A day late and...

[santahog]

http://www.duffelblog.com/2012/11/military-absentee-ballots-delivered-one-day-late-would-have-swung-election-for-romney/


Military Absentee Ballots Delivered One Day Late, Would Have Swung Election For Romney

Military Absentee BallotsWASHINGTON, DC – Sources confirmed today that hundreds of thousands of military absentee ballots were delivered hours after the deadline for them to be counted, with preliminary counts showing that they would have overturned the vote in several states and brought a victory for Governor Mitt Romney.

Officials say the ballots were delivered late due to problems within the military mail system. Tracking invoices show the ballots sat in a warehouse for a month, then they were accidentally labeled as ammunition and shipped to Afghanistan. At Camp Dwyer, Marine Sergeant John Davis signed for them and was surprised at the contents.

“I told Gunny we got a bunch of ballots instead of ammo,” Davis told investigators earlier today.  “He told me to file a report of improper delivery and that the chain of command would take care of it.  We didn’t hear anything for three weeks.  While we were waiting we came under fire so we dumped a bunch of them in the Hescoes.  We didn’t dig those ones back out.”

After military officials realized the initial error, the ballots were then sent back to the U.S. but suffered a series of setbacks.

Twelve boxes of ballots were dropped overboard during delivery to the USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) in the Persian Gulf, then while the ship sailed to Bahrain, postal clerks allegedly pocketed whatever ballots they wanted.

The remaining absentee ballots were loaded onto a C-130, but the flight was delayed until November 1st so the crew could get tax free pay for the month.  Once the ballots arrived stateside they were promptly mailed to each state’s counting facility, reaching their final destination on November 7th.

“It’s a shame,” Rear Admiral John Dawes said when asked for comment.  “I expected a delay so I ordered that everyone cast their votes eight months ago. It’s really unfortunate that our mail system failed us and directly affected the course of history.”

Upon hearing the news, angry Republicans have begun a demand for a recount, but most military absentee voters have shrugged off the news, with many wondering whether the care packages their families sent six months ago were ever going to show up.

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[alfsauve]

People's heads should roll, but they won't.  As has been posted, an entrepreneur makes a mistake, he suffers.  A bureaucrat makes a mistake, everyone else suffers.


What I've noticed is that liberal's (Democrats) tend to believe in The-End-Justifies-The-Means.  So, spreading false stories, delaying mail, denying people votes, allowing non-citizens (and the dead) to vote is okay if it gets them to their goal.   They are after all "better" than the rest of the crowd.

Conservatives (Republicans), including Libertarians tend to believe in The-Means-Justifies-The-End.  It wouldn't matter if most of the military wanted to vote for Obama, they'd make sure their mail got through.     It's something called CHARACTER.

[Solus]

I've often said Voter Fraud should be treated as treason.

This is overwhelmingly in that category and those responsible should be tried with the death penalty mandatory upon conviction.

If we cannot trust that our elections are honest, that leaves rebellion as the only alternative and these acts of voter fraud/manipulation need to be counted as the most grievous crimes against the Republic.

Anyone involved who isn't forthcoming with the information needed to find all guilty parties are immediately charges as accomplishes and will be tried with the same sentence.

   

[tombogan03884]

I've often said Voter Fraud should be treated as treason.

This is overwhelmingly in that category and those responsible should be tried with the death penalty mandatory upon conviction.

If we cannot trust that our elections are honest, that leaves rebellion as the only alternative and these acts of voter fraud/manipulation need to be counted as the most grievous crimes against the Republic.

Anyone involved who isn't forthcoming with the information needed to find all guilty parties are immediately charges as accomplishes and will be tried with the same sentence.  

That's pretty much the bottom line as I see it.
Based on information coming to light about  faulty vote machines switching Romney votes to Obama, unregistered voters being allowed to vote, military absentee ballots being diverted, and the ever predictable Black Panthers repeating their role with clubs, it would appear our elections are no more honest than those of Venezuela .

[Jrlobo]

Perhaps that is why the UN observers were here: we are a third world country now. No matter how this election turned out; those votes have to be counted. A failure to do that means we confirm our third world status. In years past, I remember that the letter postal cancellation date was the criteria for inclusion or rejection in ballot arrival cases. The absence of a postal cancellation (not an infrequent occurrence with APO/FPO systems) was a problem as well. Somehow, however, with the current ethnic makeup of the services I don't see these ballots really making any difference. Sometimes when you aim at your foot, you hit it.

I think I've mentioned this before: Let's be careful what we say about armed rebellion in this forum. This forum and others like it are being watched and probably "infiltrated". Remember a few years ago this administration stated that the greatest terrorist threat to the U.S. would come from domestic sources. Do we think they are doing nothing about that? I really enjoy this forum, and I too like to blow off steam here. What was the name of that TV series that said "Let's be careful out there!"

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[Solus]

Perhaps that is why the UN observers were here: we are a third world country now. No matter how this election turned out; those votes have to be counted. A failure to do that means we confirm our third world status. In years past, I remember that the letter postal cancellation date was the criteria for inclusion or rejection in ballot arrival cases. The absence of a postal cancellation (not an infrequent occurrence with APO/FPO systems) was a problem as well. Somehow, however, with the current ethnic makeup of the services I don't see these ballots really making any difference. Sometimes when you aim at your foot, you hit it.

I think I've mentioned this before: Let's be careful what we say about armed rebellion in this forum. This forum and others like it are being watched and probably "infiltrated". Remember a few years ago this administration stated that the greatest terrorist threat to the U.S. would come from domestic sources. Do we think they are doing nothing about that? I really enjoy this forum, and I too like to blow off steam here. What was the name of that TV series that said "Let's be careful out there!"

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[graywolf]

Hill Street Blues

[tombogan03884]

Graywolf beat me to it .
But, there are other ways to rebel besides taking up arms, although the Constitution , as expanded upon by the founding fathers in "The Federalist", and other writings and correspondence, makes clear that that is an option.

[RTFM]

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Any reason to bitch huh?

The Duffle Blog HUH? One story on a back water blog that does not list sources - it is nothing more then WERDZ on the interwebs.
And specifically where do military absent ballots fit in to the ELECTORAL COLLAGE? As far as I see. No where and never have.

Just below the article....  they have this article... Joseph Kony Currently Leads U.S. Presidential Race - Yah OK Riiiight

And below that.  Commander Relieved For Violating Entire UCMJ
Any idea HOW BIG the UCMJ is? and he violated IT ALL.

Duffle blog.... ok - believe it if you want.... Henny Penny

[tombogan03884]

I don't know about the rest of your post RTFM but the military absentee ballots count on the toward the soldiers "home of record" basically were ever he got the ballet from.