Off Year Elections 2015

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OH won't legalize mj, and voted down market monopolies (but 44% voted FOR!)

http://www.dispatch.com/content/sections/news/government-politics/elections/index.html

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KY just elected a governor that ran on killing the successful KyNect and health insurance for 500K KYians

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And Houston voted down the Bathroom Ordinance. So would I (if council members were crazy enough to pass it in Miami). I don't want my daughter in any bathroom with any "man" who decides to identify as a woman.

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SFO voted down restrictions on AirBnB

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SFO voted down restrictions on AirBnB

Great - Broward County was forced to let Uber back in due to protests from residents. Too much regulation on a win-win situation (well, except for the taxis).

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And Houston voted down the Bathroom Ordinance. So would I (if council members were crazy enough to pass it in Miami). I don't want my daughter in any bathroom with any "man" who decides to identify as a woman.

As a man, nothing turns me on more than a girl taking a good dump.

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Conway defended KYnect; Bevin called it a disaster. While his prescription for changing it shifted, he ended the race with a promise to undo Kentucky's successful experiment.

"I plan to use the open enrollment period in 2016 to transition people from the state-level exchange to the federal exchange," Bevin told the (http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/northern-ky/2015/10/26/governor-candidates-stand/74663338/) Cincinnati Enquirer last week. "Once all are transitioned, I would shut down the exchange." When it came to Medicaid, Bevin pledged to "repeal the expansion as it currently exists, and seek a Section 1115 waiver from the Center for Medicaid Services."

Bevin pulled some of his best numbers in Kentucky's impoverished eastern counties, where enrollment had been highest. As the polls closed, the situation reminded author Thomas Frank of his thesis in "What's the Matter With Kansas?" of voters striking out against their interests.



"It's a classic example, up there with fighting over the theory of evolution,"

"I’m gonna fight for KYnect because I believe it would be inhumane to take health insurance away from hundreds of thousands of people," Stumbo said. "The problem is that we never statutorily approved it. It’s gonna be a battle in this next session to see what happens with that program. Everybody: Put on your boots and your big-boy pants."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/11/03/gop-win-in-kentucky-sets-up-unprecedented-affordable-care-act-fight/

voting themselves out of Medicaid.

Repugs crapifying everything they touch, as always.

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Conway defended KYnect; Bevin called it a disaster. While his prescription for changing it shifted, he ended the race with a promise to undo Kentucky's successful experiment.

"I plan to use the open enrollment period in 2016 to transition people from the state-level exchange to the federal exchange," Bevin told the (http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/northern-ky/2015/10/26/governor-candidates-stand/74663338/) Cincinnati Enquirer last week. "Once all are transitioned, I would shut down the exchange." When it came to Medicaid, Bevin pledged to "repeal the expansion as it currently exists, and seek a Section 1115 waiver from the Center for Medicaid Services."

Bevin pulled some of his best numbers in Kentucky's impoverished eastern counties, where enrollment had been highest. As the polls closed, the situation reminded author Thomas Frank of his thesis in "What's the Matter With Kansas?" of voters striking out against their interests.



"It's a classic example, up there with fighting over the theory of evolution,"

"I’m gonna fight for KYnect because I believe it would be inhumane to take health insurance away from hundreds of thousands of people," Stumbo said. "The problem is that we never statutorily approved it. It’s gonna be a battle in this next session to see what happens with that program. Everybody: Put on your boots and your big-boy pants."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/11/03/gop-win-in-kentucky-sets-up-unprecedented-affordable-care-act-fight/

voting themselves out of Medicaid.

Repugs crapifying everything they touch, as always.





IMO, Obamacare will soon be unaffordable for most. $1610 to cover my family of 5. Yesterday, my brother complained that it'll be $700/month to renew his - now looking for another policy - most of which look like crap services for the money. My daughter got offered two internships this year - both 28 hours (not 40) - companies not wanting to deal with Obamacare. Once those 3 year safeguards expire, premiums will soar even more - hopefully just in time for the 2016 elections (I'm sure Obama will find some way to delay making the premiums public). Repeal and replace Obamacare.

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As a man, nothing turns me on more than a girl taking a good dump.

Maybe we should try more of the recent bright idea of some university - have males and females in the same dorm bathrooms - result: females being videoed while they showered. That put a quick end to that experiment. Men will be men, and there's a good reason why females shouldn't have to share bathroom/locker room facilities with males.

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Maybe we should try more of the recent bright idea of some university - have males and females in the same dorm bathrooms - result: females being videoed while they showered. That put a quick end to that experiment. Men will be men, and there's a good reason why females shouldn't have to share bathroom/locker room facilities with males.

I'm not familiar with this experiment. Anyway, this is not an issue I'm at all emotionally invested in, especially because I expect unisex bathrooms to be the norm in 10-20 years. Videoing people while they shower will always be illegal.

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IMO, Obamacare will soon be unaffordable for most. $1610 to cover my family of 5. Yesterday, my brother complained that it'll be $700/month to renew his - now looking for another policy - most of which look like crap services for the money. My daughter got offered two internships this year - both 28 hours (not 40) - companies not wanting to deal with Obamacare. Once those 3 year safeguards expire, premiums will soar even more - hopefully just in time for the 2016 elections (I'm sure Obama will find some way to delay making the premiums public). Repeal and replace Obamacare.

for the millionth time, ACA doesn't set insurance prices nor health care costs, BigInsurance does.

USA continues, as has been the case decades before ACA, to be FUCKED HARD by the entire health care system, NOT by ACA.

btw, Repugs have aggressively defunded the state co-ops, and now say "the co-ops are a failure".

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Conway defended KYnect; Bevin called it a disaster. While his prescription for changing it shifted, he ended the race with a promise to undo Kentucky's successful experiment.

"I plan to use the open enrollment period in 2016 to transition people from the state-level exchange to the federal exchange," Bevin told the (http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/northern-ky/2015/10/26/governor-candidates-stand/74663338/) Cincinnati Enquirer last week. "Once all are transitioned, I would shut down the exchange." When it came to Medicaid, Bevin pledged to "repeal the expansion as it currently exists, and seek a Section 1115 waiver from the Center for Medicaid Services."

Bevin pulled some of his best numbers in Kentucky's impoverished eastern counties, where enrollment had been highest. As the polls closed, the situation reminded author Thomas Frank of his thesis in "What's the Matter With Kansas?" of voters striking out against their interests.




"It's a classic example, up there with fighting over the theory of evolution,"

"I’m gonna fight for KYnect because I believe it would be inhumane to take health insurance away from hundreds of thousands of people," Stumbo said. "The problem is that we never statutorily approved it. It’s gonna be a battle in this next session to see what happens with that program. Everybody: Put on your boots and your big-boy pants."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/11/03/gop-win-in-kentucky-sets-up-unprecedented-affordable-care-act-fight/

voting themselves out of Medicaid.

Repugs crapifying everything they touch, as always.

Rand Paul No Longer Most Embarrassing Thing About Kentucky

FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY — In an improbable development that few saw coming, on Tuesday night Senator Rand Paul lost his title as the most embarrassing thing about Kentucky.

Paul’s reign as the state’s most embarrassing thing began in 2010, when he took the title from fellow Senator Mitch McConnell.

Prior to Paul’s reign, McConnell had been the undisputed most embarrassing thing about Kentucky for a staggering twenty-five years.

A threat to Paul’s five-year title came earlier this fall, when he fended off a strong challenge by the county clerk Kim Davis.

Reached by reporters on Tuesday night, Paul was philosophical about passing the torch to a new source of embarrassment. “I had a good run,” he said

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/rand-paul-no-longer-most-embarrassing-thing-about-kentucky?mbid=nl_110215%20Borowitz%20Newsletter%20 (1)&CNDID=&spMailingID=8220033&spUserID=MjczNzc0Njk0NDAS1&spJobID=800363186&spReportId=ODAwMzYzMTg2S0

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lol men will be men. nope can't expect them to control their urges. that'd be too much to ask.

[Spurminator]

Interestingly, "Men will be men" doesn't usually work in the gun control debate.

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for the millionth time, ACA doesn't set insurance prices nor health care costs, BigInsurance does.

USA continues, as has been the case decades before ACA, to be FUCKED HARD by the entire health care system, NOT by ACA.

btw, Repugs have aggressively defunded the state co-ops, and now say "the co-ops are a failure".

Are you claiming that ACA does not MANDATE 10 essential benefits? That any man, child and post-menopausal woman (not on medicare) can buy policies that don't include maternity benefits and birth control pills? That these 10 essential benefits on EVERY policy DON"T DRIVE the cost of each policy up? That it is ridiculous to pay for benefits that can NEVER POSSIBLY be used?

Are you denying that Obamacare has contributed to the consolidation of drug companies, hospital/health companies, private doctors having to join bigger practices/hospitals - creating less competition and higher prices? That these requirements and electronic records are so expensive that some doctors are either retiring/consolidating or having to spend a lot of time typing up stuff instead of with the patient. My husband's former employer, Actavis, has been taking over smaller drug companies. Now it is in talks about being taken over by Pfizer.

As I said, we shall see. There's hardly any cost-cutting/saving in Obamacare. IMO, it will eventually collapse on its own. The premiums will continue to get higher, the young and healthy will drop coverage and soon only the old and sick will be willing to pay which will further drive up the premiums.

For those who are suffering financially under this atrocious law, if you are Christian, check out health sharing ministries. Much cheaper, sharing over $300-$500 bill, can see any doctor/hospital, but pay for preventative/screenings.

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"Are you claiming that ACA does not MANDATE 10 essential benefits"

no.

"Are you denying that Obamacare has contributed to the consolidation of drug companies"

monopolies, cartels, oligarchies are fundamental to no-compete "free markets"

ACA had naive "aspirations" about "bending the cost curve down", but obviously, BigHeatlhCare fucking Americans out of their money has continued, and will continue unstoppably, with or without ACA.

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ACA was NEVER intended to work.

ACA was designed to be so systematically fucked up that the only way to politically unwind it would be to go to single payer.

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Defeat of Marijuana Legalization in Ohio Says A Lot About the Kind of Economy People Are Sick and Tired Of

But the strongest and most consistent message is the strong populist resistance to legally establishing a business structure that leaves out every day people.

had Issue 3 passed, it would have established a system of elite and most likely absentee ownership, as opposed to community-based family businesses. Voters recognized the need for local, broad-based ownership as the foundation of a thriving, resilient economy.

Issue 3 was created by a decision-making process led by private interests, excluding local residents. Voters sent a message that they want more voices at the table.

While much was said about the jobs a new legalized marijuana industry would create, there was no guarantee that those jobs would offer decent wages or dependable employment. There was a clear preference for a business model that offers inclusive, living wage jobs that help families from all walks of life enjoy economic security.

Finally, under Issue 3 the business of marijuana would have been the business as usual of wealth inequality. Resentment on this point was pervasive, particularly because there is such a culture of entrepreneurialism and private growth, created by marijuana’s longtime illegal status.

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/11/04/defeat-marijuana-legalization-ohio-says-lot-about-kind-economy-people-are-sick-and

just another case of the 1%/oligarchs crapifying America for the 99%

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ACA was NEVER intended to work.

ACA was designed to be so systematically fucked up that the only way to politically unwind it would be to go to single payer.

Yep. It was designed to entrench able-bodied, low-income, childless adults on Medicaid - hoping that it would be political suicide to go back and lead to single payor and to do away with tax advantaged employer-sponsored healthcare - eventually make employer-sponsored healthcare taxable and be a boon for more taxes collected by government. Just more government dependency and more Democrat votes.

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Did GOP Insiders Steal the Kentucky Governor's Race for Tea Partier Matt Bevin?

all of the pre-election polls suggest Candidate X is set to win, but Candidate Y ends up winning by a huge margin instead and nobody even bothers to verify that the computer tabulated results accurately reflect the intent of the voters.

That's exactly what happened in Kentucky on Tuesday, where Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway was leading by a fair margin (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2015/governor/ky/kentucky_governor_bevin_vs_conway_vs_curtis-5692.html#polls) (about 3 to 5 points) in almost every pre-election poll in his race for Governor, but then ended up being announced (http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Election-Tuesday-Kentucky-campaign-for-governor-at-a-close-now-voters-decide-339742142.html) as the loser to 'Tea Party' Republican candidate Matt Bevin by a landslide (http://www.kentucky.com/2015/11/03/4105933/interactive-ky-governor-election.html) (almost 9 points) --- according to the state's 100% unverified computer tabulation systems.

As detailed on today's program (http://bradblog.com/?p=11430) with my guest Karoli Kuns of Crooks And Liars (http://crooksandliars.com/), there are a number of reasons to question the reported results.

Among them, as Kuns points out today at C&L (http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/heres-what-bothers-me-about-kentuckys), the Democrats running in the down ballot races --- for Secretary of State, Attorney General (Conway's current job) and even state Auditor --- each reportedly received tens of thousands more votes than Conway did at the top of the ticket!

Bev Harris, of BlackBoxVoting.org (http://blackboxvoting.org/), who I spoke with earlier today, described the higher vote totals in the down ballot races as a "significant anomaly". She tells me that, at least until more records are requested and examined, the KY-Gov's race "has to be looked at as a questionable outcome, particularly because of the discrepancies in the down ballot races. More votes in those races and not at the top...that just doesn't happen."

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/did-gop-insiders-steal-kentucky-governors-race-tea-partier-matt-bevin?akid=13630.187590.kiBN_C&rd=1&src=newsletter1045298&t=6

"One contractor, whose website favored Republicans and sold memorabilia celebrating the Republican's presidential win in Florida in 2000, programmed the machinery in dozens of rural counties where George W. Bush received close to 100 percent of the vote, as opposed to the expected two-thirds to three-quarters range. As a result, tens of thousands of votes appeared to be electronically shifted from John Kerry to George W. Bush without any audit trail, because the voting machines involved did not rely on paper ballots.

According to Verified Voting's state-by-state map of voting machinery, many Kentucky (https://www.verifiedvoting.org/verifier2014/#year/2015/state/21) counties have similar all-electronic machinery"

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Did GOP Insiders Steal the Kentucky Governor's Race for Tea Partier Matt Bevin?

all of the pre-election polls suggest Candidate X is set to win, but Candidate Y ends up winning by a huge margin instead and nobody even bothers to verify that the computer tabulated results accurately reflect the intent of the voters.

That's exactly what happened in Kentucky on Tuesday, where Democratic Attorney General Jack Conway was leading by a fair margin (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2015/governor/ky/kentucky_governor_bevin_vs_conway_vs_curtis-5692.html#polls) (about 3 to 5 points) in almost every pre-election poll in his race for Governor, but then ended up being announced (http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Election-Tuesday-Kentucky-campaign-for-governor-at-a-close-now-voters-decide-339742142.html) as the loser to 'Tea Party' Republican candidate Matt Bevin by a landslide (http://www.kentucky.com/2015/11/03/4105933/interactive-ky-governor-election.html) (almost 9 points) --- according to the state's 100% unverified computer tabulation systems.

As detailed on today's program (http://bradblog.com/?p=11430) with my guest Karoli Kuns of Crooks And Liars (http://crooksandliars.com/), there are a number of reasons to question the reported results.

Among them, as Kuns points out today at C&L (http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/heres-what-bothers-me-about-kentuckys), the Democrats running in the down ballot races --- for Secretary of State, Attorney General (Conway's current job) and even state Auditor --- each reportedly received tens of thousands more votes than Conway did at the top of the ticket!

Bev Harris, of BlackBoxVoting.org (http://blackboxvoting.org/), who I spoke with earlier today, described the higher vote totals in the down ballot races as a "significant anomaly". She tells me that, at least until more records are requested and examined, the KY-Gov's race "has to be looked at as a questionable outcome, particularly because of the discrepancies in the down ballot races. More votes in those races and not at the top...that just doesn't happen."

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/did-gop-insiders-steal-kentucky-governors-race-tea-partier-matt-bevin?akid=13630.187590.kiBN_C&rd=1&src=newsletter1045298&t=6

"One contractor, whose website favored Republicans and sold memorabilia celebrating the Republican's presidential win in Florida in 2000, programmed the machinery in dozens of rural counties where George W. Bush received close to 100 percent of the vote, as opposed to the expected two-thirds to three-quarters range. As a result, tens of thousands of votes appeared to be electronically shifted from John Kerry to George W. Bush without any audit trail, because the voting machines involved did not rely on paper ballots.

According to Verified Voting's state-by-state map of voting machinery, many Kentucky (https://www.verifiedvoting.org/verifier2014/#year/2015/state/21) counties have similar all-electronic machinery"




oh well. what's done is done. you and Duke can be outraged together.

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oh well. what's done is done. you and Duke can be outraged together.

Repug ACTUAL counting fraud is much more effective in stealing elections than ALLEGED (unfindable) Dem voting fraud.

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Repug ACTUAL counting fraud is much more effective in stealing elections than ALLEGED (unfindable) Dem voting fraud.

idk...I'd have to see the statistics

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idk...I'd have to see the statistics

the crimes were invisible because "voting machines involved did not rely on paper ballots"

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the crimes were invisible because "voting machines involved did not rely on paper ballots"

oh...how convenient...so we just take your word for it...

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oh...how convenient...so we just take your word for it...

nope, plenty of other people have speculated, written books about the 2000 and 2004 stolen elections

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nope, plenty of other people have speculated, written books about the 2000 and 2004 stolen elections

oh...I bet those "books" were written by left wing nutjobs.

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Was Ohio's Marijuana Vote Stolen? TV Screen Shots Show Massive Number of Votes Flipping

The secretary of state's live returns don't make sense.

Televised screen shots taken Tuesday night of live election returns in Ohio provided by the Secretary of State's office showed hundreds of thousands of votes flipping from the "yes" to "no" column of Issue 3, the ballot measure to legalize marijuana.

When seen against the backdrop of Ohio's longstanding history of Republicans manipulating the vote count to obtain the outcome they seek, such as in the 2004 presidential election when Ohio returns elected George W. Bush to a second term, there are compelling reasons to question the official result where the pot measure went down to defeat.

To understand the context for this likely chicanery, you have to understand the backdrop of current Ohio politics.

According to the election night returns provided by Secretary of State Jon Husted, the people of Ohio defeated a November 3 proposition to legalize marijuana by a tally of nearly two-to-one.

The controversial measure would have established an oligarchy of 10 licensed growers operating regulated indoor grow sites of up to 300,000 square feet each. The pro-marijuana activist community was divided on the measure.

Husted was not a neutral election administrator. He vehemently opposed the measure, threatened its proponents with legal action, and live TV results showed hundeds of thousands of votes moving from the yes to no column in a matter of minutes.

Take a look at the two screen shots below, where hundreds of thousands of votes flipped from the 'yes' to the 'no' column in 11 minutes, even though the number of precints that reported only increased by 6 percent. These figures are provided by Husted's office to the media and public. In the first screenshot, with 39 percent of precincts reporting, the measure is winning 65-to-35 percent.

In the second screenshot, taken 11 minutes later, those percentages are flipped from the yes and no columns, even though the number of precincts reporting has only increased by 6 percent. Look at the number of votes in each column and you will see that 100s of 1,000s have been jumped from supporting to opposing the measure.

The promoters of the pot measure, Issue 3, should demand a recount, though the system is rigged and they would certainly be stonewalled. As in 2004's presidential election that came down to Ohio's close vote, critical election records are likely to not materialize even though they are legally required to be maintained.

Why is the system here rigged? It starts with the fact that Husted, a right-wing Republican and future gubernatorial hopeful, ran this election while visibly and actively campaigning against Issue 3 and threatening its proponents.

Husted vehemently opposes legalization of marijuana in any form. Less than a week before this year’s election, Husted accused Issue 3’s promoters of fraud, and has vowed to prosecute. He also is allied with state legislators who were prepared to negate (on “anti-monopoly" grounds) Issue 3’s legalization plan if it were passed by the voters.

Here are other factors that cast doubts on the official defeat of the Issue 3:

1. Pre-election polling showed far more support. Three major polls prior to the election showed public support for Issue 3 in the range of 51 percent- to 53 percent and Responsible Ohio, the coalition behind Issue 3, confirmed to the Free Press that its internal tracking polls were consistent with these numbers.

http://www.alternet.org/drugs/was-ohios-marijuana-vote-stolen-tv-screen-shots-show-massive-number-votes-flipping?akid=13636.187590.rm-8Ow&rd=1&src=newsletter1045379&t=6

[CosmicCowboy]

My understanding was that a lot of pro-pot voters voted against it because the fix was in to reward the politically connected grower cartel instead of going with the Colorado/Oregon model where pot entrepreneurs somewhat compete.

[CosmicCowboy]

Speaking of off year 2015 elections...how many in here besides me voted last Tuesday?

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My understanding was that a lot of pro-pot voters voted against it because the fix was in to reward the politically connected grower cartel instead of going with the Colorado/Oregon model where pot entrepreneurs somewhat compete.

yep, it seems like the cartel got outed during the campaign, but this is Ohio, and vote counting fraud is rampant.

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New evidence emerges of vote counting subterfuge in Ohio pot ballot initiative

More evidence is emerging calling into question the officially reported results of Tuesday’s marijuana legalization vote in Ohio, where Issue 3 was defeated by a two-to-one margin.On Friday, the Columbus Free Press published (http://www.alternet.org/drugs/was-ohios-marijuana-vote-stolen-tv-screen-shots-show-massive-number-votes-flipping) a series of screenshots of live televised election returns from Dayton’s WHIO-TV provided by Ohio’s Secretary of State. The sequence showed hundreds of thousands of votes flipped within minutes from the “yes” to “no” column of Issue 3. The controversial measure would have established a state-licensed cartel of 10 licensed growers operating regulated indoor grow sites of up to 300,000 square feet each. The pro-marijuana activist community was divided on the measure.

The screenshots, posted below, show hundreds of thousands of votes flipping from the “yes” to the “no” column in 11 minutes, even though the number of precincts reporting only increased by 6 percent. In the first screenshot, with 39 percent of precincts reporting, the pot measure is winning 65-to-35 percent.


http://www.alternet.org/files/styles/large/public/whio_election_results_-_9-39_pm_11-3-15-1_2_0.jpg
In the second screenshot those percentages are reversed, even though the number of precincts reporting results has only increased by 6 percent. Look at the number of votes in each column and you will see that hundreds of thousands have been jumped from supporting to opposing the measure.
http://www.alternet.org/files/styles/large/public/whio_election_results_-_9-50_pm_-11-3-15-1_2_0.jpg

Late on Friday, Bob Fitrakis, Free Press editor and publisher, received another set of screenshots taken by an Oberlin College faculty member on her cell phone from another media outlet in another part of the state. (Disclosure: Fitrakis, his colleague Harvey Wasserman and I co-authored a 2006 book (http://www.amazon.com/What-Happened-Ohio-Documentary-Election/dp/1595580697) documenting how Ohio Republicans rigged the rules and vote count in the 2004 presidential election that returned George W. Bush to the White House.)

The first of these newly obtained screenshots shows Issue 3 passing statewide with 84 percent approval, based on 58 percent of precincts reporting. More than 700,000 voters are supporting legalization.
http://www.alternet.org/files/styles/large/public/image001_0.jpg

The next screenshot, taken seven minutes later, shows a dramatic reversal. Issue 3 now only has 35 percent voter approval, based on 67 percent of precincts reporting their tallies.
http://www.alternet.org/files/styles/large/public/image002_1.jpg

These screenshots raise substantial questions about the accuracy of the officially reported vote count. In the second screenshot, more than 1.3 million No votes have been added to the official results, yet the number of precincts reporting has only gone up by 8 percent. That does not make sense, because in Ohio, like the rest of the country, precincts are uniformly sized, even the largest ones. These results suggest there were more voters in the latest 8 percent of precincts reporting than the previous 58 percent.
Moreover, if the second screenshot is accurate, it would appear that almost all precincts that were first to report were filled with pro-pot voters, while almost all of the voters in this latest wave of precincts were anti-legalization voters. Such a swing of the electoral pendulum seems questionable.

Finally, it is odd that in both of these sets of screenshots the pro-pot vote settled at 35 percent.

While there may be a logical explanation for these anomalies, these sets of screenshots, taken at different times in different parts of the state, suggest something is not right with how the state’s top election administrator—Secretary of State Jon Husted—managed the vote count.

As the Free Press’ Fitrakis and Wasserman reported (http://www.alternet.org/drugs/was-ohios-marijuana-vote-stolen-tv-screen-shots-show-massive-number-votes-flipping), Husted publicly opposed Issue 3 and one week before Tuesday’s vote accused Issue 3’s promoters of fraud and has vowed to prosecute.

The promoters of Issue 3 should demand a recount, although that is not likely to change the officially reported outcome. Ohio’s media should also demand an explanation, as they were posting the official results obtained from Husted’s office and as these screenshots show, the results show something wasn’t right or credibly reported to the public.
Looking toward 2016, Ohio is once again considered a swing state, meaning it will have an outsized role in electing the next president. These anomalies in Tuesday’s election should merit a thorough investigation of the state’s plans, especially when it comes to transparency and accountability of the 2016 vote count.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/11/new-evidence-emerges-of-vote-counting-subterfuge-in-ohio-pot-ballot-initiative/

[Winehole23]

KY just elected a governor that ran on killing the successful KyNect and health insurance for 500K KYiansMatt Bevin pardons a child rapist on his way out the door.

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