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As the conventions come and go, the chaos never fades. Clark County, Nevada, ended up not sending any delegates to either Clinton or Obama after a chaotic Democrat national convention. About 8,000 delegates showed up at a Las Vegas Casino for the convention, causing the fire marshal to shut down a ballroom. The disorganized nature of the proceedings has caused delegates to be shut out from supporting the candidate of their choice. Both campaigns asked that the proceedings be called off after monumental turnout swelled the county’s capacities. The result is that nothing was completed, and the event will have to be rescheduled.
With such a crucial decision awaiting the Democrat National Convention in the summer, the organized running of these preliminary conventions is more important than before.
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As the primary season rolls along, so do the voter fraud incidents. Most recently, in the New York City Democrat primary, it was discovered that votes originally intended for Barack Obama were instead being counted as votes for Hillary Clinton. The extent of this voter fraud was discovered when, in traditionally black voting districts such as Harlem, Obama pulled in next to no votes, and a recount was demanded.
Before the recount, Harlem’s voting breakdown was 141-0 in favor of Senator Clinton. However, after the recount, the results were estimated at 261-136, still in favor of Clinton, but giving Obama’s vote count a significant boost. As yet, the exact estimates cannot be confirmed, but a ballot-by-ballot canvassing of the voting machines is ongoing.
Incidents like these show the necessity of an accountable, more honestly run voting system, with reliable voting methods in place.
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Fat Tuesday has come and gone, and while beads, donuts and revelry abounded, there was far more serious fat being thrown into the fire; namely, the glitches that occurred in the voting processes of several states on Super Tuesday. They are as follows:
- Los Angeles, California: In one particular polling place in L.A., there was no voting equipment available when the polls opened. Other polling places weren’t even open when they were supposed to be. All the hubbub had one L.A. attorney worried, particularly about non-partisan voters voting in what are supposed to be closed primaries. With so much riding on California’s large bundle of delegates, this is not a good time for “voting irregularities.”
- Hoboken, N.J.: The City of Hoboken started Super Tuesday with some rough problems, namely malfunctioning voting machines. While officials scrambled to get the machines fixed or replaced, many voters missed their chance to vote in the state’s primary.
- Chicago, IL: Notorious for its political shenanigans, Chicago was no exception this Super Tuesday. One precinct worker on the North Side convinced 20 voters that “a stylus for marking electronic touch screens was actually a pen with ‘invisible ink’ to be used for marking paper ballots,” and one woman who showed up to vote was told that she couldn’t because only one of five election judges were present. In the latter case, Oprah came to the rescue—she heard about the problem, and then stayed with the young woman until she was allowed to vote. She also called her on her cell phone an hour later to make sure she had voted.
All in all, Super Tuesday definitely had some major hiccups, despite what the media says about voting “going smoothly.” Hopefully someday we’ll have a Super Tuesday where minor glitches are resolved, and everyone’s vote is counted.
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Alabama’s Secretary of State, Beth Chapman, predicted it would be a fun Super Tuesday in Alabama—and she was right. Alabama’s number of registered voters increased significantly, by some 60,000 new voters, in the last three months, which led to the state’s highest voter turnout in history.
It’s good to see citizens engaged and involved, but keep in mind that this is the state where, not even three months ago, we saw at least two significant cases of voter fraud. The latest case included registering dead people to vote, registering the residents of the same nursing home in six different precincts, and allowing at least three convicted felons and one imprisoned citizen to cast ballots.
So far, reports say that there were no problems with the voting system—let’s hope that’s truly the case.
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Well, it's official. Our inaugural Sammie Awards presentation was a hit!
Last night at Chicago landmark restaurant the Berghoff, we gathered together with friends and allies to celebrate the holidays and our one-year anniversary—and to honor citizen activists doing important work for liberty across the country. (Read our press release to learn about the winners—and stay tuned for features on each of these citizens, beginning the first week of January.)
In addition to recognizing the six Sammie winners, we played a short video recapping our first year, our chairman and CEO Eric O'Keefe spoke about what we've been doing, and our Senior Advisor Paul Jacob gave a rousing speech about his political persecution in Oklahoma—and about the need to keep fighting for freedom. (Richard will be posting video footage of the event sometime next week—check back to see it.)
It was good to be re-energized—reading story after story about government abuse day after day can be discouraging. But last night's festivities were proof that people are doing something about this abuse, and that their efforts are working.
So, today, in the spirit of the holidays, I wanted to share that (instead of posting on one of the many stories of government fraud, waste, and abuse). Plus, today is my dad's birthday, so I didn't want to bum him out.
Be encouraged: citizens across the country are fighting for freedom—here's to another year of doing just that!
Happy Holidays from all of us here at the Sam Adams Alliance!
I’m here for the next few days attending a conference put on by the Society of Professional Journalists, and I’m looking forward to a lot of interesting sessions. Some of the other Sam staff will be in D.C. as well, at the Americans for Prosperity Defending the American Dream Summit. So, if you’re in town, stop by their booth (at the Mayflower Hotel) to say hello and get a Sam Adams bobblehead!
Anyway, over at the SPJ conference, I just attended a session offering some really useful information. The session, “Hot New Research Tools for Journalists,” outlined some great web resources invaluable to not only journalists, but also any citizen who wants to hold their government accountable. Check them out:
