Nepotism, bungling or maybe a lot worse
The NYC Election Board committed an incredible "error" in its announcement of results on Tuesday. In its count, it included 135,000 votes that did not actually exist, in other words made-up votes that the board had created to test its ranked-choice software. It described the mistake as a “discrepancy” in a tweet on Tuesday.
How could this happen?
From a New York Times "investigation" last year:
"As the workings of American democracy have become more complex — with sophisticated technology, early voting and the threat of foreign interference — New York has clung to a century-old system of local election administration that is one of the last vestiges of pure patronage in government, a relic from the era of powerful political clubhouses and Tammany Hall. …
Some staffers read or watch Netflix at the office, the employees said. Others regularly fail to show up for work, with no fear of discipline. Several employees said some staffers punch in and then leave to go shopping or to the gym."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/nyregion/nyc-voting-election-board.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20210701&instance_id=34318&nl=the-morning®i_id=104651630&segment_id=62277&te=1&user_id=d16359b149837b80d970aea78c8f0c4c
Here is the problem:
There wasn't much change for the front runner with Eric Adams having a small lead over Kathryn Garcia - by 15,000 votes, or 2.2 percentage points — in the final round. However, the botched tabulation of last week results from the early and day-of voters showed frontrunner Eric Adams at about 32 percent, Maya Wiley at 22 percent, Kathryn Garcia at 20 percent and Andrew Yang at 12 percent. Now the revised figures show Garcia running a close second.
The test votes were cast for whom?
Don't tell us it might just be another radical leftist?
No wonder so many people don't trust elections or the news media or school boards or even discussion sites.
Rep. Elise Stefanik, of New York put it best: "I'm looking forward to the far left (Democrats) of NYC joining me in supporting election audits and strengthening election integrity," she said in a tweet Wednesday. "Will the media meltdown like they do about Republicans who want to strengthen elections? Methinks not."
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Don't you know according to the Democrats there is never any fraud, mistakes, or errors in voting or tabulations; unless they don't get the results they want that is.
It does seem a bit dishonest, doesn't it?
Then again, look what they did to their own Police Department.
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It shows how easily the Dems can and do commit fraud
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I thought it was....In God We Trust.
The key word is was. It is no longer so.
Here’s how elections should work - one eligible citizen, one vote. Add them up and the candidate with the most votes wins the election. This should be especially applicable to POTUS elections.
Sorry. Democrats cannot marginalize fly over country no matter how hard they try. Remove the Electoral College and the Democrat presidential candidates won't show up in fly over country even for a photo op.
That’s like saying it’s unfair to marginalize the 20 rednecks that are part of a 50 person panel voting on something that effects them all, so their votes should carry more weight. That’s not how democracy (or fairness) works. If your party wants to be part of a fair policy process then present policy initiatives that are popular, period. And fuck that tired ass bullshit about how important it is for candidates to show up in person in fly over country. What is this, 1920? There are unlimited ways to reach the electorate without showing up in person to eat a fucking corn dog.
To be honest, neither will Republican candidates. They will all focus their attention on large cities and areas of the country to cover 51% of the voting population and call it good.
To get rid of the Electoral College would put an end to State's Rights with a big stake thru the heart of the country.
You should implore your reps to start a Constitutional Amendment process.
I think leftists need to learn what the Constitution is before they do that.
You're right, start them on the basics!
I think we also need to educate them that this country did not come into existence before 1776, and there was no such thing as Americans before then. The 1619 bullshit narrative is just that.....bullshit....
Indeed it is. 1619 propaganda is a libel against our exceptional America.
I don't want to forget:
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What I find particularly amusing in the oft repeated suggestion that it is only Democrats who might screw up or miscount votes.
The republicans want to "audit" every democrat leaning county in the country, as if Republican strongholds wouldnt make mistakes or demonstrate incompetence. Its laughable.
That’s right up there with Republicans using the reality of Republicans being caught in voter fraud as reason to insist that voter fraud is real.
Do not expect honesty from the gop or else, prepare yourself to be disappointed.
I don't recall any kind of problem whatsoever concerning voting at any level in Canada. Paper ballots, pencils, observers from all candidate parties. Seems the more complicated it is the more can go wrong with it - hanging chads, voting machines, States rights, electoral system, vulnerable internet, etc etc etc.