Update on the West campaign

[Apocalypse]

FROM CONGRESSMAN WEST'S CAMPAIGN:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 11, 2012
Contact: Michele Hickford


ST. LUCIE COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS ATTEMPTS TO STEAL ELECTION

Supervisor of Elections Gertrude Walker clearly runs most corrupt
elections office in the state of Florida

Stuart, FL - Today West for Congress campaign manager Tim Edson released the following statement in response to the sham recount underway in St. Lucie County this morning:

"Late yesterday, the St. Lucie County Board of Elections had agreed to recount all early ballots to address concerns stemming from their acknowledgement of technical errors late on Election Night in the counting of the first three days of early voting, as posted on their website.

However this morning, when observers arrived at the elections office for the 7:00 a.m. recount, they were told by the Supervisor of Elections only the final three days of early voting would be recounted, when in fact the data in question relates to the first three days of voting. During discussions about the recount, the canvassing board repeatedly tried to shoo away observers and prevent them from listening in on discussions. Apparently they have never heard of Florida sunshine laws.

When questioned about counting the wrong three days of voting, the Supervisor of Elections and the canvassing board claimed the errors were in fact on the final three days, despite the record from Thursday's canvassing board meeting showing otherwise. In addition, the Supervisor has said transcripts from the earlier canvassing board meeting will not be released until the day before the votes are certified.

What was originally viewed as dangerous incompetence on the part of Gertrude Walker now appears more and more like a willful attempt to steal the election for Patrick Murphy. Nothing about this story adds up. If there is truly nothing wrong with the data from the first three days of voting, why will it not be released?

West for Congress will pursue every legal means necessary to ensure a fair election, not only to ensure Gertrude Walker is held accountable, but also ultimately replaced, so the citizens of St Lucie County will be ensured fair and accurate elections

[Novaheart]

Obama won that county by about 9,000 votes. West losing is not a surprise.

[Rockntractor]

Obama won that county by about 9,000 votes. West losing is not a surprise.

If the west votes are not legitimate I'm sure they cheated across the board for Democrats on the same ballots.

[SaintLouieWoman]

West was being criticized in today's Sarasota Herald Tribune, a disgusting liberal rag. They gave that fair and unbiased headline "West refuses to concede." If I knew that there was a lot of cheating going on, I wouldn't concede either.

Nova says won by 9,000 votes? Depends on who's tabulating those votes.

[Novaheart]

If the west votes are not legitimate I'm sure they cheated across the board for Democrats on the same ballots.

Speculation.

[Rockntractor]

Speculation.

More like investigation pending.

[Apocalypse]

Update.

Allen West for Congress – Actions of St. Lucie County SOE Result in More Questions than Answers

Posted by allenwestrepublic on November 11, 2012



Stuart, FL – Today West for Congress released the following statement in response to today’s questionable conduct by St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections Gertrude Walker and the St. Lucie County Canvassing Board:


“We are after the truth of what votes were cast by voters in St. Lucie County, and the conduct of the canvassing board today casts doubt on their reported numbers.



The St. Lucie Canvassing Board’s abrupt action today was reached entirely without explanation or justification. The Campaign was informed on Saturday afternoon, while the Board met in an apparently private and unannounced session, that a decision was reached to recount all ballots cast during early voting. There was absolutely no explanation of what events or evidence before the Board triggered this voluntary recount. The Supervisor’s website still includes its last-minute public notice of a full recount of early votes:


That is not what happened today. Again without any warning or notice, the Board announced this morning that it would count only the early votes cast on Nov. 1, 2, and 3. The explanation given at this point was that the four data cards in use on those three days of early voting did not upload properly on Election Night. However, the Supervisor and the Board said on Election Night and at Thursday’s canvassing board meeting that the four “compromised” data cards were actually taken from vote counting machines in use during the first three days of early voting. By the close of today’s meeting, the Board again changed its position to explain that the decision to recount only early vote ballots cast on Nov. 1, 2, and 3 was at the direction of “Tallahassee.”



Adding to this confusion is the Supervisor and Canvassing Board’s continued refusal to produce any means of verifying their count. The records of poll book data for early voting requested of the Supervisor and the Board would allow anyone to match the number of votes and number of voters. The candidates and the public have no way of knowing that the number of persons who voted in this election is equal to the number of ballots counted. The critical information contained in early voting poll book records is as necessary to certification of results as it is simple to produce. The Supervisor and the Board continue their attempts to hide the facts and after today’s events, their conduct and inconsistent behavior cast even more doubt on the St. Lucie County’s election returns.”

[Apocalypse]

State ‘concerned’ about St. Lucie County results in West-Murphy race, sending staff to assess

by George Bennett | November 13th, 2012 The Florida Division of Elections is sending three employees to St. Lucie County on Wednesday to try to figure out how 799 votes disappeared in Sunday’s partial recount of the close, nationally watched congressional race between U.S. Rep. Allen West and Democrat Patrick Murphy.


“We are concerned whenever there is a question about the accuracy of results,” Florida Department of State spokesman Chris Cate said in an e-mail this afternoon. “We are sending three employees, including the bureau chief, from the Bureau of Voting Systems Certifications, to assess the tabulation process in St. Lucie County.”


St. Lucie, Martin and northern Palm Beach counties make up congressional District 18, where unofficial returns since election night have shown Murphy leading West by less than 1 percent. But St. Lucie County Elections Supervisor Gertrude Walker acknowledged that her office had problems uploading some electronic memory cartridges from early voting on election night.

This is only a partial recount of the first 3 days of early voting, and already West has erased 799 votes. Its looking more and more like it was clearly stolen. Thou Walker will get off claiming those problems were the cause.

[Bailey]

This is only a partial recount of the first 3 days of early voting, and already West has erased 799 votes. Its looking more and more like it was clearly stolen. Thou Walker will get off claiming those problems were the cause.

I really want to kick the shit out of any liberal in FL complaining about vote counting after what happened in 2000

[Elspeth]

This is only a partial recount of the first 3 days of early voting, and already West has erased 799 votes. Its looking more and more like it was clearly stolen. Thou Walker will get off claiming those problems were the cause.

If only Mitt had been this tenacious. For starters, they could have gone through Philly's impossible totals and turned PA.