IF IT LOOKS LIKE A DUCK AND SMELLS LIKE A DUCK..

While I was researching for a previous blog I came across an interesting article from The BBC News (September 2, 2016). The article was titled VOTE RIGGING: HOW TO SPOT THE TELL TALE SIGNS. It was an analysis of a suspicious African Election.

The piece was presented by Elizabeth Blunt who, according to the article, “Has witnessed many elections across Africa, as both a BBC journalist and election observer…” She points to 6 tell-tale signs of election rigging. I’ve summarized them below and added my observations. Decide for yourself if this election should, at least, be investigated based on the following signs that it might have been a rigged election.

The first sign she listed is- Too many voters.

A record number of votes were counted in this election. Prior to any court ordered recounts, Joe Biden has received more votes than any presidential candidate in U.S. history. Donald Trump, prior to any court ordered recounts, has received the second highest number of votes by any presidential candidate. It is estimated that over 158 million votes will have been tallied when the count is complete (These numbers are from the CNBC website). CNBC adds that before the counting is done it is estimated that it will be the highest percentage of voter turnout for a presidential election since 1900. The percentage of votes counted so far is 64,9%, it is projected the total vote will end at 66.8% (Washington Post Article). The Post continued with previous highs showing 60.1% in 2016, 61.6% in 2008 (The highest turnout since 1960’s), 63.8% in 1960 and 65.7% in 1908. The Post predicted that at the end of the counting only 6 states will not break records for turnout. Town and Country Magazine projected voter turnout for the 2020 election could go as high as 161 million.

The second sign is- High turnout in specific areas:

In this election Michigan’s Tri-County area which includes Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties was responsible for 39% of the total vote. Two of Michigan’s largest cities (Detroit Largest, and Dearborn 9th largest ) are in Wayne County. Oakland holds Michigan’s 13th and 25th largest cities (Troy and Pontic), and Macomb County is home to Michigan’s 4th largest city, Sterlng Heights. Wayne County’s increase was 10%. Oakland County increased 15% and Macomb County increased 18% I could not find total numbers of votes for those counties. 

In Pennsylvania, Philadelphia’s uncertified total was the largest turnout since 1984. With 68% of the registered voters casting ballots 749,000 votes were tallied. In Allegheny County (Pittsburgh’s home) I did the math, so it may be wrong, and I came up with 63,706 additional votes counted compared to the 2016 election (626,059 in 2016 and 689,765 in 2020). In the Lehigh Valley vote (Home to Allentown, PA) the 2016 vote total was 147,342 and the 2020 vote total was 178,176 an increase of 30,804. The third large Pennsylvania city I checked was Erie. The totals for Erie County were 111,988 in 2016 which is 23,167 less than this year’s 135,155. 

In Wisconsin a MADISON.COM article by Riley Vetterkind (Nov. 08) was headlined CITIES PROPELLED JOE BIDEN TO WISCONSIN WIN AS RURAL AREAS DOUBLE DOWN ON TRUMP. The article documents that (Unofficially, Trump lost Wisconsin by 2,100 votes) Wisconsin’s largest cities Milwaukee and Madison teamed with midsize hubs of Green Bay, Eau Claire and LaCrosse to propel Biden past Trump. 

In Arizona the largest cities of Phoenix, Tucson and Mesa lead Biden to an early lead. A long way of saying that there was high turn out in the urban areas of the swing states.

The third sign mentioned in the article is- Large numbers of invalid votes:

While the main stream media (MSM) is saying there have been no problems in the election and claim the Trump campaign is making baseless claims. The Trump campaign boasts of 243 pages of signed affidavits including documentation from swing states of unverified ballots being accepted. The mail in ballots have been questioned reference date of postmark (Court case pending), signature verifications (Court case pending) and refusal to allow election observers to verify ballots (Court case pending), many have signed affidavits that they were blocked from the polling places they were assigned to work at. 

The State of Michigan has verified that 3,000 votes were switched from Trump to Biden as the result of a “Software glich.” That same software was used in many states and more than 20 other precincts in Michigan. The number of invalid votes is not verified but it is, possibly, high enough to reverse the election. A former military official reported that Dominion (The voter software) was capable of changing and erasing votes remotely and he was warned by active duty friends that it was going to happen in this election.

The fourth sign according to the article is- More votes than ballot papers issued:

When ballots are legally issued there should be a paper trail/receipt to document each distributed ballot. Certifying that the number of ballots issued equals the number of votes cast is called a reconciliation. The mail in ballot process designed by some states has made reconciliation difficult. The problem of poll watchers being blocked from their duties (above) also makes it difficult to confirm the authenticity of ballots.

The fifth sign- Results that don’t match:

Mobile phones are often used in the process of counting votes. Photographs can, if allowed, be taken of totals at each stage of the counting and can be compared to the final totals. We have not gotten to that point in this election, but that will bear scrutiny.

The final sign- Delay in announcing results: We saw states stop counting for suspicious reasons the night of the election. I went to bed at 3 in the morning and Detroit was stuck at, I think it was, 26% of the vote in. In one state tabulations were stopped for an administration day and in another an accidental activation of a sprinkler system, off location, stopped the vote tabulations for some reason- IT’S A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION! I don’t think a student council election count would be stopped for either of those reasons. 

The evidence presented so far will need to be evaluated and, I am sure, it will not be an easy road to the final count. I will say that I am not happy with the state of this election and I am more unhappy with the press calling an unconfirmed man the president elect. We had riots in many cities earlier this year; I can’t imagine what will happen if the courts side with President Trump after Biden’s backers have been told he is the president since early November.

Just a note, as I’m writing this it is being reported that for the second day in a row Georgia has found large amounts of uncounted ballots- As Joe Biden would say, Come on man! We’re 15 days past the election! Where were you hiding those ballots, and why?

Have you tried to look up anything positive about Trump on the internet. I tried to find the name of the man who gave the dominion report. There was nothing! I heard a report of a portion of the election results being thrown out because of corruption, but the presidential votes on the same ballots were still accepted. I believe it was the Clarke County Commissioner race- But I could not find it to get details or verify. I looked up “Trump Verification” and found  a CNN post “Trump lies about the investigation”, AP FACT CHECK : Trump’s bogus claims about Biden win, vaccine.” Of the first 9 responses 8 were like the one’s you see- insulting the president, and one was a link to the Trump website.

This is just food for thought. I urge everyone who reads this to head for the conservative news sights- I’m not saying they are perfect, or not slanted. I am saying that you can not know the truth if you only depend on the MSM for your news.

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