Spare us the hypocrisy on voter fraud – Latest News
California’s elected Democrats are telling us that there’s no foundation for questioning the outcomes of final week’s election, particularly in LA County, the place outcomes modified dramatically over time.
Funny — the identical people have been adamant that the 2016 election had been stolen by Russia.
They banged on about “Russia collusion” though there was by no means any proof that any American — by no means thoughts the Trump marketing campaign — had colluded with Putin’s autocratic regime.
California’s elected Democrats are telling us that there’s no foundation for questioning the outcomes of final week’s election, particularly in LA County, the place outcomes modified dramatically over time. AP Photo/Jill Connelly
LA mayor Karen Bass, who will face Nithya Raman in the runoff election this November. Getty Images
Republican Steve Hilton will advance to face Democrat Xavier Becerra in the California governor election. AP Photo/Benjamin Hanson
Here’s what Gavin Newsom needed to say:
“‘It was like Russia was running a super PAC for Trump’s campaign. . . . It worked.’” – November 25, 2016 (quoting an nameless source in the Washington Post)
“Let’s do the math here: 1. Trump praises Russia and Putin for being a strong leader 2. Reports of Russia hacking election 3. Trump wins.” – March 1, 2017
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“If there’s nothing to hide why is @GOP refusing a thorough, independent investigation into Trump-Russia ties & interference in the election?” – March 2, 2017
Here’s state Sen. Scott Wiener:
“Trump … colluded with Vladimir Putin to win the presidency.” – March 13, 2018
“Just a reminder to @realDonaldTrump in his continued tantrum about the G7: Canada & Europe are our friends & are democracies. I know Russia is *your* friend –– having stolen the election for you –– but Russia is actually a dictatorship that kills journalists & persecutes LGBT ppl.” – June 10, 2018
It might be that claiming that elections are fraudulent, or stolen, is a natural response by the shedding facet, particularly when it anticipated to win. AP Photo/Jill Connelly
And let’s not even get began on Sen. Adam Schiff, whose lies about Russia collusion led to him being kicked off the House Intelligence Committee as soon as Republicans took control.
It might be that claiming that elections are fraudulent, or stolen, is a natural response by the shedding facet, particularly when it anticipated to win.
The distinction is that there actually by no means was any proof to help the “Russia collusion” principle, or claims Russia hacked voting machines.
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In California’s elections, there are obtrusive weaknesses that make voting weak to fraud.
These embody the incontrovertible fact that the state sends ballots to each registered voter, together with those that might have moved or died however stay on the rolls, which means that there are further ballots.
California not solely doesn’t require voter ID; it particularly bans it, underneath a state law signed by Newsom. California additionally doesn’t require verification for mail-in ballots, apart from a signature.
In California’s elections, there are obtrusive weaknesses that make voting weak to fraud. BACKGRID
Moreover, California permits limitless poll harvesting, and permits ballots to be accepted and counted up to seven days after Election Day, as long as they’re postmarked by Election Day.
When it involves poll initiatives, state officers have appreciable energy to govern descriptions offered to voters, to twist or cover the which means of what is actually at stake.
In apply, what appears to occur in California is that political organizations and curiosity teams register specific voters after which make sure they vote, even delivering their ballots.
When almost 1,200 homeless people are registered to at least one LA shelter with 132 beds, it’s cheap to ask what occurred to these ballots.
And it’s essential that California restore its untrustworthy election system, which is now the laughingstock of the world.
