Chris McDaniel: We've Found 8,300 'Questionable Ballots'

[alp227]

Source: TPM

Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R) said Friday that his campaign and his supporters have found "over 8,300 questionable ballots cast" in the runoff election for U.S. Senate, which Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) won.

"For the last two weeks, more than two hundred volunteers for from all over Mississippi have worked tirelessly in an effort to gain access to election records in order to ensure the integrity of the primary process in Mississippi," McDaniel said in a statement on Friday. "We have found over 8,300 questionable ballots cast, many of which were unquestionably cast by voters ineligible to participate in the June 24th runoff election."

The statement is the latest claim by the McDaniel campaign about the evidence it has been hoping to find over the runoff election. Since the runoff, McDaniel and his supporters have accused Cochran, who McDaniel challenged, of foul play and also claimed the runoff was rife with voter fraud. Cochran reached out to African Americans and Democrats to win the runoff.

Earlier in the week McDaniel's lawyer said the campaign had found proof that "several thousand" ineligible voters cast their ballot in the runoff. Cochran won the runoff by 7,667 votes. McDaniel's campaign is hoping to prove that Cochran was only declared the winner through counting faulty votes and there should be a new election.

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Jackson Clarion-Ledger: McDaniel accuses Hosemann of 'misleading' clerks

The Mississippi Press, Pascagoula: Chris McDaniel says camp has uncovered more than 8,300 'questionable' ballots

[Scuba]

1. By 'questionable' he means they voted for his opponent.

[redstatebluegirl]

2. And Black I imagine.

[freshwest]

30. Maybe he thinks they shouldn't be voting anyway. Just sayin' and...

Without a doubt, he is not qualified to serve in any elected capacity.

This is the guy whose staff trespassed in the nursing home to photograph his opponent's wife suffering from Alzheimmer's;

Whose staff got into the courthouse with the ballots led by a woman supporter who said women should be allowed to vote;

I'm sure there is more where that came from, too. A full house of RWNJs surround him.

[olddad56]

36. Maybe African Americans simply voting constitutes voter fraud in Mississippi.

[freshwest]

37. It does to him, huh...

[Ken Burch]

32. Yeah...them uppity questionables!

[Marthe48]

3. wah! wah! wah!

what a big baby and sore loser....

[alp227]

4. But maybe HE's gonna be the best recruiter for Travis Childers voters. nt

[Marthe48]

7. Good luck to Mr. Childers

GOTV!

[alp227]

23. Check out his website - front page has a donation link!

http://childersforsenate.com/

[tanyev]

5. I really am curious to hear what his definition of questionable is in this case.

Even in Mississippi there simply are not going to be 8,300 people who voted in one party's primary and were allowed to vote in another party's primary runoff. In an open primary system any other crossing over scenario is legal, no matter how many times he stomps his feet and screams about it.

[tymorial]

9. From voting places with a high black population.

[Thinkingabout]

6. I would bet if McDaniel won all votes would be legit. The old man beat him.

Since he has acted so childish it does cause me concern to be effective as a Senator. His cowboys was not being very thoughtful when breaking into a nursing home to take pictures of Cochran's ailing wife and probably resulted in some turning out to vote against McDaniel. Then if the Democrats turned out to vote against the a$$hole McDaniel, cry all you want but he lost.

[Mr.Bill]

8. Once you drop your ballot in that ballot box,

it is anonymous. There is no way of telling who any specific voter voted for.

I am a polling place inspector in my county.

[littlemissmartypants]

17. I became an assistant judge this year. I owe the desire to what I learned on DU. eom

[Mr.Bill]

22. I statrted as a clerk in the 2010 election.

It's something I always wanted to do, and now that I'm retired I have the time. I just signed up to be on the Grand Jury in my county also.

I'm not doing it for the money, that's for sure. A four hour training session and a 17 hour day on election day netted ne $238, counting mileage driven. The Grand Jury pays $15 a day.

It's all just being the citizen I can be. Mo Son-In-Law was just sworn in as a citizen about ten years ago. He worked with me this election as a clerk, and took a great deal of pride in it.

[hobbit709]

10. The only thing questionable is McDaniel's sanity.

[graegoyle]

12. I have no question about his sanity.

[blkmusclmachine]

11. Uh oh, he's on to us!!!

[DallasNE]

13. How Is That Even Possible

The voter registration log should have flagged all of the Democrats that had voted in the earlier primary as "challenged". Now if the election commissioner failed to create updated voter registration logs so marked then the commissioner should be held accountable for his/her corruption. This type of error should not have been allowed to happen.

[calimary]

14. My first thought was - the questionable ballots are all from YOUR side, dude.

Anybody who thinks YOU are fit to vote for - their entire intellect and reasoning capability becomes questionable.

[cosmicone]

18. +1 n/t

[thecrow]

25. Did he find them in the bathroom?

Because it seems he pulled them out of his own a$$.

[QuestForSense]

15. I don't even have to look.

The "R" behind his name automatically tells me he's full of shit.

[LiberalElite]

16. They're still working on making more of them... nt

[eggplant]

19. Please, proceed. We all love watching your side do things like this. Whee! n/t

[Hekate]

20. Would those be the ones his campaign aides babysat overnight?

Hm?

[politicaljunkie41910]

21. McDaniel and his cohorts claim to have evidence of 8300 questionable ballots even though

he and his cohorts have not reviewed or even seen ONE single ballot.

...McDaniel, in the Friday statement, also called on the Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann (R) to allow McDaniel's campaign access to voting records which McDaniel said they have not had access to yet.

"As a result of the misleading information coming from the Secretary of State's office, many Clerks were confused about proper disclosure of election materials to the candidates," McDaniel said. "This has forced the Clerks and my team to needlessly expend resources on mandamus requests for materials that the statutes clearly say I am entitled to review."

McDaniel said Hosemann's office has tried to prevent McDaniel supporters from getting access to voting records by giving circuit clerks inaccurate information about who can access voting records. ...

[awake]

24. If someone voted in the Demarcate primary then they were not allowed to vote

in the Republican run-off. While I do not believe that Chris McDaniel has found over 8,300 such cases if he did then maybe the S*it will hit the fan and a revote will happen.

[DallasNE]

41. But The Poll List

Should show every one of those voters as "ineligible" just like those that request an absentee ballot show as "voted early" on the poll list. They do not get a ballot to cast. End of story. So, unless there was some kind of computer glitch this situation should not have existed. Frankly, I think he is just blowing smoke.

[awake]

42. I do not know if Mississippi tracked that info

Before the run off election it could have been a over sight or they did check and he is indeed blowing smoke

[DallasNE]

43. So It Is Incompetence/Corruption vs Blowing Smoke

Since it is hard to be that incompetent and corrupt on a statewide basis I'm sticking with blowing smoke -- but it is far from a sure thing.

[awake]

44. We are talking about Mississippi after all

I think incompetent and corruption may be the state motto

[MFM008]

26. the ballots are always questionable

when the gop cant just outright steal an election.

[davidpdx]

27. It sounds like from the bottom link that they have had access to information in some counties,

but not all of them. The 8,300 votes wouldn't be enough anyway as his campaign would have to be right on about 90% of them. His campaign would need closer to 15-20,000 realistically to be set aside and examined as to whether the person had the right to vote in the runoff.

Given the election is certified, McDaniel is fighting a losing battle.

[reflection]

28. dude talks a lot.

All tea and no bag.

[tblue37]

35. He has to maintain his public profile in order to be considered for that FOX News gig,

a CPAC speaking role, and the Tea Party speaking circuit.

For baggers, running for political office is a career move even if they don't win, even if they never had a chance of winning. That is why their presidential primaries turn in to such a clown-heavy circus. Most of those candidates are not running for president--they are running for their share of the Republican welfare network.

[Fred Sanders]

40. Fox provides employment for the religious zealots masquerading as politicians or pundits, because

that is how propaganda and corruption work.

[samsingh]

29. repugs, by definition, can't be trusted

[IkeRepublican]

31. Crows about questionable ballots

Translation: "We found out we lost and there isn't dick we can do about it. Good night, everybody. Gonna go pork some more friends' wives since those family values chicks sure love to put out!"

[Historic NY]

33. I figure the more he quacks the better it is for the Dem...

in the general.

[mountain grammy]

34. The GOP/teabaggers have been so successful in stealing elections

from Democrats, now they want to steal them from each other because you just can't be crazy enough.

[Gothmog]

38. McDaniel is a joke now

There is little or no chance that he will be able to get a new election

[mark67]

39. You have to give the guy credit...

...he don't give it! Too bad Gore didn't show this kind of obnoxious nerve in 2000 in Florida. He may have at least secured some type of long lasting political or moral victory.

This thing is hilarious and entertaining on so many levels.