Yesterday,
we posted a few vote fraud stories from June 2013. That is about as far from an election as you
can get. An interesting tidbit in one of
them got me thinking. Missouri Rep. John
Rizzo was, now undisputed, fraudulently elected by knowing illegals votes. So what happened to him?
He was
reelected.
That
is the key. Rep. Rizzo pays no price for
his actions or the fact his first election was based on a fraud. He now has all the advantages of incumbency.
On the other hand, his opponent lost his appeal and was branded a sore loser.
One
of the most important fraudulent elections of recent history was the election
loss, but recount victory of Al Franken.
Illegal felon votes, different standards for counting absentee ballots,
mathematically unlikely mistakes only favoring one candidate, etc. were just a
few of the issues that led to Franken’s recount victory. Franken then provided the key 60th vote that
allowed Obamacare to pass over a filibuster.
But
vote fraud doesn’t matter?
Now
Franken, the incumbent, is a near lock for re-election. Looks like vote fraud is a crime that does
pay, at least for the candidate.
I suppose voter fraud in some sort probably happens in most elections. Should be a law that a re-election must take place within certain limits.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the rules would be enforced differently if a Republican was found guilty of vote fraud ?
ReplyDeleteRizzo ran unopposed in second election because everyone knew the first one was stolen and nobody wants to bother trying again.
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