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[IsraelTimes] Texas authorities say they arrested a man who claimed to be working for Donald Trump for voter fraud. Phillip Cook, Jr. was arrested after trying to vote for a second time at a polling station in an unincorporated area outside of Houston on Tuesday. Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls says Cook told poll officials and sheriff’s deputies that he was helping the Trump campaign and testing election security. Nehls said Cook was booked on suspicion of a felony charge.
Election watchdog: Some voters denied provisional ballots at several polling stations in Atlanta
[Ynet] An election watchdog said Tuesday some voters were denied provisional ballots at several polling stations in Atlanta.
Georgia Election Protection coalition spokesman Harold Franklin said poll mangers refused to provide provisional ballots to voters. He said the group received reports that voters were given no reason for being refused. Franklin claimed voters who are eligible or entitled to a provisional ballot were denied. He did not know the number of voters who were refused, but said the bulk occurred in Fulton County.
Franklin said he spoke with Fulton County election officials, who he said told polling managers to provide voters with ballots. The Fulton County elections office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Election Protection is organized by the Lawyers Committee for Civils Rights Under Law.
P'burgh: Some Trump Voters Reporting Ballots Switching To Clinton
[PITTSBURGH.CBSLOCAL] Today is Election Day and for the most part, voting has been smooth. Many areas are already seeing long lines with some officials saying they wouldn’t be surprised if voter turnout topped 80 percent.
However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable...
there have been some scattered issues where voters are encountering problems.
"Every time I would push a candidate for the Republican party, it would come up for the Democratic candidate," said voter David Drane.
Election judges in Clinton Township, Butler County confirmed there were issues with two of their eight automated voting machines. Most of the issues came when people tried to vote straight party ticket.
However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable...
others said they specifically wanted to vote for Republican Donald Trump only to see their vote switched before their eyes to Democrat
Hillary Clinton... sometimes described as
Deplorable, Irredeemableand at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as
Another Henry L. Stimson...
"I went back, pressed Trump again. Three times I did this, so then I called one of the women that were working the polls over. And she said you must be doing it wrong. She did it three times and it defaulted to Hillary every time," Bobbie Lee Hawranko said.
Pennsylvania State Representative Daryl Metcalfe went to Clinton Township to check on the reports for himself.
"If somebody has an issue, they should certainly let the judge of elections at the precinct know and also call their county bureau of elections as folks have done here this morning," Pa. Rep. Daryl Metcalfe said.
Philadelphia: Multiple Reports of Voter Fraud Hit Social Media
[BREITBART] Around 8AM, the Philadelphia Republican Party tweeted, "court-appointed minority inspectors refused entry [to a polling location]. @PhillyPolice have been called."
An hour later: "Update: Ward 64-15: reports of electioneering. Our poll watcher has been barred entry."
Shortly thereafter: "Update: Ward 13-14: Won’t allow our minority inspector in, threatened to call police. Go ahead."
Then around 10AM: "Ward 4 divisions 10, 16, 17--illegal @HillaryClinton lit being distributed inside polling place."
And then: "Update: Ward 12-2 (NW Philly)--Sign-in sheet instead of clerk allowing anybody to come in and vote if they sign. Illegal."
During that same hour: "Court-appointed minority inspector at 17&Spring Garden--"I was just told... I’m not allowed to be in the room & ... to wait outside."
Then around 11AM: "Ward 37-9 (North Philly): Poll workers handing out Hillary lit inside polling station."
At 9:38AM this morning, a local election worker, Brittany Foreman, tweeted a video of her explaining voter fraud that she claims to have witnessed at her location, giving specific details in her account.
Most of these tweets were tagged with #VoterFraud.
Political analysts sometimes say that Pennsylvania is "Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Alabama," meaning that there are two Democratic strongholds in the Keystone State, surrounded by vast expanses of deep-red support for limited government, faith, marriage, and the Second Amendment.
Philadelphia is nothing short of notorious for voter fraud. One of the most infamous examples of voting-law violations in modern history was when The Justice Department secured a court judgment against the Black Panthers for a videotaped incident of voter intimidation, a case that after the government won but before enforcement could take place, Barack Obama
Ready to Rule from Day One...
’s then-new Attorney General Eric
Inaction JacksonHolder
... aka Mister Fast and Furious...
to drop the case and let the Black Panthers go.
Denver: Woman Charged With Casting Dead Father’s Ballot
[DENVER.CBSLOCAL] Felony charges have been filed against a Golden-based certified public accountant for twice voting for her father, who passed away in 2012. In October prosecutors filed two felony forgery charges against Toni Lee Newbill, charging her with first voting for her father in a 2013 general election and then again casting a ballot for her father in a 2016 Republican primary election.
Her father, Ralph Nanninga, died in 2012 in El Paso County at the age of 86.
"It certainly wasn’t the best decision on her part but it was an act of outright frustration," said her attorney Chris Samuelson. He explained that after her father’s death, Newbill kept receiving ballots intended for her father -- a registered Republican -- and that she attempted to have him removed from active voter rolls.
"She received numerous ballots. She shredded some, she threw some away, she wrote on envelopes and mailed them back," Samuelson said.
But Samuelson said when she could not get her father’s name off the voter rolls, she became exasperated and voted for him.
"She did not intend to commit a crime, she did not intend to cast a ballot, she was just trying to get their attention."
In January 2015, the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder sent Newbill a form to have her deceased father removed from voting rolls. It’s unclear if Newbill completed and returned the form.
Precinct Clerks Fired, Volunteers Dismissed After Scuffle at Broward Polling Site
[NBCMIAMI] Two clerks from precincts in Pompano Beach were fired after a dispute that was the first issue in South Florida during Election Day.
Deputies were called to the Herb Skolknick Community Center after complaints of possible voter intimidation from the Democratic and Republican poll watchers at one precinct. That led to a dispute between the clerks from precincts 23 and 24 - one a Democrat, the other a Republican. Supervisor of Elections Dr. Brenda Snipes was notified and she fired both, ordering them to leave the property immediately.
David Booth, the Republican clerk of Precinct 23, tells NBC 6 he was one of the two clerks fired and told to leave the property. Replacement clerks were brought in.
"They brought in replacements for myself and the other woman who was the clerk at CO-23 and we were told to leave the premises," Booth told NBC 6. "It doesn't look good, it really doesn't look good, it looks like they're trying to do something dishonest."
Two poll watchers were also removed, according to a spokesperson for the supervisor of elections.
Woman Pepper Sprays Man at Jupiter Polling Place
[NBCMIAMI] Jupiter police are investigating an altercation that broke out Tuesday between a woman and a man at a polling place. Initial reports indicate a verbal dispute turned physical at the Jupiter Community Center. WPTV reports the woman was standing in line when Thomas Garrecht allegedly "violated her space".
According to the Palm Beach Post, Donna Tatlici was handing out Donald Trump literature when Garrecht yelled at her. As the dispute escalated, the two got closer and Tatlici pepper-sprayed the man, the Palm Beach Post reports. Garrecht reportedly grabbed Tatlici by the neck and tackled her.
Jupiter police say they will take the case to the State Attorney's Office and recommend assault and battery charges against Garrecht.
Garrecht was not taken into custody.
A few hours later, Palm Beach Sheriff's Office reported another fight at a polling place in Lake Worth. Deputies were called out to Royal Palm Presbyterian after two men got into a fight.
One man was shooting video using his cellphone of another man. The second man was upset about being recorded and slapped the man's phone out of his hand, deputies said. The first man then struck the second man causing him to fall on the ground. According to a police report, the the man who was struck feared for his life and alerted the other man that he had a weapon.
George W. Bush did not vote for Trump or Clinton
| Despite all the spin going into Election Day, he did not vote for the Democrat. |
... sometimes described as the Smartest Woman in the World and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as
Another Henry Kissinger...
Freddy Ford says the most recent Republican president voted "none of the above for president and Republican down-ballot." That means Bush voted for Republicans in congressional and local races.
It’s not a complete surprise. The Bush family includes the two most recent Republican presidents, but neither endorsed nor campaigned for the billionaire businessman who captured the party’s nomination.
1 dead, multiple people shot near Azusa polling station
[LATIMES] One person was killed and at least three others were maimed Tuesday in an active shooting near a polling place in Azusa. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Capt. Jeff Scroggin said police were dealing with at least one suspect who was heavily armed.
Few details were released about the shooting, which occurred sometime after 2 p.m. in a residential neighborhood in the area of Fourth Street and Orange Avenue, said Officer Jerry Willison of the Azusa Police Department.
"This is a very volatile and critical situation," he said.
Willison declined to provide the location of the shooting for the safety of the officers and the victims, he said. Azusa police urged residents to stay out of the area and asked all residents to shelter in place.
It was unclear whether any officers were maimed in the shooting, Willison said.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said they were assisting police.
Azusa Union School District issued a lockdown for Slauson Middle and Mountain View Elementary schools about 2:15 p.m., officials said. A nearby daycare center and preschool was also locked down.
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