Thread: (unconfirmed) - BREAKING: Allen West WINNING

10 November 2012

BREAKING: Allen West WINNING
Fla-18 Recount by 195 Votes!

BOOTS ON THE GROUND UPDATE FROM THE ALLEN WEST ELECTION COUNT via Gary Angelo Galiano:

'We win by 195'

This should mean that there will be a FINAL RECOUNT in Tallahassee of ALL the votes in this election!!

They will now go thru ALL the ballots and make this official. This could take a week or two.

THANKS goes out to the TEA Party patriots of South Florida who did some really incredible work...

winning

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http://reaganiterepublicanresistance...ng-fla-18.html

Go Lt. Colonel West GO

Woooo Hooooo

Oooooooooh that put some FIGHT back in me

Allen West Patrick Murphy race update: GOP officials say West remains low key but upbeat

Posted: 6:26 AM

By: Melissa E. Holsman, Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers

As U.S. Rep Allen West pursues legal action on two fronts in an effort to get ballots recounted in his U.S. House District 18 race, the Palm Beach Gardens Republican is remaining low key but upbeat, according to GOP officials close to his campaign.

West has granted few media interviews since Election Day.

Bill Paterson, chairman of the St. Lucie County Republican Party, said he's been in contact with West by phone since Tuesday night, where they stayed inside West's private room at the Hutchinson Island Marriott hotel in Stuart.

West, he said, is "very positive," about his pursuit of a recount in his re-election bid in which his Democratic opponent Patrick Murphy has claimed victory. The race is an extremely close.

"I think he's handling it better than I am," Paterson said of West.

"I think he's a trooper, he's a gentleman and an honorable man, and I think he believes so strongly in this Republic that he thinks this will be all worked out and we'll come to some resolution," he said. "I also think if it does show that all of our suspicions and questions have been answered to his satisfaction, I believe that he will do whatever is the right thing to do at that time. But we aren't at that point yet."

A Palm Beach County judge on Friday denied West's request for an injunction against Palm Beach County's supervisor of elections seeking to impound ballots and voting machines.

West didn't attend the hearing.

But he did attend a Veterans Day event at Martin County High School where he was the main speaker. He talked about his experiences in the military and honoring veterans for serving their country. He also presented the school's ROTC students with an American flag and a congressional coin.

A similar recount motion is still pending in St. Lucie County, but it's unclear when St. Lucie County Circuit Judge Dan Vaughn will schedule a hearing.

Kevin Lanning, professor of political psychology at Florida Atlantic University, said the race's turnout so far echoes what happened in West's prior military service in the Army.

"I don't know West personally, but it strikes me as almost a Shakespearean tragedy, this guy's life," Lanning said. "Here's somebody who sees himself as an American patriot, who kind of personifies the old Barry Goldwater quote that 'extremism in the pursuit of liberty is no vice,' and he embraces conservatism and alienates — I won't say demonizes — but he certainly has shown no positive feelings toward those on the far left. And in this election, what we see is his extremism has led him to be discharged by the electorate."

Lanning noted that West, during his military career and as an elected official, has given his life to public service.

"But in both cases, (he) went too far," added Lanning, "and has paid a sad price."

Despite West's remarks to FoxNews Radio Wednesday that he wasn't stressing over his legal efforts to sort out the election results, Lanning speculated West must be reacting emotionally to what could be a failed re-election bid.

"I think he hurts. I think after giving his life to public service, this is how he's treated," Lanning said. "I think that this is how he feels. This is a guy who has worked really hard for his country, in his mind, and has been rejected."

Martin County Sheriff-elect William Snyder , who attended West's election party Tuesday night, said he never saw West that evening, and didn't specifically ask why he declined to address his supporters.

"I had several conversations with his campaign manager, but I never had any discussions with them as to why he didn't come down," Snyder said. "I don't know what their strategy was that night; maybe he was totally consumed with watching the election results."

Former congressman Mark Foley of West Palm Beach said West's supporters probably wanted to see him on election night, but he stopped short of speculating why West remained elusive.

"Stylistically, that's not how I operated, but again, everybody is his own boss in the political realm," Foley said. "I would always try to include my supporters in the briefings, so they knew the reason they were there and the reason I was still up trying to check every possible data point because we were in this together."

Paterson meanwhile, said he agrees with West in considering the congressional race unsettled. A recount would be appropriate, he said, especially in St. Lucie County.

"A lot of things happened that should not have happened," Paterson said. "To concede at this time would be really premature."

West is expected to appear at the National UDT-Navy SEAL Museum Saturday in Fort Pierce for its annual muster event. He's scheduled to speak after a series of demonstration that begin at 11 a.m., museum spokesman Rolf Synder said Friday.

Allen West Patrick Murphy race update: GOP officials say West remains low key but upbeat

TRR: Allen West Seeks Recount Amid Growing Vote Count Scandal
By James S. Robbins - The Washington Times
November 9, 2012,

The race for Florida’s 18th Congressional district has taken an ugly turn, with charges of incompetence, illegal activity and possible fraud on the part of local election officials. Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy has declared victory with an apparent 160,328 votes to West's 157,872. However, serious questions arose immediately about the integrity of the vote count, especially in St. Lucie County. On election night incumbent Republican Allen West had maintained a district-wide lead of nearly 2000 votes until the St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections inexplicably “recounted” thousands of early ballots, resulting in 4,400 vote shift to the challenger. Observers on the scene say the process is biased and the election results are fatally compromised. Mr. West is asking a court to impound the ballots and order a recount.

Jeffrey Scott Shapiro, a volunteer lawyer for the West campaign, told the Washington Times he is “starting have serious concerns about what is going on.” Mr. Shapiro noted that he is not speaking officially on behalf of the campaign but as a first hand witness seeking to get the facts on the record.

“We are not getting to observe the vote count,” he said. Mr. Shapiro has been overseeing the process at the Riveria Beach vote tabulation center. Temporary workers are helping the local staff oversee the count of absentee ballots, those damaged by voting machines, and ballots in which the three pages have become separated. They are making new ballots to replace the damaged ones, and are required to mark them with the same votes. Florida law allows observers to be present but they are being blocked from making sure the ballots are marked accurately.

A physical barrier had been erected making it impossible for the observers to see what was going on. After repeated objections, the observers were allowed to stand behind the people reproducing the ballots. But then the ballot workers blocked their view. “Half of the people reproducing the ballots are crowding together,” Mr. Shapiro said, “to make it impossible for anyone to see what they are doing.”

He added that “there is a sense that since they spend so much time obstructing our view they are not reproducing [the ballots] correctly.”

An elderly man who stood up to try to get a better look at the ballots was ordered to sit down. When he asked why, Elections Supervisor Susan Bucher called a sheriff’s deputy to have him escorted out of the building. Team West volunteer Ellen Snyder has also faced the wrath of the supervisory staff. “They screamed at me twice” for asking questions she said, and threatened to have her removed.

Critical questions are also being raised about the estimated 8,000 military absentee ballots, These ballots could decide the election but were only picked up on Wednesday. They are being counted in an area that is off-limits to observers, but no explanation has been given why. Unlike the damaged ballots, the military ballots are not being reproduced but only counted. Yet from a distance Ms. Snyder saw a worker marking them. When she tried to bring this to the attention Mrs. Bucher’s assistant she was ignored.

Another observer saw four military ballots in a row being peremptorily invalidated with no explanation. When Ms. Snyder tried to ask Mrs. Bucher a question about what was happening “she looked like she wanted to spit she was so mad. She is very hostile.”

Mrs. Bucher has been a problem throughout the process. When responding to a court order to open polls to early voters on the Sunday before the election, she only informed local Democrats.

Republicans only heard about it later, and not from her. During the week she told Republican observers that the vote count was going to be ended and they did not have to show up. But when Mrs. Snyder came anyway she found the counting had continued. On Friday she ordered ballot workers to reproduce some ballots that were already reproduced. No clear explanation for this was given. An online video shows Mrs. Bucher rudely refusing to answer questions posed by local reporter Michele Kirk about the propriety of the vote count.

“I've never experienced anything like it,” Mr. Shapiro said. He is a former Democrat and had worked on John Kerry’s 2004 campaign legal team. He noted that he was treated much better by Democratic supervisors when he was a fellow party member. But now he is being treated like an enemy. “If we raise questions we are reprimanded and threatened to be expelled,” he said. “We are dealing with so much intimidation it has created a chilling effect.”

The West campaign is seeking a court-ordered recount, and also to have the ballots impounded before they are altered or destroyed. “Given the hostility and demonstrated incompetence of the St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections,” the West campaign said, “we believe it is critical that a full hand recount of the ballots take place in St. Lucie County. We will continue to fight to ensure every vote is counted properly and fairly, and accordingly will pursue all legal means necessary.”

“There must be a state recount,” Mr. Shapiro said, “because we don’t have confidence that this race is being counted accurately and fairly.”
Read more:
TRR: Allen West Seeks Recount Amid Growing Vote Count Scandal - Washington Times

Susan Bucher

Representative Susan Bucher 88

Biographical Information

City of Residence: West Palm Beach

Occupation: Legislator

Spouse: Richard Bucher, of Brevard County

Education: Palomar Junior College, 1976; Mira Costa College, 1981-1984

Born: October 27, 1958, Escondido, CA

Moved to Florida: 1985

Religious Affiliation: Catholic

Recreational Interest: reading, travel
Committee Membership

Committee on Infrastructure Democratic Ranking Member

Committee on Healthy Families

Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council

Joint Legislative Auditing Committee


Legislative Service

Elected to the House April 25, 2000, reelected subsequently


Other Public Service

Human Rights Advocacy Committee, District IX

Child Abuse and Neglect Committee of Palm Beach County 1996-1999

Intergovernmental Planning Task Force 1992

Solid Waste Volume Task Force 1991-1992


Affiliations

Cypress Lakes Democratic Club 2001-present

Democratic Black Caucus of Palm Beach County 2004-present

Lambda Legal 2003-present

Mid-County Democratic Club 2000-present

National Organization for Women, North Palm Beach County Chapter 2000-present

Palm Beach County Democratic Executive Committee 1996-present

Palm Beach County Human Rights Council 2003-present

Palm Beach County Young Democrats 1996-present

United Democratic Club of Century Village 2000-present

State Executive Committee of the Florida Democratic Party 2001-2003

Palm Beach County Hispanic Democratic Club 1996


Highlights

AFL-CIO, Appreciation Award 2004

Everglades Trust, Appreciation Award 2004

Florida Young Democrats, Appreciation Award 2004

Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Pro-Bono Community Service Award 2004

El Consulado General de Mexico en Miami, Public Service Appreciation Award 2003

Florida Education Association, Friends of Education Award 2003

Palm Beach Treasure Coast AFL-CIO, Florida Legislator of the Year Award 2003

Teamsters Local Union No. 769, First Annual Legislator of the Year Award 2003

Mid-County Democratic Club, Democrat of the Year 2002

National Council of Senior Citizens of Palm Beach County Award 2002

Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Legislation Contribution Award 2001

Democratic Women's Club of Florida, Honorary Membership Award 2001

Palm Beach County Young Democrats, Lifelong Membership Award 2001

Trust for Public Land, Legislative Leadership Award 2001

West Palm Beach Alliance for Retired Americans, Legislator of the Year 2001

Leadership 2000-Governor's Task Force 1996-1998


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Florida House of Representatives - Susan*Bucher*-Regular Session 2008

One serious question in the Allen West race is how many military absentee votes did not get counted.

Hoping and praying Allen West can turn this around and rejoin the Congress. We need him.

W

wftv ^ | 1:34 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012 | MATT SEDENSKY
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.(AP) — Firebrand GOP Rep. Allen West, whose made-for-TV rhetoric made him a prized voice of extreme conservatives, has been ousted by political newcomer Patrick Murphy, according to the state's vote count Saturday, but the incumbent was not planning to concede. In complete but unofficial numbers, Murphy held a 2,442-vote lead in the District 18 race. His 50.4 percent of the vote was above the threshold for a recount, but West's campaign said they would press forward. "We're simply not going to just walk away from the race until we see that the numbers add up," West...

Its sickening they are basically saying fraud and vote stealing is fine and good as long as you have a big enough margin to avoid a recount.

Allenwestrepublic ^ | November 11, 2012 | Allenwestrepublic
Stuart, FL – Today West for Congress released the following statement in response to today’s questionable conduct by St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections Gertrude Walker and the St. Lucie County Canvassing Board: “We are after the truth of what votes were cast by voters in St. Lucie County, and the conduct of the canvassing board today casts doubt on their reported numbers. The St. Lucie Canvassing Board’s abrupt action today was reached entirely without explanation or justification. The Campaign was informed on Saturday afternoon, while the Board met in an apparently private and unannounced session, that a decision was...

Busted: Obama’s Fieldworks Illegally Funneled Money to Defeat Allen West

Posted on November 14, 2012

The progressive left has made no secret of their hatred for Congressman Allen West. It will be months until we fully understand the national coordination and vast resources that were brought to Florida in an attempt to defeat him at all costs. One group that shifted resources to his district is Fieldworks.




Read more: Busted: Obama’s Fieldworks Illegally Funneled Money to Defeat Allen West | Conservative Byte