REPUBLICAN LAWSUIT IN COLORADO CLAIMS DEMOCRATS BLOCKING VOTE MONITORS
Republicans and a vote monitor in Boulder County, Colorado, filed a lawsuit Monday claiming a county clerk and recorder refused to comply with election law by denying transparency requirements.
According to the suit, Boulder County clerk and recorder Hillary Hall did not allow access while mail-in ballots were counted.
Republicans claim Hall only allowed the count to be observed for a few seconds and denied monitors “sufficient time and access to take even the most basic steps to determine whether a signature should be verified or to lodge a challenge as is their right.”
“We’ve made significant changes to the way we conduct elections in Colorado, and as a result, it’s more important than ever that poll watchers have access and the ability to do their statutorily designed job,” Ryan Call, the state chairman for the Colorado Republican party, told the National Review. “Hillary Hall really stands apart from every other county clerk in the state in refusing to give meaningful access for Republican poll watchers to do their job, and it’s unfortunate that we’ve had to resort to legal action to compel the clerk to let our watchers in.”
“Clerk Hall’s refusal to allow Republican watchers to observe the signature verification process is not only illegal, but it may undermine confidence that our election is being conducted with integrity,” Call said.
Hall and Democrats argue the law does not allow poll watchers the right to question voter signatures and say Republicans are attempting to suppress voter turnout.
“This is partisan politics, people who don’t like mail ballots trying to discredit them,” Hall told FOX31 Denver on Monday afternoon. “The law provides that election judges verify voter signatures, not poll watchers. If they want the right to verify signatures, they should go ask the state legislature.”
District Judge Patrick Butler ruled against Republicans soon after the suit was filed.
“While it is not possible to seek an appeal in the time remaining before Election Day, it is our hope that in the future the Colorado Secretary of State or the legislature can better enforce the rules to ensure the access necessary so poll watchers can fulfill their important role in monitoring elections,” Call said in a statement following the decision. “Our Party is absolutely committed to the integrity of our elections, and will continue to work to ensure that every legal vote is fairly and accurately counted.”
Norway is world's most prosperous country
- Thorhild Widvey: Norway's richest MP (17 Oct 14)
- Norway boasts a record 222 billionaires (25 Sep 14)Legatum Institute's 2014 Prosperity Index ranked Norway as the most prosperous country in the world, with Switzerland at number two on the list.The rankings are based on eight variables of a country's prosperityperformance
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- Economy
- Entrepreneurship
- Governance
- Education
- Personal freedom
- Health
- Security
- Social capital
Norway performed best on Social Capital and worst (7th) on Entrepreneurship and Opportunity.The Nordic nation retained its number one spot from last year, as the top-ranking most prosperous country. New Zealand moved to third place, up two spots from 2013, while Russia slipped to Europe's worstperformingThe study revealed 90 percent of Norwegians believe their country is a good place for immigrants to live, while 94.9 percent said they felt they could rely on their fellow citizens in a time of need.Less optimistic however was that nearly one-third of Norwegians (29.7 percent) thought corruption in businessThe study, now in its eighth year, offers a unique insight into how prosperity is forming and changing across the world.The Index takes into account 142 countries, representing more than 96 percent of the world’s population and 99 percent of global GDP.Prosperity Index: Top 201 Norway2 Switzerland3 New Zealand4 Denmark5 Canada6 Sweden7 Australia8 Finland9 Netherlands10 United States11 Iceland12 Ireland13 United Kingdom14 Germany15 Austria16 Luxembourg17 Belgium18 Singapore19 Japan20 Hong KongFrance was just outside the Top 20 in 21st place, Spain was 26th and Italy was The Local's poorest performing country in 37th place.
California University Football Players Beat Man Into Brain-Damaged State, Because He Stood Up For His Girlfriend!
Five California University football players severely beat Lewis Campbell, 30, into a brain-damaged state, all because he had the courage to confront them after one of them made an inappropriate comment to his girlfriend, reports the Daily Caller:
James Williamson, Corey Ford, Jonathan Barlow, Rodney Gillin and D’Andre Dunkley have been charged with aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, harassment and conspiracy . . .According to witnesses, 30-year old Lewis Campbell confronted the young men after one of them said something to his girlfriend. The football players waited for Campbell to leave Spuds before jumping him and repeatedly stomping on his head. Campbell quickly lost consciousness, and the five fled the scene, yelling, “Football strong!”
According to KDKA, the 30-year-old victim Lewis Campbell has since been “flown to Allegheny General Hospital, where he remains in the ICU with a severe brain injury.”
Furthermore, California University has cancelled its game today against Gannon University, and Interim University President Geraldine M. Jones has issued the following statement:
California University does not tolerate violent behavior, and the five student-athletes charged in connection with this incident will face University sanctions, along with any penalties imposed by law.
The police investigation is continuing, and the rights of these accused students will be upheld. But in light of these allegations, I asked Coach Kellar to cancel Saturday’s game. Behavior has consequences, and all Cal U students, including student-athletes, must abide by our Student Code of Conduct if they wish to remain a part of our campus community.
At the same time, it must be clearly understood that the actions of a small group of individuals are not representative of our entire student body, nor of all Cal U student-athletes. I ask our entire campus community to recommit to our University’s core values, and to demonstrate through their words and their actions the best that our University can be.
Our hearts and our prayers go out to the victim, his family and his friends. All else pales in comparison.”
Buying Votes in Chicago!
Here’s what the alderman’s Facebook page told voters to do,
“Vote--you're eligible no matter the candidate, then put their name and contact information on the back of their voter receipt.... And stop by the Fifth Ward office and drop it off.”
The prizes being offered were all gift cards to local business like Starbucks and Walgreens, as well as $100 Visa gift cards, which can be used anywhere that Visa is accepted.
Sadly the practice is illegal.
FOX 32 showed the Facebook post to election attorney Burt Odelson.
"[This is] not okay. Not legal. It violates Article 29-1 of the election code," Odelson said.
Article 29-1 bans the practice of vote-buying, and carries a class four felony.
"That section is very specific that you cannot offer anything, money or anything of value, to entice someone to vote one way or another, or just to vote," Odelson added.
The local Fox affiliate, Fox 32, confronted the alderman about the Facebook post and the possible election fraud while she was on break from a meeting in City Hall. Here’s how the interview went,
FOX 32's Dane Placko: "You offered gift cards for people who came in with a voting slip."
Ald. Leslie Hairston: "Well, that is not exactly it."
Dane: "How am I wrong?"
Hairston: "The post is now gone."
Dane: "Well the post was up for some time."
Hairston: "And now it's gone."
Indeed, the raffle post had disappeared from Hairston's Facebook page by early afternoon.
Dane: "Do you understand why people became alarmed about this?"
Hairston: "When we found out we took it down."
Um. “When we found out we took it down”? This either means one of two things: first, when they found out about the raffle they took it down, which is preposterous since it was the alderman and her team who came up with the raffle idea, bought thousands of dollars in gift cards and then advertised it on their social media accounts. The second possibility is that they didn’t know it was illegal to pay people to vote. Which would make the alderman and her team… STUPID.
Let me help anyone who might be wondering about this… incentivizing someone to go and vote is called election fraud/voter fraud. The problem is that one party is paying people to go vote and the other is not. This disparity generally creates even more incentive for the voter to vote for the party that is paying them… so that in the future they may get paid again.
Get it? Vote buying is always illegal… always.
The alderman’s office later issued a statement saying,
"...my only intent was to encourage people to exercise their right to vote... There was no subterfuge involved at any time. It may not have been well thought out, but it was well intentioned."
The local election attorney wasn’t buying the alderman’s excuse. Here’s Odelson again, "It is a throwback to the old hinky dink days to tell you the truth when it was commonplace to buy a person's vote. When it was a big joke. But this is Chicago.”
Hey, don’t be surprised -- it’s the Chicago Way!
Read more at http://eaglerising.com/10650/democrats-literally-buying-votes-chicago/#fvGtcEZf2gCZKeuU.99
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