On election fraud and mail-in ballots
Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim just won the Democratic primary, effectively securing his seventh term as mayor of the largest city in Connecticut. However, his Democratic opponent — John Gomes, a city employee fired by Ganim earlier this year — isn’t conceding. He claims Ganim stole the election by tampering with mail-in ballots, and he’s released video he claims proves that’s what happened. …
It turns out Gomes had good reason to question the validity of the ballots, and this wasn’t some outrageous attempt to delegitimize the election. Ganim also won the 2019 primary election with a come-from-behind victory that resulted from counting absentee ballots. Media accounts surrounding that election reported the absentee ballots in that election were “rife with irregularities.”
On Aug. 30, almost four full years later, Connecticut’s State Elections Enforcement Commission recommended criminal charges for three people connected to Ganim’s campaign relating to their suspected mishandling of absentee ballots in the 2019 election. …
Now John Gomes has released video that he says shows city employee Wanda Geter-Pataky, who is affiliated with the Ganim campaign, stuffing ballots into drop boxes. “State statute says absentee ballots can be returned only by the ballot applicant, their family members, police officers, local election officials or someone who is directly caring for someone who receives an absentee ballot because they are ill or physically disabled,” according to the Mirror.
More at the link.
It seems intuitively obvious that mail-in ballots and drop boxes are a recipe for trouble. Prior to 2020, that used to be a universally accepted concern. Now the MSM and the Democrats want us to believe that such things are always highly secure – that is, unless the battle is Democrat to Democrat in Bridgeport.
Or unless the Republican wins, as in 2016.
Ballots by mail should be only on request from the voter, who provides identification, and they should be returned either by mail or to the local election office in person, with receipt by the end of the voting day on Election Day. Any other system is an invitation to fraud.
Any states which authorize automatic mass mailings of ballots have elections which cannot be relied upon. This covers the entire Left Coast and some other places.
Ganim already went to prison. Charged with “one count each of racketeering, extortion, racketeering conspiracy, and bribery; two counts of bribery conspiracy; eight counts of mail fraud, and two counts of filing a false tax return.” Sentenced to 9 years, served seven. Apologized after he got out and eventually was elected again as mayor.
Well, well, how interesting.
When a demonkrat claims election irregularities then the claim is taken seriously.
How about that !
When a republican does likewise there is no justification, no proof, for claiming any sort of election fraud.
By the way, when are US officials heading off to some third world s***hole to “monitor” any elections there. Need to make sure they are up to USA standards.
CT enacted new voting laws in 2021 to make permanent the “because covid” shenanigans put in place in 2020 and to change who could return absentee ballots. In 2020 only the voter themself could bring it to the dropbox. Shame on our legislature!
https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/rpt/pdf/2021-R-0137.pdf
https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021…
we all know they have been cheating in CT for years, I think decades now. Remember when the SOS unilaterally kept the polls in Bridgeport and New Haven open later (until 11PM)?
I’m kinda surprised that some other things haven’t yet been dropped into these fraud boxes. Things which would truly ‘spoil’ the ‘ballots’.
These are actually “mail out” ballots.
From Michigan
https://gellerreport.com/2023/08/evidence-uncovered-massive-2020-voter-fraud-uncovered-in-michigan-hundreds-of-thousands-fraudulent-ballots.html/:
I read some time back about some pretty slick computer work in which an address can be geographically checked. Went through an entire state’s voter registration roll in not as much time as you might think. I’ll look for the articles. Seems about 300k addresses were bogus: No residence at that address. Gas station. Apartment street address, no apartment number. Post office.
But could receive ballots.
But if the USPS doesn’t deliver them….
A woman in East Lansing, MI, did a manual version. Found some voters were middle aged women registered at a fraternity house closed for covid. Some at an apartment complex torn down years ago. Some addressed to numbers where there were no residences, it was a park. She got some crap from officials for reinforcing voter fraud misinformation.
Real Clear Politics, 7 Jan 2020 has an article by Judicial Watch in which they’ve found 378 counties with more registered voters than adults of voting age. Other details, one county hasn’t removed any in two years, and you’d think the dying would receive more courtesy than that. Or moved.
Can’t make it a link, sorry.