Deja Vu all over again or "When you lose wait a few days

[limblips]

and your party will "find" some ballots."

NJ Dem leader refuses to concede to GOP truck driver, says thousands of ballots 'recently found' | Fox News

 

[vraiblonde]

Who didn't see that coming?

This is why we need election security - because Democrats are ****ing cheaters who can't win on their cockamamie Stalinist agenda, so they have to manufacture votes and oh, all of a sudden! "find" them.

Assh0les.

 

[Rommey]

I wonder if they can prove the chain of custody of these "found" ballots...
How hard is it to have the check and balances in place to ensure ballots are handled in a secure manner and delivered to the proper locations in a timely manner?

 

[Kyle]

Opportunities like this or why Democrats don’t want secure elections.


Gives them the opportunity to “fix” the loss after the fact.

 

[Grumpy]

Any ballots that aren't in the hands of the counters by midnight election day shouldn't be counted and the precincts leaders responsible for getting these ballots in should be jailed or fined. This effing game of finding ballots should have ended back when Franken was installed back in 2008. It's criminal that this continues to happen.

 

[black dog]

These are the things that happen when one doesn't have to show government issued id to vote...

I would like to see the Feds pass laws to make it mandatory for one not only have a certified id, one has to be a citizen to vote....

 

[GURPS]

Not Suspicious at All: Top NJ Democrat Says They 'Recently Found' 12,000 Ballots


Leah has covered this New Jersey race extensively. It’s a state senate seat so it doesn’t get much attention but if you live in the Garden State, this is a huge upset. This is the New York Giants beating the Patriots in Super Bowl 42. New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney appears to have been beaten by a no-name Republican Edward Durr, who spent less than $100 to beat Sweeney. I’m deducting the $67 he spent at Dunkin’ Donuts. I’ve lived in New Jersey for most of my life. Sweeney owns South Jersey. He’s the labor union's top guy there. He controls that campaign cash. No governor can get much down without his blessing either. To get clipped likes this, really highlights the miserable election night Democrats had this cycle. So, why hasn’t he conceded yet? Well, 12,000 ballots just magically appeared. Sorry, they were “recently found” (via Washington Examiner):

Democratic New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney, who is projected to lose his bid for reelection against a little-known truck driver, is talking about "recently found" ballots to support his refusal to concede the race.
The defiant incumbent released a statement to the Philadelphia Inquirer on Thursday that explained why he is not ready to admit defeat to his Republican challenger.
“The results from Tuesday’s election continue to come in, for instance there were 12,000 ballots recently found in one county,” Sweeney said in an email, not naming the county. “While I am currently trailing in the race, we want to make sure every vote is counted. Our voters deserve that, and we will wait for the final results.”
[…]
The race between Sweeney and Edward Durr was called late Thursday morning by the Associated Press. There were roughly 2,000 votes between them and 100% of precincts reporting. Durr led by 32,742 votes, or 51.8%, while Sweeney trailed with 30,444, or 48.2%.

 

[vraiblonde]

Just found 'em. Whaddaya know, just walking along and - whoops, what's this? Why, it's a box of ballots! All marked for Sweeney! What a stroke of luck!



Assh0les.

 

[Sneakers]

Funny how it's always just the right number found to make a comfortable lead. No more, no less.

 

[BOP]

Funny how it's always just the right number found to make a comfortable lead. No more, no less.

How many answers on the test do I need to mark incorrectly so the teacher doesn't suspect that I'm cheating?

 

[herb749]

I've read where the dem party is actually happy to be rid of this guy. Maybe not .

 

[stgislander]

It's New Jersey. Tony Soprano has nothing on this Sweeney guy.

 

[GURPS]

N.J. Senate President Sweeney concedes in his stunning election loss



“All votes have been fairly counted, and I, of course, accept the results,” a clearly emotional Sweeney, New Jersey’s second-most powerful elected state official after the governor, said during a news conference at the Statehouse in Trenton.

The Associated Press declared last Thursday that Sweeney, D-Gloucester, had lost his Senate seat in South Jersey’s 3rd legislative district to Republican Edward Durr, a commercial truck driver with no elected political experience. Sweeney, the longest-serving Senate president in state history, declined to concede for six days, saying he was waiting for more votes to be counted.

Sweeney said Wednesday he does not plan to seek a recount in the race.

His concession caps one of the most shocking losses in the history of New Jersey politics and solidifies an end to Sweeney’s 20-year run in the Senate and 12-year tenure as president of the chamber.