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deminks

(11,011 posts)
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 07:31 PM Aug 2018

Ks county clerk pointing finger at Kobach for vote discrepancy






Wow: county clerk pointing a finger at Kobach, who is both candidate and election administrator, in a big vote-tabulation discrepancy

And he is not going to recuse himself, and he is giving wrong instruction since election to county clerks, and he has started campaigning for the general election even though no one has declared him the winner, and there are only 104 votes separating him from his GOP opponent, and there are several counties with discrepancies now, and provisionals have not been counted.

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Ks county clerk pointing finger at Kobach for vote discrepancy (Original Post) deminks Aug 2018 OP
NOTHING TO SEE HERE FOLKS!! Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #1
Who was it, I think Stalin who said at140 Aug 2018 #3
Absolutely. A glaring prima facie case for conflict of interests up one side of the street and down Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #4
Kobach was right True Blue American Aug 2018 #19
Exactly what I was thinking. Haggis for Breakfast Aug 2018 #22
And don't forget Rep. Peter King... dchill Aug 2018 #23
Turns out that election fraud commission was a how-to seminar RockRaven Aug 2018 #2
OJT and job assistance for the wealthy... Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #5
What the hell is wrong with kanas voters wanting this waste of human being FloridaBlues Aug 2018 #24
WE DO NOT WANT THAT PRICK demtenjeep Aug 2018 #26
They don't come any sleazier than that cheating, InterState Crosscheck... brush Aug 2018 #6
No,.. no,.. say it ain't true... magicarpet Aug 2018 #7
Is Blackwell Available? nt LandOfHopeAndDreams Aug 2018 #8
Funny you say that! I was just thinking how Blackwell True Blue American Aug 2018 #21
Is he the guy leading the election fraud committee? Kajun Gal Aug 2018 #9
What a coincidence, huh? flibbitygiblets Aug 2018 #12
This is just the natural outcome of what they have become as a party. Baitball Blogger Aug 2018 #10
Yes. Eventually crooks turn on crooks. nt Blue_true Aug 2018 #15
Republicans fucking each over. Love it. GulfCoast66 Aug 2018 #11
That is what I want to see to. A real nice republican on republican mudfight. nt Blue_true Aug 2018 #16
Keep counting keithbvadu2 Aug 2018 #13
Dolt45s voter fraud czar is committing voter fraud bronxiteforever Aug 2018 #14
Against a fellow republican. LOL. Let the shit tossing go on. nt Blue_true Aug 2018 #17
More precisely, Election Fraud LakeSuperiorView Aug 2018 #20
It's my understanding cab67 Aug 2018 #18
Give Kobach a break! Marie Marie Aug 2018 #25
Did anyone read the series of reports on TPM about Kobach's court case in Kansas over Cousin Dupree Aug 2018 #27

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
1. NOTHING TO SEE HERE FOLKS!!
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 07:33 PM
Aug 2018

A guy who counts his contested election votes, who's a known sketch. What could go wrong. Wonder if he's going to win?

at140

(6,110 posts)
3. Who was it, I think Stalin who said
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 07:44 PM
Aug 2018

it is not who votes is what counts, it is who counts the votes is what matters. Kobach must recuse himself.

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
4. Absolutely. A glaring prima facie case for conflict of interests up one side of the street and down
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 07:50 PM
Aug 2018

the other. We have lots of folks who can handle tabulating a simple election man. Chances are good the guy lost. If OH is any indication, these races can be festering with sketchy realizations as peoples dishonesty or true incompetence comes oozing out of the wood-work. We got them under microscope though. NAtional news tends to reel in the cheating somewhat it seems. What they'd normally "just get away with" in their local districts bc of local news coverage, is now seen by a lot more eyeballs.

True Blue American

(17,981 posts)
19. Kobach was right
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 09:25 PM
Aug 2018

About election cheating. Problem is he is the one doing that.

He turned on one Precinct. He won 466 to 422. Problem is the vote was actually 466 to 522. He lost that one.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
22. Exactly what I was thinking.
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 09:35 PM
Aug 2018

Kobach must recuse himself. It is the only way to ensure the integrity of the KS vote.

dchill

(38,420 posts)
23. And don't forget Rep. Peter King...
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 09:43 PM
Aug 2018

Who, in July of 2003, months before the Bush/Kerry election, told a reporter, "It's over. We won. It's all over but the counting. And we'll take care of the counting." It was, of course, anything but a certainty at that time that Bush would "win." It never was.

brush

(53,721 posts)
6. They don't come any sleazier than that cheating, InterState Crosscheck...
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 07:54 PM
Aug 2018

creating, crooked, repug asshole.

Hope they put him under the jail.

magicarpet

(14,101 posts)
7. No,.. no,.. say it ain't true...
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 08:05 PM
Aug 2018

.... Kris Kobach is a good good man and goes to church every Sunday.

FASCIST !

True Blue American

(17,981 posts)
21. Funny you say that! I was just thinking how Blackwell
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 09:30 PM
Aug 2018

Did the same thing. He also bought Diebold machines. Board of election would not accept them until they had a paper trail.

I trained on those machines and my fellow Republican remarked they would not last 4 years, they now cannibolize others to keep them running.get new ones in 2020.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
11. Republicans fucking each over. Love it.
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 08:16 PM
Aug 2018

I hope it gets real dirty! Like knife fight in the alley ugly. Ugly enough that a good many of his opponents supporters would not piss on him if he’s on fire. And would certainly never vote for him.

And then have him make it to the general!

 

LakeSuperiorView

(1,533 posts)
20. More precisely, Election Fraud
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 09:29 PM
Aug 2018

Voter Fraud is improperly casting a ballot. Voter Fraud is so exceedingly rare that is statistically insignificant.

Election Fraud is rigging an election. Election Fraud is what the rethugs do with gerrymandering, unregistering voters, closing polling places in minority areas, requiring photo IDs, etc.

cab67

(2,990 posts)
18. It's my understanding
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 09:15 PM
Aug 2018

that Kobach is very nakedly breaking the law on several points. Given his track record, i’d be very surprised if the courts sided with him. So there doesn’t seem to be a point to his actions, other than being a prick.

Cousin Dupree

(1,866 posts)
27. Did anyone read the series of reports on TPM about Kobach's court case in Kansas over
Thu Aug 9, 2018, 10:24 PM
Aug 2018

suppression of voting rights? Excellent reporting. After reading it, I know deep within my heart that Kobach has no limits. He is a vile excuse for a human being.

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