your hands and karma, there won’t be people like me to save you any more.
Also physicsguy, enjoying what I did to your precious classical physics yet? Heh, wait there is more. Just keep living and you will see it.
@ymarsakar:
Uh…OK.
@everyone else;
For what it’s worth, I’ve known folks who place bets on the candidate who is opposing their own candidate. That way, if their candidate loses, at least they will have the consolation of winning some money. YMMV.
@ Barry > “Immigrants already tip scales of US elections without even voting“—
So what happens when they DO vote?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/10/on_non_citizens_voting.html
The 800 pound Gorilla in the room no one wants to poke is the one who counts the votes in many places, and does it with a lot more smoke and mirrors than is necessary for a straight up adding math problem.
Thanks, ymarsakar!
Welcome back to this end of the universe.
Glad to hear about the transformation….
(I’m trying to work on my humility, but it ain’t easy.)
John Fetterman seems to be an interesting character.
At times his instincts are—shockingly, for a Democrat—on track.
At others it seems that he really should work on adjusting those meds of his…
This interview with Joe Rogan would appear to be one of those times:
“‘A Coordinated Effort’ To Rig States – Rogan Exposes Democrats’ Plan To Destroy American Democracy…”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/coordinated-effort-rig-states-rogan-exposes-democrats-plan-destroy-american-democracy
File under: Would the genuine John Fetterman please stand up!
Surprise!!**
(Jes’ kiddin’)
“ Biden-Harris Administration Secretly Signs Up for UN World Governance, Internet Censorship”—
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21086/un-world-governance-internet-censorship
** Of the Oct./Nov./FOREVER variety…?
Key graf (heh)…
One (super-creative!) way of stealing an election:
Legislate the steal!
(Now who would ever have thought of that?)
“New Voting-Rights Law Hands New York AG Unprecedented Control over Election Rules”—
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/new-voting-rights-law-hands-new-york-ag-unprecedented-control-over-election-rules/
Heh, taking “FORTIFY” to the next level…
Barry Meislin, on the Gatestone link: Fortunately, an agreement between the Biden/Harris administration and any foreign entity or organization is not binding if not ratified by the Senate. If, perchance, Trump is elected, he can cancel it immediately, or a the very least, it will not get through the Senate.
It seems that Google is already doing the bidding of the WEF in suppressing expression it doesn’t favor. I avoid using Google to the greatest extent possible.
See under “financial aid” to Iran?