Election Official: Mistakes Have Been Made in Allen West Race
Nov 16, 2012 08:21 AM EST
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Allen West isn't giving up his Congressional seat until every vote is counted properly and for good reason. West has described his refusal to concede a matter of preserving the democratic process and believes many mistakes have been made in counting ballots cast in his race against Democrat Patrick Murphy. Now, Florida Election Supervisor Gertrude Walker agrees with him and his supporters.
But West’s supporters aren’t the only ones frustrated with the St. Lucie County elections board and its supervisor, Gertrude Walker. The Florida secretary of state’s office announced this week that it is launching an audit of the county’s vote-tabulating process, saying that it was “concerned” about the results. A report was expected to be completed as soon as Friday.
And even Walker has confessed her department made errors. In a news conference, she said officials had shown “too much haste” in trying to get complete results to the public on election night and that “mistakes were made.” She also acknowledged there was an initial problem in feeding voting machine memory cards though the office’s tabulating system.
The next legal step will come Friday, when a court was expected to hear a motion from West’s lawyers asking that St. Lucie County, where Murphy has built a sizable lead, be prevented from certifying its results. The congressman’s lawyers have asked for six days of early balloting to be retallied.
Tim Edson, West’s campaign manager, said the congressman was prepared to wage an extensive fight. Should the motion fail, Murphy could be certified as the winner as soon as Sunday — leaving West with little choice but to file a lawsuit contesting the election.
“We’re prepared to do what it takes to make sure the votes are counted fairly and accurately,” Edson said.
You don't say? There was "too must haste" in calling a race for Democrat Patrick Murphy when Republican Allen West was the number one target in the House by the left this election cycle? Fasten your seatbelts folks.
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TeaPartyPatriot4ever Wrote: 16 hours ago (11:58 PM)
BREAKING: Allen West wins recount of ALL early votes by St. Lucie County Canvassing Board
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Corlyss Wrote: 13 hours ago (2:47 AM)
Yeah, but what good does it do if the recount is denied by a judge?
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Nana82 Wrote: 22 hours ago (6:02 PM)
Republican Adam Schiff on the Intelligence Committee is saying he's satisfied with Petraeus's answers. He says some of his colleagues seem to be fishing for a scandel. Susan Rice was just giving out the talking points to what the CIA and administration knew at that time, he says. Her remarks on the Sunday shows track exactly with what the intel was at that time.
Thank you, Mr. Schiff, for rising above ugly party partisanship.
Now all you cons can put away your pre-election conspiracy theories."
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LOL - Typical stupid LIB. I love it!
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Nana82 Wrote: 22 hours ago (6:05 PM)
Oops
I didn't attribute the quote. It was will-8080! And of course Adam Schiff is a Democrat.
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Anonymous11565 Wrote: 22 hours ago (5:22 PM)
Amend the U S Constitution:
A state may withdraw from the United States of America by election of its' citizens of 50% vote or greater.
A state can be expelled from the United States of America by a vote in the House then Senate of 60% or greater of the other states. A majority of the delegates of each state must reach a consensus and that is the vote cast. A delegate tie is to be decided by the Governor of the state.
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grabberde Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 3:46 PM
Any chance we are going to get rid of ethanol mandates, which is nothing but a Republican-Marxian redistribution of wealth from America's east and west coasts to America's corn belt? Hence, crony capitalism. Si es cierto!!!
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Buck O Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 3:45 PM
The left is desperate to get rid of West. He's their worst nightmare.
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Six04 Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 3:49 PM
Nowhere near a nightmare.
No really. He's just a loud mouthed gas bag.
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MudontheTires Wrote: 19 hours ago (8:59 PM)
"Nowhere near a nightmare."
Which is why you progs throw as hissy fit at the mere mention of the name Allen West.
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Patriot155 Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 3:22 PM
"Let's see Condi Rice lied us into the eight year Republican social engineering project in Iraq that got 4784 Americans killed. Condi Rice later became Secretary of State. You Republicans still casually play politics with American life, dontcha?"
I suppose that the way Barrack handled Lybia was acceptable, eh? Where the leader of the country was dragged out into the townsquare and executed and celebrated the end of tyranny only to accept another one under Islamic rule. Yea, really bright.
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bschwatka Wrote: 7 hours ago (8:21 AM)
More like a rehash if a lunacy of Iran in the 50's. Get invovled getting a leader we may not have liked but could deal with but her threatened to nationalize European(namely British and French) oil interests. So we get rid of him try to prop up a nice government only to see our efforts fail and get an Islamic nightmare we have no ability to deal with however they have oil. I agree not too brilliant move on our part.
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renny4 Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 3:22 PM
When West was ahead 1700 votes, his district's DEMOCRATIC vote supervisor started to RECOUNT th early votes and voila! Murphy suddenly had 4000 more votes.
Now, no matter how much anyone recounts, those 4000 polluting votes that Gertrude Walker "manufactured" out of the early votes are in there for good.
Reps. have to get out and get into the election administration processes to have officials in place to stop someone just decided she is going to recount ballots no one -- at that point-- had challenged.
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Paperpushermj Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 2:45 PM
This situation just reinforces the adage that Republicans must Win by decisive Unequivocal numbers.
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HarryReidsATruePatriot Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 2:28 PM
"You're so eloquent, Harry. Nothing wrong with calling a spade a spade, so to speak. And if an African American can't even follow his own kind or his righteous leader, what else can you call him but an Uncle Tom! Right you are again. "
I'm not the one who called attention to West's (shameful) Tomming! Maxine Waters did!!!
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Duke Nuk'em Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 2:32 PM
How racist of her!
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Obama is my Master Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 2:46 PM
But you're continuing the whole thing. You're not denouncing it, so you must be winking and nodding knowingly with a smile. C'mon! She is of our kind. We gotta own it, not be ashamed of it.
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JasonCharleston Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 2:18 PM
You may be a racist if you believe black people are some how suppressed with Voter ID Laws.
You may be a racist if you believe the Daley Machine has had Monolithic power in Chicago without voter fraud and suppression.
You may be a racist if you believe the Detroit Machine has had Monolithic power in Chicago without voter fraud and suppression.
You may be a racist if you believe the Philadelphia Machine has had Monolithic power in Chicago without voter fraud and suppression.
Because blacks love their leaders...because they love crime infestation.
It's impossible to have monolithic rule for so long and be that horrible without mass voter fraud and suppression. IMPOSSIBLE.
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HarryReidsATruePatriot Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 2:07 PM
"His cabin? I suppose your ilk feels that's what he gets for wandering off the plantation. You're bigotry is showing. Pathetic! "
It was his fellow African-American legislator, Maxine Waters, who first likened West to Uncle Tom from "Uncle Tom's Cabin".
It has proven an apt analogy, to the point that people from all races can clearly see that West is Tomming.
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Obama is my Master Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 2:21 PM
You're so eloquent, Harry. Nothing wrong with calling a spade a spade, so to speak. And if an African American can't even follow his own kind or his righteous leader, what else can you call him but an Uncle Tom! Right you are again.
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Rodney47 Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 2:40 PM
What happens if I call a hoe a ho?
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tuttletacoma Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 1:36 PM
in other news
airhead pattycake murray is the new head of the budget committee
she has said she doesn't know if they will pass a budget because repubs are too busy protecting the rich
guess pattycake doesn't understand passing budgets is a mandated job for congress
more likely she is just following the orders of her senate master old fairy reid , and she will never do anything unless old fairy is leading her around by the nose
we can thank the state of Washington for continuing to send this village idiot to dc where she has marched in lockstep with an agenda that attacks our economy
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Tekov Yahoser Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 2:11 PM
You insult village idiots. On behalf of the sane people in Washington State, I apologize.
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JasonCharleston Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 1:22 PM
This is kind of funny.
I was briefly watching MSNBC with my flamingly liberal friends. And the moron talking heads were getting mad at Romney's comments. "About buying off people for votes".
My flamingly liberal friends friends said. Well, it's kind of what happened isn't it?
Most Americans, even the Krazy ones, know what is going on.
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JoJoXXX Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 1:21 PM
"Mistakes" is Democrat-speak for "You caught us committing fraud."
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HarryReidsATruePatriot Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 1:19 PM
Nothing will come of this and West will be returning to his cabin very shortly. Good rids!
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Libs_Are_UsefulIdiots Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 1:51 PM
Putz doesn't know that either...
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EmeraldCoaster Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 2:04 PM
His cabin? I suppose your ilk feels that's what he gets for wandering off the plantation. You're bigotry is showing. Pathetic!
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William3458 Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 1:18 PM
Talking about rising to the level of your incompetence - Gertrude Walker has reached it. Fire everyone in this corrupt department and get some honest people in. West is one of the best congressmen in the country, and the American people need more like him.
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JB in MS Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 1:15 PM
But wait...if calling Obama a jerk, a clown, an incompetent, etc - which are all true true - is racist, then surely calling West a nitwit is as well! I learned that from liberals over the last 4 years: if you don't like it, and it refers to any minority, well, than it is obviously racist!
If you think West is a nitwit, you need to hear his takedown of some muzzy schlub at his news conference a few weeks ago! Shredded him with facts, it was beautiful. Wish I had the link, but I'm sure it can be found.
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JasonCharleston Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 1:14 PM
Uber Dave,
Power still flows to Washington DC and the Washingtonian Republican Party gains more power and influence with Obama in charge.
Only the Tea Party was a threat to their power.
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TX Yankee Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 1:09 PM
They should go to Philadelphia next...19 precincts that had NO Romney votes at all? Not ONE single vote?
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Ohio_Conservative457 Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 1:51 PM
Nah, Yankee...
Those Democratically controlled BOEs are gonna just sit on it and certify the vote... end of story!
We all know it's a sham, but can do nothing at this point... Only the affected Runners can sue and demand independent auditors do a legal and honest recount..... it'll never happen. We need many more well trained and aggressive observers in place at EVERY precinct nationwide with the cajones to demand their rights to be at the poling locations and not accept expulsion by BOE bullies with more bravado than legal standing in their favor!!!!!
TCG-L
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Kerry62 Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 1:08 PM
HarryReid
No White trash, "Wh0re" as in oversexed "N*gger junglebunny"-ANOTHER LIBERAL TERM for blacks.
I can smell you white trash rednecks a mile away-you can't fool me.
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Samwise24 Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 1:08 PM
West is a fighter; always has been, always will be.
I have no doubt that there is something shady going on here, as there was with the vote tallies in Ohio and Pennsylvania where Romney got ZERO votes.
It's clear that Obama and the Dems targeted Allen West. They hate him. They can't afford to have a strong Black Conservative gaining notoriety and influence in the United States. It's the same reason that they targeted Mia Love as well. The dirty Dems can't allow their stranglehold on minorities to dissipate.
But I have news for them - Allen West ain't going away.
I gotta feeling that he's going to be occupying the Oval Office someday!
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Rodney47 Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 2:45 PM
Not only did the commies target him, the commie-lights in the repukican party tried to run him off by redistricting.
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Uber Dave Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 1:00 PM
"My 'proof' is that it isn't 1957 anymore, and the 'Red Scare' itself is a half a century out of date."
It's not a Red Scare anymore, it's a Soviet Reality...
...They DID take over incrementally, just like they warned us about and morons like you aided and abetted them.
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Kerry62 Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 12:53 PM
HarryReid
You called him a "wh0re"-obviously in reference to the Liberal stereotype of blacks being oversexed monkeys-as Liberals say.
Again, I'm glad the NRA used to shoot the KKK. If they would do it again half the Democrats would be "gone"
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Libs_Are_UsefulIdiots Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 12:52 PM
HarryReidsATruePatriot Wrote: 4 minutes ago (12:47 PM)
What racist slur? I called West a "nitwit". That is both a true, and a race-neutral, description of the "man".
Hardly a description of THE MAN who put his life on the line for over 20yrs. to protect even the PUTZ' butt.
PUTZ should say thank you
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Libs_Are_UsefulIdiots Wrote: Nov 16, 2012 12:51 PM
Allen West: 'Unconscionable' vote shenanigans
Congressman: Solve mystery of 4,000 unexplained ballots
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After a partial recount Sunday, West trailed Murphy by 1,907 votes, or 0.57 percent. West lost 132 votes and his Democratic opponent fell 667 with the re-tally of early ballots from Nov. 1 through 3.
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