California is Ripe for Electoral Fraud

By Andy Caldwell

At the time I am writing this, we only have preliminary election results to consider. That is because the state of California takes longer – by design – to count votes.

The biggest news is that, for the first time in a very long time, it appears that a Republican with a chance to win will be on the November ballot in the governor’s race. Steve Hilton could be competitive, if and only if, Bianco and his supporters will work for him in November. Unfortunately, Republicans are famous for holding grudges due to bruised egos and other abnormalities.

The LA mayor’s race could result in the first run-off, versus an outright win for a Democrat, in 21 years. All it took was for an entirely inept administration, led by incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, to be held accountable for helping to burn entire communities to the ground and then stand in the way of the victims’ ability to rebuild.

Locally, the 5^th district supervisor’s race appears headed to a runoff too. In this case, I am fairly confident that the supporters of the apparent third-place finisher will get behind Maribel Aguilera for the win in November.

Having said all that, let’s go back to systemic delays in counting votes because those delays create conditions ripe for fraud.

Democrats and Rigged Elections

Do any of you remember Rod R. Blagojevich, who served as the 40^th Governor of Illinois? In December 2008, a federal investigation led to Blagojevich’s arrest on corruption charges after he attempted to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama upon his election to the presidency. He was subsequently convicted and sent to prison, only to have President Trump commute his sentence before pardoning him.

I bring this up because Blagojevich says that rigged elections by his party were commonplace during his time as Illinois governor through illegal aliens voting, fraudulent electronic voting machines, and phony mail-in ballots; and the fraud was particularly egregious in the Democrat-controlled city of Chicago, albeit, he added that cheating is a ‘time-honored’ tradition in Democrat-controlled cities throughout the country. That is, when asked if the Democrat Party steals elections, Blago’s answer was quite blunt: “Is the Pope Catholic?”

Here in CA, we may not know the outcome of some of the electoral races for an entire month. This is because CA has some of the laxest rules in the nation pertaining to turning in and/or mailing in ballots. I firmly believe the reason for this is to legalize opportunities for fraud. That is, one of the most basic opportunities for fraud is via ballot harvesting which breaks the chain of control of the ballot between the voter and the registrar of voters.

Illegal Voting Continues Apace

We also know for certain that there is nothing stopping illegal aliens from voting in our state because there is no required proof of citizenship needed to obtain a ballot and vote if you are willing to lie on the registration form asserting your right to vote. As reported by the California Post, “Welfare offices and other agencies in at least 46 U.S. states are providing voter registration forms to migrants without requiring proof of citizenship, leading Republicans, and conservatives to call for swift federal action to stop the handouts. If an applicant (illegally) attests that he is a U.S. citizen, that is considered valid on its face and the person is registered to vote — except in Virginia, Tennessee, and New Mexico, where they must provide a full Social Security number as well.

Every state but North Dakota, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, give applicants for either welfare benefits, driver’s licenses, or in some cases, mail-in ballots, federal voter registration forms without demanding proof of citizenship.

To remedy this situation, The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act would require states to receive proof of citizenship when anyone registers to vote by mail, at a DMV or a welfare agency office. But, of course, the Dems in the Senate are stalling the bill.

Regarding fraudulent homeless voting in CA, as reported by USA Today, the feds dropped several felony charges in exchange for a guilty plea from Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong, of Marina del Rey, California, a longtime signature collector for ballot initiatives. She was charged with one felony count of paying another person to register to vote, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a Monday, May 18 news release. Armstrong has agreed to plead guilty, prosecutors said.

The quote “It’s not the people who vote that count. It’s the people who count the votes,” is often attributed to Joseph Stalin. Whether or not he said it, it is a truth that hits home too often in California.

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