How the GOP really stole a state senate race

[pamak]

Your issue is with the voters not the Repubs. This is a potential consequence of relying so heavily on masses of uninformed voters as Dems have a tendency to do.

The party which attacks science (intelligence design, pandemics, global warming) cannot preach about informed and uninformed voters, nor does the existence of unifomred voters justifies a system that is designed to trick them.

 

[pamak]

Running for office is neither illegal nor wrong. Your disagreeing with a candidacy, thinking not enough effort was invested, disliking the ethnic background of the candidate, etc. does not make it a "pretend" run for office.

If people didn't want to vote for him they shouldn't have.

Is there a residency requirement to run for office?

If you have any evidence of dead people voting, ballots being illegally backdated, etc. feel free to post it.


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Running for office is not wrong or illegal.
Pretending to run for office is legal but still wrong.

There is a requirement to be honest in the filings. Douchbags like him make it clear that the law must change to not permit such bs tactics.

The law must require from those who suddenly chose to run as independent to disclose this clearly in their political advertisement.

 

[AmNat]

There should be the same requirement for people who have been long-term members of one party and suddenly chose to run as independent.

As I said, your desire to outlaw opposition candidates has not yet been fulfilled.

 

[pamak]

As I said, your desire to outlaw opposition candidates has not yet been fulfilled.

I want the law to force fake opposition candidates to be transparent with the voters to minimize the chances of gaming the system.

 

[X Factor]

The party which attacks science (intelligence design, pandemics, global warming) cannot preach about informed and uninformed voters, nor does the existence of unifomred voters justifies a system that is designed to trick them.

If the voters didn’t know better, that’s on them.

 

[X Factor]

As I said, your desire to outlaw opposition candidates has not yet been fulfilled.

If they could do away with elections entirely, they would.

 

[pamak]

If the voters didn’t know better, that’s on them.

It is not just on them.
It is on the system also.
There is no reason to undermine the will of an uniformed voter just because a douchebag likes it that way.

 

[pamak]

and here is how the current law in Florida can expand to prohibit douchbags like this fake candidate from corrupting elections

from the OP link

Florida law requires any candidate who is seeking the nomination of any political party to be a registered member of such political party for at least one year before the general election takes place. Alex Rodriguez, however, did not run as a partisan candidate. He filed as a no-party candidate, which means the absence of a party.
...

Rodriguez was registered Republican when he voted in the 2018 midterm election and changed his status to no party affiliation in June, the same month that he qualified to run in the 2020 election.

The same idea should expand to include party members who suddenly decide to run as independent a few months before an election.

And there should be a quick resolution of recasting of votes when such fraud is exposed. In fact, a system of runoff elections will be effective in stopping such tactics. It will be similar to what Georgia does when the winner failed to get over 50% of the votes.

 

[Individual]

Same with everybody, really.

All the more reason to eliminate political parties, at the National level at least.

 

[Fiddytree]

All the more reason to eliminate political parties, at the National level at least.

Doesn't work in the slightest. Many of our Founders spend an exorbitant amount of time ranting about factions and parties. They created parties. After the Federalists came crashing down and there was one party, it was a nightmare.

Edmund Burke inevitably wins.

 

[Individual]

Doesn't work in the slightest. Many of our Founders spend an exorbitant amount of time ranting about factions and parties. They created parties. After the Federalists came crashing down and there was one party, it was a nightmare.

Edmund Burke inevitably wins.

No parties, Nationally, is what I suggested.
Politician elected to Federal office should represent their constituents interests, NOT a centralized Political parties interests.

 

[GummyVitamins]

The party which attacks science (intelligence design, pandemics, global warming) cannot preach about informed and uninformed voters, nor does the existence of unifomred voters justifies a system that is designed to trick them.

A fetus is a "clump of cells," 184 genders, the world is going to end in 10 years, GMO food is unhealthy, fracking is bad, BPA needs to be banned, etc.

Have fun with the party that doesn't attack science.

 

[reflechissez]

Your issue is with the voters not the Repubs. This is a potential consequence of relying so heavily on masses of uninformed voters as Dems have a tendency to do.

You know that Fox viewers are the most uninformed, don't you?

 

[skeptic llc]

Look, I get it. You're a communist and wish we had a one-party state where opposition candidates were illegal.

However, we aren't quite there yet. And for some reason, people are still allowed to run against Democrats. Even Hispanics.

You're such a freedom fighter, it's really inspiring. Your intellectual approach to discussion, in which you call names and make mass generalizations, perfectly accents your nuanced world view. Great stuff.

 

[skeptic llc]

You know that Fox viewers are the most uninformed, don't you?

Of course not, Fox didn't report that.

 

[skeptic llc]

If they could do away with elections entirely, they would.

Rs? Yes they would, but thankfully the court stopped them from throwing out bazillions of votes. Nice regard for citizens, trying to get their votes discarded. Real respect for individual rights eh?

 

[Clicker III]

If the voters didn’t know better, that’s on them.

Ignorant voters are what the Dems count on to get their votes. Voter education is a constant narrative from the Dems but what it means is indoctrination. The spoiled losers in these cases are simply butthurt because their own tactics are turned on them now.
In Georgia the ballot was flooded with candidates. The result was what the Dems wanted, a runoff. Kinda like extending the play in football. What they got was a runoff but the pissed off voters that came out to vote against Trump are probably not going to show up and do the same to the Senate candidates.
United States Senate election in Georgia, 2020 - Ballotpedia

 

[X Factor]

Rs? Yes they would, but thankfully the court stopped them from throwing out bazillions of votes. Nice regard for citizens, trying to get their votes discarded. Real respect for individual rights eh?

Do you not think only legally cast votes from actual live voters should be counted? There have been fraudulent votes cast. Why are you ok with that?

 

[Dans La Lune]

Was anything illegal done?

Well, maybe not by FLORIDA standards. But then, even the appearance of impropriety wasn't done on the Democrats' side and the right-wing is still flipping out.

 

[MSgt]

I believe that the Democrats are really STUPID for letting the opposition be on the attack with bogus claims about the integrity of the mail-in ballots and the elections and do not bring such stories forward which show real corruption.

This has long been the Democratic story.

They let Republicans get away with calling them "weak on communism." They let Republicans get away with calling them "weak on terrorism." And with Republicans constantly being caught committing actual voter fraud and being documented as high as the Supreme Court for racial gerrymandering and voter suppression, they let them get away with calling them cheats.

Democrats are always weak this way.

 

[MSgt]

Do you not think only legally cast votes from actual live voters should be counted? There have been fraudulent votes cast. Why are you ok with that?

You mean this guy?

A Republican Pennsylvanian is facing felonies after he tried to apply for a mail-in ballot in his dead mother’s name, according to report. Robert Richard Lynn was charged with forgery and interference with a primary or election.

How about all of this for actual fraud?

* Republican officials in Pennsylvania were hiring workers to phone Democrat voters to tell them that they can turn their ballots in three days after the deadline.

* Two Republicans charged in Ohio election fraud.

* Police in Iowa have charged a 55-year-old woman with election misconduct after she reportedly voted twice for Donald Trump. Rote said in an interview with Iowa Public Radio that she’d committed fraud because she feared her vote would later be switched to Hillary Clinton. “I wasn’t planning on doing it twice, it was spur of the moment. The polls are rigged,” she said, echoing the Republican nominee's mantra.

* North Carolina Republican operative charged in election fraud scheme.

* The latest overblown Republican claims of voter fraud have been thoroughly debunked, now that a federal judge has blocked a massive voter purge in Texas, and accused GOP election officials there of creating a “mess” that intimidated vulnerable voters.

Clearly, America is not OK with it. This is why Republicans are always caught and charged for it. But isn't it funny how there is supposed to be some mass systematic Democratic program to steal the election with absolutely no evidence of it, but individual Republicans can't get away with it? This means one of two things:

1) Either Democrats are simply more intelligent

- OR -

2) Republicans live in a delusional world of denial where deflecting their own depravity upon "the other" leaves them ignorant of who they are. In some cases, such as in Iowa, this delusion and exaggeration about Democrats has led their own constituents to practice fraud.

 

[AmNat]

You're such a freedom fighter, it's really inspiring. Your intellectual approach to discussion, in which you call names and make mass generalizations, perfectly accents your nuanced world view. Great stuff.

The OP self-identifies as a socialist and has expressly called for opposition candidates to be excluded from the ballot based on their political affiliation. I simply stated facts.

 

[GummyVitamins]

The party which attacks science (intelligence design, pandemics, global warming) cannot preach about informed and uninformed voters, nor does the existence of unifomred voters justifies a system that is designed to trick them.

Religious services in churches are dangerous and should be illegal, however, religious services in casinos is safe and legal. Using a boat with a motor is dangerous and you can catch covid, however, rowing a boat is safe and should remain legal. Outdoor exercise in groups is dangerous and should be illegal, however, rowing a boat is still safe. Going to a local florist is dangerous and should be illegal, however, growing to a grocery store where thousands of people are shopping daily is safe and legal. Speaking of being safe and legal, it's much safer for everyone involved if we reduce the store hours dramatically forcing people to shop within more time crammed periods. Protesting liberal causes is dangerous and spreads covid, however, protesting Trump is safe and encouraged. If you disagree with this you want to kill your grandparents, but we didn't kill your grandparents by putting covid positive patients in their nursing homes.

 

[GummyVitamins]

The party which attacks science (intelligence design, pandemics, global warming) cannot preach about informed and uninformed voters, nor does the existence of unifomred voters justifies a system that is designed to trick them.

The federal government should reimburse medical treatments based on the idea that all ailments are caused by the obstruction of magical energy in the body and placing needles in magical places removes the obstruction of the magic. Speaking of magical medical treatments, we should pass laws allowing the treatment of our soldiers with homeopathic remedies because real medicine is for the closed-minded. The government should provide the first mass scale covid vaccinations to the coalition of states who have publicly stated they refuse to distribute them until they have conducted additional research because "this virus doesn't discriminate." Speaking of discrimination, it's racist and xenophobic to reduce travel from countries with high pandemic rates, however, blocking interestate travel is common sense. Enjoy being a member of the "informed" party and not those "intelligence design" weirdos.

 

[chuckiechan]

This is still illegal, even if the penalty is not harsh. And such issue (assuming that there is no penalty for such false declaration) reveals a corrupt system. Sometimes corruption has become perfectly legal and part of the system See lobbying...

Stings, doesn’t it? Maybe you are convinced now that election fraud is real? Don’t try to tell me know one knew until after votes were cast. Someone knew he wasccheating, but they didn’t care.