The GOP is trying to steal PA-18.

[Dawson Leery]

Westmoreland will not be reporting by precinct tonight.

Link to tweet

[dhol82]

1. Is there anybody who can oversee the results?

I mean a democratic anybody.
I don’t trust the republicans as far as I can spit.

[yardwork]

2. Wait what?

[Squinch]

3. That's that, then.

[Iliyah]

4. Yes they are trying to steal it.

But I thought Westmoreland County is reporting?

[Maraya1969]

15. Yes. I just posted a link to the Times and they have Wetmoreland reports

[druidity33]

20. at the bottom of their link...

it says this:

"Reliable precinct data is not currently available. Our forecast is not trustworthy right now."

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. I BELIEVE the GOP with russian help will steal or attempt to steal every single election

[elleng]

8. I agree.

[Generic Brad]

26. This is their test run

Fuckers.

[Eliot Rosewater]

30. WE are watching, the are stealling it. they are not reporting it the way

we could tell whether or not they are legit

Yep, there goes the numbers, election stolen

[lkinwi]

6. Just like in WI when Waukesha found some more votes in a State Supreme Court race.

[elleng]

7. OH FFS!

[wisteria]

9. Leave it to the sneaky Republicans in Westmoreland County.

This would of been a sleepy election, but Republicans pushed their voters out with lies. And, of course all the media attention may have lost this for us.

[Eliot Rosewater]

10. Last minute changes means Putin is assisting them. They will steal it

and I hope if they do this country goes batshit crazy but we wont because we will be told it was expected to be close, blah blah blah

[dchill]

33. Republicans do not need Putin to do this.

They've had plenty of experience. They wait to see if it's going to be close enough to do it. If it is, they do.

[MrsCoffee]

11. Of course they are.

[honest.abe]

12. They only win by cheating.

Bastards.

[Freedomofspeech]

13. Shit..

My county of course. I call bullshit.

[Maraya1969]

14. 60% of votes in and Lamb ahead by 6 points I don't know what they plan on doing

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/13/us/elections/results-pennsylvania-house-special-election.html


Conor Lamb
Democrat
66,428 52.8%


Rick Saccone
Republican
58,545 46.6%


Drew Miller
Libertarian
766 0.6

125,739 votes, 62% reporting (370 of 593 precincts)

[Eliot Rosewater]

16. They are going to send in a bunch of votes from a red district all at once

and regardless of when they count them or report them, I dont think an election that involves a republican can be legit.

Watch, all of a sudden the traitors numbers will go way up

YEP here

Precinct results are not currently available in Westmoreland County, a heavily Republican part of the district.

[honest.abe]

17. NYTimes has thrown in the towel.

"Precinct results are not currently available in Westmoreland County, a heavily Republican part of the district. We’re monitoring the county-level results closely, but for now we can’t responsibly make a forecast without more detailed information about where in Westmoreland County the votes are coming from."

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/13/us/elections/results-pennsylvania-house-special-election.html

Ugh.

[beachbum bob]

18. so how are the votes reported?

no other way than by precinct

[DeminPennswoods]

19. Take a deep breath, all, here's how precinct results work

FTR, I was a judge of elections for a 4 year cycle. The way election boards are set up, there is always a member from the minority party. There are two exact copy books kept by 1 election board member with the names hand-written in of all voters appearing at the polls. After the polls close, the number of voters is compared to the sum of voters on all voting machines to ensure everything matches. There are at least 8 copies of results printed out, 1 for the judge of elections, 1 for each party representative, 1 for the election borad, 1 to be posted on the polling place door for public inspection and a few extra just in case. The results are signed by all members of the election board. The majority and minority party reps go home with their copy of the voter list and results. There is no chance results will be changed after they are printed out from the voting machines.

Precinct by precinct results will eventually be posted by the Westmoreland Co election board and they can be easily cross-checked.

[yardwork]

21. Why do you think this county can't report by precinct?

[DeminPennswoods]

28. My guess would be just because it only involves 1 office

It's just easier for them to consolidate.

[SergeStorms]

44. Because that's the way.....

Putin wants it.

[honest.abe]

23. Were you a judge in a precinct controlled by Republicans?

I dont trust them.

[DeminPennswoods]

34. No, Dem precinct

I was a judge in Phila, but my precinct had it's share of conservadems and Rs.

My experience was that both campaigns were constantly coming in to check turnout and get an estimate of how many Ds and Rs voted. Sometimes party precinct captains would come in at closing to get their copy of the results to take back to their party HQ. There were 4 precincts in my polling place and I never saw anyone act with anything other than honesty and integrety. Everyone took their job seriously.

[honest.abe]

39. Yeah. I hope so.

I also worked a precinct back in Obama first election. For sure everyone took it seriously.

[Amaryllis]

22. HOpe someone is getting this to election protection attorneys ASAP.

[Takket]

24. his is bullshit........

they will wait until they know the margin of victory and fabricate just enough votes to pass them for the win. have they given their bullshit excuse for not reporting?

[honest.abe]

29. Yep.. that is my thought as well.

Hope we are wrong.

[Orange Free State]

25. Lamb up by about 3.5% with 72% in

What last minute fuckery are the Repukes planning? In Pa there is no way to audit the results. No paper trail, they physically transport the chips to be read.

[Timewas]

27. they are

Saccome 21,000 to Lamb 27,000 77%

[Takket]

31. they lead is "magically" shrinking now................

[rockfordfile]

32. It seems that way

[radius777]

35. the votes will come in, just not by precinct,

so nyt can't make accurate predictions about the total:

(from the bottom of that page)
"Precinct results are not currently available in Westmoreland County, a heavily Republican part of the district. We’re monitoring the county-level results closely, but for now we can’t responsibly make a forecast without more detailed information about where in Westmoreland County the votes are coming from."

[ecstatic]

36. Very disturbing. Seems like they need to know how much to steal it by

since Lamb is surging. Why would they need to wait if they do electronic voting?

[honest.abe]

37. Based on the whats left looks like Lamb will still win by a very narrow margin.

Fingers crossed!

[oasis]

38. PAPER BALLOTS FOR EVERY AMERICAN ELECTION

I don't care if it takes a week to count them all.

[SergeStorms]

43. Absolutely.

There is no reason in hell why we have to know the results by midnight of election day. If it takes a week, it takes a week. And there have to be monitors in every freaking precinct in the U.S. I'd rather be positive the results are correct, instead of fast.

[dflprincess]

40. Are there paper ballots?

Do we start raising money for a recount?

[SergeStorms]

41. Well, isn't THAT special?

It's over. Turn out the lights. Give the GOP a chance to cheat, and they WILL cheat!

Pardon my French, but that's fucking bullshit. Goddamned Republicans.

[mountain grammy]

42. PA was ratfucked in 2016, I'm afraid it will happen tonight

That this is so close, it may be happening now. Only massive turnout will overcome this in red states.