If Patrick Henry were alive today — “Voter-fraud claims are the last refuge of a scoundrel.”
“We have an obligation to ensure that every vote is counted accurately and that our elections process is conducted legally,” McCrory said
Damn it, TURN THOSE MACHINES BACK ON, or I’ll huff-n-puff then hold my breath until you do. Reminds me of a Minnesota Senate election of a few years past, the people are right, unless they are wrong.
Again, the Democrats should call his bluff and agree to an investigation - but demand publicly and loudly that the investigation start with Emily Weeks and that suspicious fire at the GOP HQ back in October. Weeks’ initial statement claimed that absentee ballots stored in the building were lost in the fire. She tried to walk back the claim, but in light of McCrory’s insistence on an investigation AND the testimony in that Bladen County case (where the Republican witness has his own problem with absentee ballots) that is where we should begin.
Let McCrory explain why he only wants a very narrow and selective investigation, or let his fellow GOPers block it.
This is all designed to provide “evidence” the Republicans in the General Assembly can use to pass more restrictive voting laws next year. Yes, Gov. Cooper will veto those laws – and then the super majorities of Republicans in both houses will override the veto, pointing out that the Democratic governor only got his job due to voter fraud, which he wants to perpetuate.
when is he calling out the National Guard to surround the palace and protect himself from the onslaught of the Vandals and Savages?
McRory: I know voter fraud took place because my supporters did it. That makes the election illegal.
You lost, dood. Time to get over it.
At some point in his younger life, McCrory probably had a girlfriend break up with him. I can only imagine how he handled that.
Kindly fuck off and go away. You lost. Build a bridge and get the fuck over it.
College football games take four-and-a-half-freaking-hours to complete now because of video replay. Elections are endless because of this litigation nonsense. Same.
These cretins really ARE egregious, aren’t they? I wonder if they are pressing so hard because they KNOW the game is rigged and can’t quite believe the Dems sneaked through anyway.
And stand by folks because more chicanery is afoot at the court level. In the recent election there was a race for the state supreme court (yes NC has elections for justices…a VERY bad idea and a long term goal of the Koch empire because money buys seats buys ideology.)
Well the outcome of the race was a victory by Democrat Mike Morgan over the current incumbent and that created a 4-3 Democratic swing on the court.
But buried deep in the laws of NC is a provision that allows the expansion of the court from 7 to nine members and word is that Legislative Republicans and Gov. McCrory are frantically exploring the possibility of ramming that expansion through before the end of the year in hopes of creating a 5-4 Republican majority…a move that could be crucial if this whole mess winds up being litigated up the chain.
McCrory and his allies are demonstrating a very important point. Democrats usually play by the rules. Republicans increasingly will resort to every dirty trick they can pull to retain power - gerrymandering, voter restrictions, trying to claim fraudulent voting with evidence so shaky even his own allies can’t buy it. But if they can somehow find a way, they would LOVE to force this whole gubernatorial election to resolution by the GOP-controlled legislature.
Just how far are they ready to go? We will find out soon. McCrory right now is clearly trying everything he can to steal back a victory after clearly losing in November.
Someone needs to introduce Art Pope, McCrory’s plutocrat benefactor, to the sunk cost fallacy.
To keep with the football analogy…The game can’t end on a defensive penalty. As a kid I used to use this rule to great effect if I was losing in Madden. As your opponent tries to kneel to end the game, you just keep going offsides and the game can’t ever end. You don’t win, but then you don’t lose either. And you exact some retribution in the form of frustration in your opponent. Of course I grew up, stopped doing childish things like that and realized that this was what is now called a “Dick Move”.
Of course, one could claim the modern GOP is led and operated by people who behave like children and that the entire GOP playbook is just a series of “Dick Moves”.
I await for him to be relegated to political oblivion
Someone needs to introduce Art Pope, McCrory’s plutocrat benefactor, to the sunk cost fallacy.
Pope is playing a long game here. This isn’t about McCrory, it’s about disenfranchising voters in future elections.
AS usual, the Repulsive Party can’t accept democracy when it goes against them. What an asshole. Sad.
Here is what McCrory is actually up to. Very few in the media will publicize it.
Pat McCrory Lost the North Carolina Governorship. Now He’s Trying to Steal It.
By Mark Joseph Stern
North Carolina Republican Gov. Pat McCrory, champion of the country’s most notorious anti-LGBTQ law, lost his bid for re-election on Nov. 8—at last count, by 7,448 votes. Yet nearly two weeks later, McCrory still refuses to concede. Instead, he and his legal team are baselessly alleging that the results were tainted by fraud, petitioning election boards to review the results and determine their validity. McCrory is not so obtuse as to think he can actually overtake his opponent, Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper, in raw votes. His strategy is more insidious: He seems intent on delaying the formal declaration of a winner—and delegitimizing the voting process—in order to let the Republican-dominated legislature ignore the true result and re-install McCrory as governor for another four years.
This chicanery will be easier to pull off than you might expect. Thus far, McCrory has questioned votes in more than half of North Carolina’s counties. One attorney monitoring the proceedings called these challenges “silly, small in number, poorly researched and often defamatory,” which is undeniable: Republican-controlled county election boards have forcefully rejected McCrory’s challenges, concluding that there is simply no proof of widespread fraud or malfeasance as McCrory claims. Frustrated by these setbacks, McCrory petitioned the Republican-controlled State Board of Elections to take over the review process. The board refused, but it agreed to meet on Tuesday to set guidelines for how county boards should address complaints.
Despite the utter lack of evidence to support allegations of fraud, McCrory’s team has launched a misinformation campaign to cast a pall of suspicion over the results. His campaign spokesman asked, “Why is Roy Cooper fighting to count the votes of dead people and felons?” McCrory’s close ally and current state budget director, Andrew T. Heath, also tweeted that Durham County has 231,000 residents over the age of 18 but 232,000 registered voters, implying fraud. (In reality, Durham’s 2015 voting-age population was about 235,600, and the county has only 193,659 active registered voters; its Republican-controlled election board already unanimously rejected a complaint alleging malfeasance.) Now McCrory’s lawyers are targeting black American voter outreach groups for purportedly violating minor procedural rules while helping voters fill out absentee ballots. The governor has falsely accused these groups of conducting a “massive voter fraud scheme.”
McCrory can, and probably will, still ask for a statewide recount. But he must know that a recount will not close such a sizable gap. His real goal appears to be to delegitimize the results to such an extent that the state legislature—which holds a Republican supermajority—can step in and select him as the winner. North Carolina state law states that when “a contest arises out of the general election,” and that contest pertains “to the conduct or results of the election,” the legislature “shall determine which candidate received the highest number of votes” and “declare that candidate to be elected.” By alleging fraud, mishandling of ballots, and irregular vote-counting, McCrory is laying the groundwork for the legislature to proclaim that a “contest” has arisen as to “the conduct or results of the election.” At that point, it can step in, assert that McCrory received “the highest number” of legitimate votes, and “declare [him] to be elected.”
The best part? Under the law, the legislature’s decision is “not reviewable” by the courts. Republican legislators can simply step in, overturn the decision of the voters, and grant McCrory another term. The courts have no authority even to review the legality of their actions.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2016/11/21/pat_mccrory_is_trying_to_steal_the_north_carolina_governorship.html
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_163/GS_163-182.13A.htmlBeware of what you wish for, Pat. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the NC elections were rigged … in favor of the GOP. Wouldn’t it be ironic if the investigation you’re demanding ends up giving NC’s electoral college votes to Hillary Clinton?
“We have an obligation to ensure that every vote is counted accurately and that our elections process is conducted legally,” McCrory said.
This from the man who has worked ceaselessly for suppressing voting in NC.
Pretty shameless.