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hurl

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9. I cringe a little at stories like these

Reply to SheltieLover (Original post)

Mon Nov 23, 2020, 10:42 PM

Nov 2020

My opinion is not likely to be popular here, but I believe that votes don't 'belong' to a candidate. They belong to the voter alone. Voters may well vote for terrible reasons, but votes 'belong' to voters and not candidates. No votes were 'taken' from the incumbent in this election. They may well have been given by voters based on bad information, but they were never taken, because taken implies ownership.

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New report finds a 'shadow candidate' in Florida is under investigation [View all] SheltieLover Nov 2020 OP

They just cannot win without cheating! Tribalceltic Nov 2020 #1

And they know it! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #7

Verrry similar to... AkFemDem Nov 2020 #2

Yikes I forgot AkFemDem Nov 2020 #4

They know they cannot win without cheating! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #5

It Doesn't Matter If Crimes Were Committed DanieRains Nov 2020 #3

For now... SheltieLover Nov 2020 #6

How is this even legal? triron Nov 2020 #8

Likely isn't! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #10

It's sneaky and it sucks, but how can it be wnylib Nov 2020 #16

Someone must think so to be investigating. SheltieLover Nov 2020 #17

It's called Election Fraud. AFAIK it is a felony. Shadow Candidates have a history, common scam. Tommymac Nov 2020 #21

Thanks. wnylib Nov 2020 #26

I cringe a little at stories like these hurl Nov 2020 #9

reminds me of the butterfly-ballot... stillcool Nov 2020 #11

Sadly, the butterfly ballot was designed by a Democrat. progressoid Nov 2020 #20

Yeah, that was insane moose65 Nov 2020 #29

I mean only sort of TimeToGo Nov 2020 #12

Some people probably only remembered his last name and were thrown off ecstatic Nov 2020 #19

That's why there are investigations -- to determine if it was election fraud. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #25

What can be done at this point? Poiuyt Nov 2020 #13

New election for that Florida Senate seat judesedit Nov 2020 #14

Yup! SheltieLover Nov 2020 #15

They are shrewd. Marie Marie Nov 2020 #18

Thanks for posting mountain grammy Nov 2020 #22

Yw SheltieLover Nov 2020 #23

Agree mountain grammy Nov 2020 #24

Saw this on CNN, there were several shadow candidates radius777 Nov 2020 #27

Two of them - More here malaise Nov 2020 #28

Any thoughts on the legal issues here? BadGimp Nov 2020 #30