The recent post by G.O.D. on absentee ballot fraud in Miami-Dade generated comments from contributors who are anonymous and appear to know what they are talking about. Eyeonmiami may have a thousands points of cynicism, and some readers may argue with the value of such a persistent focus on what's wrong and not what's right about Miami. The issue of buying absentee ballots gets to the heart of the matter because of its flip side: hopelessness.
Although G.O.D. and I have plenty to be cranky about, our commitment to Eyonmiami maintains the possibility that life and politics in Florida could change for the better and that views unfiltered by media concerns about the bottom line could have an impact. We don't ask our readers to agree with us on this point, especially since the evidence of changes we seek is thin as a blade of sawgrass. Eyeonmiami is a form of samizdat. We hope that when important information is disclosed by Eyeonmiami, it will be picked up by the mainstream press. (The Fourth Estate has a an invaluable role in our democracy, although Governor Elect Rick Scott's refusal to be open with the press has more in common with Putin's treatment of journalists than anything we have experienced, here.) We need our anonymous readers to cooperate with hard evidence, because we don't have the financial resources to get into stories that deserve sunlight. Like the manipulation of zoning to reward political campaign contributors or fraud in absentee ballots in Miami-Dade. Here are some of our reader comments, that fall short and could be so much more.
42 COMMENTS:
Anonymous said...
I would really like to know what goes on with Absentee Ballots. I don't think that Republicans have this much of an advantage to swing elections this much. How do they get people to send them in and the Democrats can't? What is their secret?
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Anonymous said...
I could be something as simple as senior citizens and soldiers overseas vote absentee ballot a lot and they vote Republican a lot.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Anonymous said...
Generally, new candidates and the people they hire to help them are ignorant of the fact that many elections are won or lost in the absentee ballot races. In most cases, they do not have a specific absentee ballot campaign. They usually have a plan for election day, and some may have early voting plans, but only those who are well-seasoned understand the importance of absentee ballot campaigns. Another thing, absentee ballot voters vote very early, most before early voting begins. A last minute effort, spending all your money in the last week, or completing your closing arguments in the last few weeks, will miss them, as they will make their decisions well ahead of your effort. So the Republicans beat the Democrats because of a targeted absentee ballot strategy.
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DECEMBER 06, 2010
Anonymous said...
Polling should catch absentee voters too.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Clark said...
All those people with dementia...they are voting absentee.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Anonymous said...
Even if the polling catches them, if you don't have an action plan, people on the ground making it happen, and a marketing strategy designed for them, you won't win the absentee ballot election.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Geniusofdespair said...
Exactly what do people on the ground do? That is what I want to know. How do pubs get that ballot in the mail?
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Anonymous said...
Come on this is an easy conclusion. Everyone knows that Republicans are cheaters and Democrats have our best interest at heart. So, it can only be the powerful and influential Republicans like George Soros and Warren Buffett that are using their amassed fortunes to pay off county election personnel to rig the absentee ballots in favor of Republicans, so other rich and oh yes, don't forget the cliche, white guys get elected.
If this crazy theory does not fit, than I will go back to my default "reasoning" and blame the Zionists! (Paging Helen Thomas)
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Anonymous said...
There is nothing "wrong" with one party having a better absentee program than another party. The GOP puts a lot of money into identifying these voters and contacting them repeatedly to ensure they vote by mail, at early voting locations, or at the polls on election day. GOP voters are more likely to be homeowners with permanent addresses rather than renters with a series of temporary addresses. Dems outsource much of their absentee and early voting efforts to their allied organizations, which misses all those voters who aren't union members, teachers, or objects of community organizers. The GOP just has a better plan.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Geniusofdespair said...
I want to know what Republicans on the ground do? People don't respond to calls anymore. Do they go to houses and bribe, take or fill in ballots? What is the drill? How does receiving a ballot translate to returning a ballot. Are pubs just more civic minded?
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Anonymous said...
The Republicans are masters at the ground work. Foot Soldiers (they call them) and "helping" elderly fill out their absentee ballots. After these "assistants" leave nursing homes, Adult Day Cares, Assistance Living Facilities and homes of elderly, some don't close envelopes properly which gives them time to make "adjustments" to absentee ballots. These "adjustments" will be based on calls they place to candidates asking them for a certain amount of $$ in exchange for votes. They will then mail those ballots to the Supervisor of Elections and noone will ever know this happened. Ah, yes Democracy at its best.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Anonymous said...
The answer's pretty simple, I think.
They have their act together. They use a long-standing, coordinated, locally-run effort that has deep ties in specific communities.
By focusing so much of their get-out-the-vote effort early on in the process (and throughout), they're able to pick up extra votes at the beginning and concentrate on keeping their numbers competitive during the final two weeks.
The Democratic Party doesn't have that kind of program (and likely not the ties that could quickly build it either, or they might have done so already).
I don't know the Republican side of things, but that's the way I see it based on knowing the local Democratic end and participating in their "coordinated campaigns."
A competitive and replicable absentee program would take multiple election cycles to develop and I'm not sure the Democratic party, locally or nationally, has been able to cultivate the environment needed to do that successfully in South Florida.
I've heard stories like the one above many times, but without seeing it firsthand, that would be nearly impossible to prove.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Anonymous said...
Absentee ballot voting will soon exceed the volume of both early and election day voting. For busy professional people, time is money. Why waste an hour or more going to a polling place, and God forbid, standing in a long line, when you can do it at home in your pjs, plus your vote gets counted before all others? For the on-line community it is easy. Go to the elections site, download an absentee ballot request form, and fill it out and mail it in. And bingo, you get your absentee ballot. People on the ground work the precincts to get as many people as possible to get this done. Candidates can get lists of people requesting these ballots, and send campaign literature and make phone calls specifically to them. It is a completely seperate campaign from the regular campaign as everyday is election day. Since the last Presidential election when long lines were the norm, it has grown in popularity. Candidates who fail to recognize the growing importance of it, always lose.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Anonymous said...
Many candidates have a fantasized view of the election. With all of the attention, in their minds they are a "big person", have big egos, and fail to understand that they are nothing unless they win, and that elections are quantified events. Given that dynamic, the mechanics of the election must be geared to yield these kinds of results. Questions for the absentee ballot team on the ground are: How many people did we get to request absentee ballots today? Of these people, how many said they would vote for our person? How many people mailed their form back to elections today? How many of them voted for our person? Chances are, if you don't have a daily printout of this kind of data, there is a good chance you will lose the absentee ballot campaign.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Kirk said...
It's simple. Republicans spent millions on a massive absentee voter mail campaign.
I live in a "split" household. I am a registered Republican, the other a Democrat. In the three weeks leading up to Election Day, I received FOUR mailings from the Scott campaign/Republican Party of Florida with a well-designed absentee ballot application postcard that was already completed with all of my information laser-jetted into the form (name, address, voter ID #). All I needed to do was sign the application and drop it in the mail.
How many absentee mailings did the Democrat in my household receive? Answer: 0
The Republicans also sent multiple absentee mailings to overseas voters, snowbirds and military personnel.
As a result, the Republicans continued to "bank" huge numbers of their voters accumulating what turned out to be an insurmountable advantage going into election day.
All the talk of "stealing" votes at nursing homes or elsewhere is nonsense.
The Republicans run a sophisticated, well-financed absentee ballot campaign that targets a huge universe of voters.
That, combined with the national wave of enthusiasm for GOP candidates this year, is the only explanation for these treands.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Anonymous said...
As a former Republican Candidate, The reason they win absentee is because they hire a few women that dedicate themselves to gathering the absentee ballots from certain sections of the county. This
includes the senior citizen centers. If you pay one of these ladies $5,000 to $10,000 they will get you 2500,5000,10000,or more AB's. This is how its done here in town. This is something that I've never had enough money to do.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Geniusofdespair said...
These comments, as I suspected, would become more interesting than my post.
I think Kirk, the senior center/retirement home absentee ballots are mostly a Hispanic initiative, and this might be occurring without other groups knowing about it. Look at the post below yours....
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Kirk said...
True, there may be anecdotal reports of a ground effort here in Miami-Dade County to scour the nursing homes/senior centers for extra votes, but three women (even with a devoted team of volunteers) can't rack up these kinds of numbers with a one-on-one effort.
Additionally, these same absentee trends can be seen in all 67 counties.
It is the very costly, sophisticated absentee mail effort (combined with a phone campaign to "chase" these absentee voter applicants to ensure they return their completed ballots) that is largely responsible for the disparity between the GOP and the Dems.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Anonymous said...
Maybe these vote brokers can influence the smaller elections that could win with 200 to 300 additional votes.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Anonymous said...
Maybe because Miami dade County has a better financed repub machine, ciompare AB results with Broward whse Repub Party is not as well financed.
Also Demos have their own well oiled machines in other states, this is not a partisan issue and turning it into one leads to a decrease in credibility. It is an institutional issue.
ANOn no one "Lady" has even 2500 at most 300-400 county wide the rest is part of their pitch.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Anonymous said...
It's because people in the service vote Republican. Any one who serves in our military knows you can't trust Democrats.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Anonymous said...
The Republicans have a well-oiled machine of absentee ballot brokers and managers of senior activity centers and senior public housing. These brokers get paid to work the absentees. The way it works is you pay anywhere from $1000-$2000 per month to these folks and they ensure you a number of ballots. It's not just one or two little old ladies doing the work, they have a method, and they can do it because they have multiple candidates per election. They send out paid workers to the senior homes to wait for the ballots when they're delivered by the post office. Some of the crooked senior activity center and housing managers ensure that only their candidates get in to see the seniors, and even threaten the seniors to give them the ballot unmarked with the envelope signed only on the left of the flap - so the signature does not go over the seal and they can get them open and then can "broker" the votes. The seniors know better than to question these people because they will be thrown out of the senior public - yes PUBLIC, paid by all of us taxpayers - housing or out of the activity center. Then, the even more crooked ones, re-sell the unmarked signed absentee ballots to the highest bidder, making money off of the candidates who paid them the monthly fee and off the opponent who buys them at a premium, sometimes up to $100 per ballot.
The authorities can verify this by opening an investigation and looking at the ballot envelopes, and they will see a statistically disproportionate number of ballot envelopes signed left of the flap.
This is why Republicans always win with absentee ballots.
The military vote is insignificant. In several state house races there were only 100-200 military absentee ballots.
The Joe Garcia campaign had a very strong absentee ballot campaign with several mailings, door to door and phone bank follow up, but you can't compete with the Republican absentee ballot machine, not until its dismantled and we send the lot of them to jail.
The other factors are gerrymandering that happened after the 2000 census, resulting in higher Republican percentages in the districts and packing high turnout Cuban American Republican seniors into these districts. Also Democrats like to commit suicide every 2-4 years by sitting home because their candidate is "not liberal enough" or did not send out more flyers than the Republican. Helloooooooo!
This is disgusting. It weakens our democracy and it needs to stop.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Anonymous said...
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DECEMBER 06, 2010
Milly Herrera, Hialeah said...
The "Republican Candidate" (Anon post) got it right!
The entire voting system is one of many aspects of our government that is corrupt.
If you can walk and drive, go to the doctor's, supermarktet, Mall, dinner, etc., on your own, then you can drive yourself to the polling place.
If you are healthy and employed, the voting polls are open 7AM to 7PM and you have weekends now for early voting. Most jobs should allow time for people to go and vote. Therefore, you go to the polls.
Early voting should be limited only to one weekend prior to election day.
Absentee ballots should follow a similar procedure as was followed in collecting petitions to recall the county mayor and 5 commissioners.
There needs to be FEDERAL laws regulating absentee ballots - limited to the very elderly who have limited mobility or do not drive, anyone who is ill, disabled, or those in the military.
A medical certificate must accompany the ballot if you are an elderly person, are ill or disabled. A military certificate if you are stationed out of the area where you vote.
Anyone caught collecting absentee ballots should receive a hefty fine and community service hours.
This should fix most of the fraud and corruption surrounding absentee ballots.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Geniusofdespair said...
I HAD TO REMOVE A WORD FROM THIS COMMENT...DON'T IMPLICATE PEOPLE BY NAME...
ANONYMOUS SAID:
I don't know how many Cubans read this blog, but just so you'll know, Genius: The GOP spends a great deal of cash BUYING these absentee ballots. They buy them from people -- BLANK'S sister -- who manage and control the old folks "comedores" --that's the free dining rooms that feed the Cuban seniors. They also buy them for people who control the nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and the many PRIVATE nursing homes [that house maybe 6 or 8 seniors each] located in family homes. They start very early to spread the cash, and this is the way they do it! You mean to tell me, Genius, you didn't know this? And how about those "mental group therapy clinics" where you find hundreds of Cuban seniors being treated for a mental illnes that they don't really have, and where they go because the establishment ownership gives them part of the Medicare prceeds in cash. Im surprised, Genius, that you don't know that where there's a Cuban senior, there is an absentee ballot for sale! And yes, I happen to be Cuban!
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Anonymous said...
I'm Cuban too and yes here its mostly Cubans because they are a majority, in Texas where their ain't that manny God Damn Cubans its called Granny Farming maybe its the God Damn Mexicans. Happens in Jersey, Alabama, etc etc etc
To Milly voting is a State issue and should remain that way the last time the Feds got anything right was..... well you get the picture.
As per anon and your omitting the politician who's sister runs a few senior centers, everyone knows who that is and I can't say there's something rotten in Rotterdam but where there is smoke...
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Geniusofdespair said...
OKAY If all this is going one why can't we get ONE f--king senior to come forward and say I didn't mail my ballot someone took it and mailed it for me.
They have to have relatives. Doesn't a relative ask them how they voted?
I WANT SOMEONE TO PRODUCE A SENIOR. I WILL PAY YOU $100 TO DO THE RESEARCH OF FINDING ONE SENIOR FOR ME who has experienced what many are describing in the comments.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Anonymous said...
Aw, c'mon, Genius! How many seniors can we get to come forward and state that their ballots have been "negotiated" by the many procurers who do? I can give you more than 50 names, right now, but I won't. For what? This is something of an election protocol that has been going on in Miami Dade County for, at least, the past 30 years, and if you don't know it... where the hell have you been living? Just look at it, you deleted the name of the politician who's sister had engaged in this type of practice for years, and a bunch of people knew who I was referring to!!! It's like the little story about the Pino posse. It's been going on forever, but not everyone knows it. LOL
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Anonymous said...
You know something, Genius? You are almost reminding me of "the Sunday local political commentator on Channel 10." I once made a comment, in his presence, about the former mayor's liaison with the former television executive, and I thought, I would have to call 911 for him. I was afraid this idiot was going into cardiac arrest, and I had to ask him the same question I asked you: Where the hell have you been living, Mr. P? What's with you, anglos? Don't you know anything about what goes on in the REAL CUBAN WORLD?
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Geniusofdespair said...
First I don't need to get in hot water with someone who is NOT a public figure. SECOND I want to STOP what is going on. I am not just trying to find out about it. I wrote about it so maybe I could break it open. If you have a few people bring them forward so we can stop it --just don't brag you know about it. Great you are a Cuban that knows about illegal voting in the Cuban world of Miami. Well be the Cuban that stopped it and then I would respect you. I don't care about the sister unless I have someone to implicate the sister.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Geniusofdespair said...
Oh, I forgot to mention you are a putz.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
CATO said...
G.O.D. Chilax vote fraud has been going on since voting was invented, besides even if someone came forward and said so and so took my ballot and voted for me...without any witness no prosecutor would take it too trail and who made the rules that no witnesses or notary necesary?
The State Legislature.
So there's where you got to go to straighten this thing out...Good luck getting anywhere with that bunch.Not even G.O.D.can get through to them.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Geniusofdespair said...
You have to have faith...bring me some old people who will admit they gave up their ballots and I will work on it with a coalition of others...
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Anonymous said...
So looking at the comments it is clear that the Republicans recognized long ago the importance of this method of voting and have a comprehensive systematic technically-oriented absentee ballot campaign along with special teams in certain communities like the Cuban seniors. While Democrats barely understand the critical importance of this method of voting, and when they do, have a fumbly jumbly, hit or miss approach that may or may not yield results needed.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Anonymous said...
The comments also say there is a whole lotta cheatin' going on.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
CATO said...
The Solution is simple ONLY people who are physical Invalids (mental inavlid can drive themselves to the polls) or who can prove (by bringing back a native) they will be traveling during early voting and on election day, should be allowed to recieve an absentee ballot.
The rest of us must get off our duffs and go to the polling stations (and later complain about how the machines are rigged).
As I said earlier vote fraud has been around since the first vote was cast in a cave, and it will be here as long as folks insist on electing the folks that are going to fleece them.
Genius you don't need anyone to bring you their abueal and have her fess up, just get of your duff on the day the bulk of absentee ballots arrive during the next election and hang out at one of the senior housing projects it will blow your mind.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
Geniusofdespair said...
My duff is parked in front of the computer receiving REPORTS from all of you hanging out in the senior centers because I don't know what to look for and apparently my readers do.
DECEMBER 06, 2010
out of sight said...
It is beyond me why we are looking around this issue as voters and not demanding an investigation. Isn't this voter tampering and isn't it fraud?
I guess you have to assume that this is BIG business, both to the organizers and the candidates who encourage it.
What senior centers and housing complexes are involved? I would like to know.
Doesn't any one you know have a senior friend that was hit on? Ask around, G.o.D. needs sources.
It is bad enough we live in the wackiest voting state in the nation, without being on top of the list as the most likely city to be defrauded in for your vote.
DECEMBER 07, 2010
Anonymous said...
This goes to a gray area of politics that make politics seem dirty.
You need to take this to the State Attorney Office and request a Gran Jury investigation of the absentee ballot industry in South Florida.
As in the Medicare fraud, mortgage fraud, insurance fraud, we lead the nation in absentee ballot fraud.
Perhaps we should invite former President Jimmy Carter and a group of international observers to monitor our elections.
DECEMBER 07, 2010
Anonymous said...
I Have spoken to JC at SA office re this the answer was that as a prosecutor with no witnesses or notary its very hard to prove anything (maybe you can record someone filling out a ballot with hidden camera).
The legislature has to do something, though I remember KFR convening a Grand Jury on Childrens Trust why not convene one on this issue that really needs to be addressed. Maybe this way she can put pressure on legislature.
DECEMBER 07, 2010
Anonymous said...
The truth of the matter, Genius, is that you hit a very sore spot with Miami voters, both Anglo and Hispanic. We both hate the continuing scandal of absentee ballot fraud. Just look at the comments! This is the kind of exchange that is worth having because it brings forward disclosure and, eventually, this could turn into prosecution. And, please, don't shy away from information that people like me want to render to you; it so happens that I am better informed than most -- on certain people, and of certain circles -- because I've been an insider, in this community, since the early 1960's! Don't be like the local commentator, who runs away from exposing anything because he's become an opportunist. It's sad. but true!
DECEMBER 07, 2010
Geniusofdespair said...
if you want to name names, do it in email. You can't point fingers at private people on my blog without proof. I do not shy away from names, I just don't need headaches.
DECEMBER 07, 2010
21 comments:
1. Republicans keep a database with all the devoted Republicans.
2. They share this information with all the other Droids as long as they swear to the party principles.
3. All the old fucks get called religiously and some young cretin goes to their home and helps them fill out their ballot and make sure that it is put into the mail.
It's very labor intensive but they have a cadre of people who think of elections as going to church.
Keep your comments coming...we need them!
Does these posts mean that staff at a senior housing complex could write and request the ballot for a resident and then staff get them to sign it? Could a senior be snookered into believing that by signing that envelope (without a ballot in it) that they are voting or that they are actually asking for the ballot to be mailed to them? If it is the latter, could the ballot be filled in and returned in their signed envelope without them ever seeing it?
It seems there is a lot of psychological control going on.
Glad you're focusing on this, because when Natacha Seijas has to fight recall, maybe there will be undercover law enforcement at those senior centers in Hialeah.
That post about the thing with the envelope being signed on the left was very interesting.
When I voted I was wondering why the line itself was not centered over the split, rather than the left.
I ended up starting my signature more or less on the middle of the line even though the printed X on the sign here part of the line was on the left margin. It should be common sense for the county to center the line so the signature lands where you want it.
Why the obvious disregard for security on the envelopes?
Don't forget the yellow shirts. Pepe R. has a political machine of his own when it comes to Alvarez. The mayor's sisters and some of his staff are political operatives and also understand the AB thing. He has one staff person that is a family pet and who has run the Balart’s campaign outreach/fundraising (and the mayors) from questionable locations. That staff person could not find their way out of a paper bag if were to benefit the MD community at large... but they sure can put the squeeze on the senior Cuban network. It would bee nice if they put as much time into being effective for the community, as do for their political intrigue.
When you say the "evidence is overwhelming against us" I worry where you are getting your evidence from. I have been reading eye for a few years and I find that the the both of you are right on as far as evidence is concerned. I find that you are right on as far as the evidence goes but the rich crooks that seem to run everything are against you. It is not the evidence that is wrong it is the bad guys.
About 5 or 6 years back, I was helping with a voter registration drive.
A man approached my booth and asked if I could give him 7 of the applications so he could make some changes. I asked if he wanted to fill it now and turn it in. He said no, that he owned a group home that housed Downs patients and they had to sign theirs too. I asked what they need to change - he said their political party, that by changing the political party they all could vote for the weakest dem candidate running - he would change everyone back - following the primary so they could vote via AB for his republican slate.
He was so bold and he was bragging. He wouldn't give me his name and I couldn't stop him from doing what he was doing.
This guy freaked me out. I asked about it at elections and everyone patted me on the head.
I have often wondered about him and how he got away with it.
Mensa, as with so many of my posts, I write quickly and sometimes not as clearly as I might otherwise. Thanks for picking it up. I edited the post to reflect your note.
Frank said - in local elections, the key is access to seniors. The Gatekeepers at the various senior establishments are evidently well rewarded by those who 'earn' access. Once you have access, it is easy to win over the voters with some delicious deserts or perhaps a song or two! It really is a sleazy business, but is how local elections are won. Next election, tune in early to the returns before the precincts report and see just how many votes are already in between early voters and absentee ballots. We know early voting is next to nil, so the bulk are absentee votes. The key to winning is hiring a 'consultant' who already has an access machine and paying that person $10-15 thousand to garner the votes. Just the way it is!
I have an elderly/disabled friend in a nursing home who went to her polling place in No. Miami Beach and was told she had already voted via absentee. She did not. She called the Elections Dept who said there was nothing they could do. Obviously, complaints like this are embarrassing to them and they don't want to receive or investigate them.
I have enjoyed reading the comments posted by various people on this subject, because it demonstrates that the greatest majority is aware of the problems with absentee ballots.
We are "the tired, the poor and the huddled masses yearning to breathe free" from a corrupt form of government that has invaded us, the politicians who win elections with absentee ballots that are wrongfully collected or purchased.
Fixing the problems with the absentee ballots is just one of the many things we can do to liberate ourselves from corrupt politicians who do not deserve public office.
John do you want to give us her name in email?
Absentee Ballots has become one of the bigest money making business in dade county. On November 2, 2010 election day. I was suprise to know that Frederica Wilson received a phone call from an unknown person at 4:00 pm notifying her that she was the winner for congress in the district 17 race.
She started screaming, jumping for joy and celebrating way before the election department officially announced the results, so it's not just an hispanics thing because the African-American Politicians have been doing it for years!
I personaly questioned the election department about that matter and the validity of the AB's. Their reply to me was, they have no control over the AB process to check with Talahassee.
Something is wrong with that picture, when a candidate or an incumbent can openly boast about the % of which they will winn an election over their opponent or claim their victory hours before the official count from the election department.
The suprising thing about all that is they are always right on the money. Something is definitely wrong with that picture!..
I think the Election Department and particular employees are crooked and has always been on the take, they need to be identified and investigated, that would partly put a stop to the coruption, election fraud, political mafias, political thugs, and the crooked politicians - candidates. And as far as the AB's, that's an other world of web and deception that Talahassee need to adress and set forth new policy.
Wow. Anonymous about Wilson:
Can you email G.O.D. and give her more details? You can stay anonymous.
I agree with the person who posted the comment about Congresswoman-Elect Frederica Wilson, I am a witness to that fact and that was a camera moment. My only regret is that I dont have it on cemera to document and keep as proof.
I guess at the time I thought nothing of it untill now, just like all the people that was there with her, live and learn at least now I know better.
Thank God her mentor "Kendrick" couldn't pull it off this time around.
wait a minute on Wilson....she ran against a nobody in the general election, she got 88.29% of the vote. She had to win...
In the primary she got 2,570 votes absentee and about 11,700 election day and early voting.
In reference to Wilson, I was refering to the primary race and the 4:00 pm phone call more so, and due to the fact that her opponent was new to the world of politics, she didn't see the need to campaign for the general election.
By the way, her opponent was a well established lawyer whom does not fit the profile of a nobody, as stated.
Career politicians rely greatly on below average voters because they vote purely on emotion, average voters vote based upon name recognition, and above average voters vote based on a candidate's ability to affectively address important issues and how those issues will impact the community.
Unfortunately. New, qualify and good candidates with no name recognition in the political arena pay a hefty price at the poles on election day, because of below and average voters who refuse to learn about the real issues, yet be the first to complain about wanting change in government.
What most people doesnt understand is that when you vote for a lower comon denominator candidate you get lower comon denominator results.
Next time please take the time to listen to a New candidate with no name recognition because they stand on the issues, beside that's what motivated them to get into politics in the first place.
Having run a clean campaign I can tell you that if you don't have the money to buy into the absentee ballot machine you don't have a prayer. I have a voter that the ballot was never received at her daughters house and yet she voted (she's at a nursing home). Why? Good question. I let the department of elections know and that was the end of that. They should be looking at the signatures of voters from nursing home etc. just like they are looking into the recall signatures. Voters with Alzheimer, or any mental illness that affects their ability to make sound judgment, should not be allowed to vote. Are they allowed to drive? It is up to the children to revoke their voting rights and I guarantee that many don't know that the parents are voting (or someone is voting for them)and those that do know are playing the game...I have 3 votes for you ;)
Regarding the voter's name, I will speak with her first and ask her if I can share it with you. I will also ask her if I can give you her phone number. She was angry about it last month so she probably will talk to you.
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