Overwhelming evidence shows vote fraud, abuse played major role in outcome
I was mostly interested in the focus on fraud northern VA, where I worked as an election official.
What follows here is an excerpt from a longer article entitled "Did Obama steal the election?" Very provocative piece. If you want to read it in its entirety here is the shortcut:
http://www.wnd.com/2012/12/did-obama-steal-the-2012-election/
The report that raised the most red flags came from Prince William County,
Virginia. Virginia is a swing state with a Republican governor and legislature.
It would be solid red except that populous Northern Virginia sits aside
Washington, D.C., and is home to many federal government employees.
It also has a burgeoning immigrant population of Hispanics, many of whom
are illegal. Prince William County, for example had a population of 9,662
Hispanics in 1990. Over the last 20 years, that population has grown by 743
percent to 81,460 in 2010, accounting for almost 40 percent of Prince William
County’s population growth according to the Census Bureau. Census does not
distinguish between legal and illegal, but a large proportion of these are
undoubtedly illegal. Indeed, Virginia is one of 12 states with the highest
illegal alien populations in the country and most reside in Northern
Virginia.
Of the many complaints about the election in Prince William, one report
really stood out. Dara Fox, a Republican poll watcher certified by the Virginia
Board of Elections, and trained in the use of Romney’s ORCA application,
reported at least 100 instances of voting irregularities, where the voter should
have either been challenged or provided with a provisional vote. These
included:
Many people unable to state their name or address on their ID without
assistance
Many unable to speak English and could not follow simple directions
Many times upon recording a vote, it was discovered that a vote in that
person’s name had already been checked off
Many times the voter’s age did not match the age of the registered voter,
e.g. he/she appeared much younger/older than the person listed on the
registration
Several times, Fox observed what appeared to be the same person voting
twice, or the same name was called twice, when the [ORCA] app stated that only
one voter in the precinct had the stated name
Many times a person who looked Hispanic answered to a name that he/she
could barely pronounce – that was obviously some other ethnicity, such as Asian
or Middle Eastern.
Every one of these people save one, voted, and none with a provisional
ballot.
One person was denied the vote who admitted through an interpreter he was
underage, but said he was told he could vote anyway. He was denied the vote only
after repeated protests.
In circumstances like this, voters are usually given a provisional ballot.
Fox said there should have been hundreds, but at the end of the day, the
provisional vote tally was zero out of 2,753 votes at that poll. County
statisticsbear this out. According to the Prince William County Board of
Elections, there were a total of 177,789 votes countywide, but only 196
provisional ballots.
Fox was interviewed on WMAL Radio about her experiences, and the interview
prompted many other Virginia poll watchers to call in or comment about similar
experiences they had witnessed. Prince William County voting officials conducted
a hearing on the issues she raised, and politely listened to her, but reportedly
gave much more weight to a Democrat official who complained of “voter
suppression.” Fox’s interview on WMAL can be heard here.
Virginia has minimal ID requirements to vote; a utility bill will suffice.
Furthermore, no proof of citizenship is required. If, when filling out a voter
registration, one checks the “U.S. Citizen” box, he/she is presumed to be
telling the truth. Voting officials said it is nearly impossible to verify
citizenship because the federal government will not share its data.
How many people voted at this location that shouldn’t have? If the “at
least 100″ irregularities Dara Fox witnessed were actually fraudulent votes, and
if there were no others that she did not witness, then the fraudulent vote rate
at this location would have been 3.6 percent. It is likely that there were
others, but it is equally likely that some of these were not actually
fraudulent.
Hypothetically assume 3.6 percent was correct and reflects the statewide
rate. Further assume all fraudulent votes went to Obama. The total vote count in
Virginia was 1,971,820 Obama to 1,822,522 Romney, a difference of 149,298 votes.
3.6 percent would have given Obama 70,986 votes, not enough to account for his
win; and this is likely an exaggeration of the actual fraudulent vote.
But this does not resolve the issue. As discussed earlier, citizenship on
Virginia voter registrations is assumed, not confirmed. If significant numbers
of illegals are registering, knowing that election officials cannot check their
citizenship status, then many illegal votes are being counted as legitimate. The
only way to confidently verify the results of this election would be to
investigate the citizenship of every immigrant voter in Virginia.
This would all be resolved however, if Virginia passed stringent photo
voter ID laws. To facilitate this in Virginia and other states, the federal
government should make its data available so that voting officials in every
state can check the naturalization status of immigrants registering to vote much
like police agencies access the FBI’s NCIC. Citizens should be required to
register with a government-issued photo ID and birth certificate.
This is the best system-wide answer to voter fraud, but would work only if
poll workers actually checked voter credentials. Voting lines were up to three
hours long in Prince William County and poll workers stopped checking
credentials just to move people along. Increasing the number of poll locations
and poll workers would relieve the pressure and give poll workers more time to
properly check credentials. Questionable voters can always vote with a
provisional ballot, which can be checked later when election officials are not
under such heavy pressure.
But ultimately, the security of the vote in every state is dependent upon
the integrity of people involved. In Democrat-controlled counties particularly,
poll officials have been brazenly demonstrating contempt for both the law and
the process, while the Democrat political infrastructure nationwide doubles down
on efforts to thwart voter integrity measures. Increasingly, their actions call
into question the integrity of the entire process.
Submitted by : Claire Golaszewski,
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