Virginia has printed 1 million provisional ballots, an unprecedented number that could allow a large number of previously disqualified felons to cast ballots for president in the potentially crucial swing state.
So says Reagan George, the president of the Virginia Voters Alliance.
George, a conservative election watchdog, charged on Monday that the Virginia Department of Elections is overpreparing for worst-case scenarios and increasing the likelihood of illegal votes being cast. In reply to Republican complaints earlier this month, Virginia Department of Elections Commissioner Edgardo Cortés acknowledged officials are preparing for all contingencies, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
But George said the provisional ballot printing doesn’t make sense even for contingencies. And it doesn’t compare to demand in 2012.
“The claim that it is for contingency planning is bogus,” George said in an email. “In 2012, Stafford County used less [sic] than 500 provisional ballots — in 2016 they received 30,000. In 2012, Loudoun County used 700 provisional ballots. In 2016, they received 84,000. In 2012, Fairfax used 2,500 provisional ballots; in 2016, they received over 265,000. This is ridiculous.”
But spokeswoman Dena Potter of the Virginia Department of Elections said the state is trying to accommodate a court order.
"As part of its emergency preparedness efforts and in response to the [December] 2015 consent decree related to mitigating long lines at the polls, the Department issued guidance to local registrars on August 29, 2016, that included having enough provisional ballot envelopes to equal at least 20 percent of the number of active voters as of September 1," Potter said in an email.
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Of course, they are saying it's voter error and "nothing is wrong with the machine". But that just tells us they're lying to divert attention away from more liberal wrongdoing.
ReplyDeleteThey should had count every vote in swing or close states with a rep from each party.
ReplyDeleteThe democrats have mastered the art of voter fraud. When all the counting seems to be done and Trump is ahead then suddenly a car full of undiscovered votes for Hillary will be found. Just enough votes to put her over the top.
ReplyDeleteThey tried this in 2000 too with Al Gore, but didn't quite have enough fraudulent ballots to get Gore elected.
Know why some of the paper ballots had holes punched thru instead of the chad being pushed out? Because that what happens when you tried to punch thru 5 ballots at a time.
Democrat are liars cheats and criminals. Democrats don't want elections, they just want to be your boss
they need a record of where these provisionals went. Who got them?
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