Sharron Angle(R )of NV contests results of her election/ post from GD

[diva77]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2019368

See her statement at:

http://www.sharronangle.com/

"Thank you for supporting me throughout the last year during what has been a tremendous experience for my family and I. I have truly enjoyed talking with you about the concerns that face our nation and the great state of Nevada. I am grateful to those who have contacted me with their questions and comments throughout this campaign.

I recently announced that because of the errors that occurred in the primary vote in Congressional District 2 of Nevada, that disenfrancised voters leaving the results of the election in doubt, we will seek a new election. If you agree with me and live within Congressional District 2, then please download the affidavit to join in contesting the election.   This is especially important if you know someone who wasn't able to vote because of these errors."

[diva77]

1. sharron's press release --what to make of this??

Reno, NV - Angle (R- Reno) will appear this Tuesday August 29 10:30am at the Washoe County District Court where attorneys plan to file a challenge to the August 15 primary election. Angle says the case is going to court because of errors in the voting process.

Angle, a Reno assemblywoman who ran for the 2nd congressional district two seat, had the option of seeking a recount to an election that ended in a razor-thin margin. However, Angle noted that such a process would not address the unknown number of voters who did not get to cast a ballot on Election Day. Washoe Registrar of Voters Dan Burke reported a number of problems on Election Day, with some voting precincts not opening on time for several reasons.

"We want to right the wrongs and remove the cloud that is hanging over this election. We want to give all disenfranchised voters an opportunity to exercise their right to vote," said Angle.

On Friday, Mrs. Angle asked Secretary of State Dean Heller, who serves as Nevada’s chief elections officer, to join her and other disenfranchised voters in petitioning the court for a fair and accurate election that will rectify voter disenfranchisement that occurred due to election errors. Angle noted that on May 2 2005, Elections Officer Dean Heller petitioned the Senate Finance Committee to spend millions of taxpayer dollars for new voting equipment where Heller testified to the committee, "I would not want to put a price on fiscal responsibility when it comes to democracy." Angle pointed out that spending taxpayer money on new equipment while failing to enforce the election process was a travesty.

Joining Mrs. Angle in her support for a new and honest election was Paul Adams, Chairman of the Nevada Republican Party. Adams told GOP party leaders "When elections are run in a way that people who want to vote cannot, there is a fundamental problem with the integrity of the entire election process." Adams also wrote "Sharron is in a position to expose and fix those problems, restoring the integrity that is critical to the election process. This will ultimately benefit all voters in all races and is something we should all be prepared to support, regardless of our choice of candidate in the election."


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For Immediate Release:

Angle Announces Primary Election Challenge
Errors in the Nevada Primary Election caused Voter Disenfranchisement

Reno, NV - Assemblywoman Sharron Angle, an anti-tax Legislator running for Congress,
announced that she will not request a recount but will instead challenge the
election based on errors in the voting process.  Of the nearly 70,000 votes cast
August 15 on the Nevada Primary Election for the Congressional district two seat,
only 428 votes separated Mrs. Angle from her opponent who was declared the unofficial
winner of the election - a .06% margin.

Mrs. Angle's challenge is based upon Dan Burke's report of several errors that
occurred in the Congressional 2 election. Dan Burke is the Washoe County Registrar
of Voters. Burke was unable to quantify the number of disenfranchised voters.
  The number could be more than the .06% margin in the election but there is
no way this could be measured.  

The accumulation of errors has clouded the out come of the election to the point
that the true winner is unknown.  Although the election is being investigated
throughout the District, the errors were mainly concentrated in voter-rich Washoe
County, the largest population center in the district.  Washoe County was easily
carried by Assemblywoman Sharron Angle, a popular Nevada State Legislator elected
to four terms from the area.

“Since August 16, the day after the primary, calls have been coming into my office
requesting some action,”  Angle said.  “It is important that the Republican voters
of Congressional District 2 feel confident that the candidate selected to represent
the Republican Party for Congress is the candidate selected by the Republican
voters.   In this situation, the voters do not know who would have received the
majority of votes if errors did not occur.    Out of respect for the will of
the people and their right to vote, I am obligated to contest the outcome of
this election and request a special election.”
 
In accordance with NRS 293.413, a statement of contest shall be filed with the
clerk of the district court no later than 14 days after the election.   Nevada
law allows an election to be annulled or set aside for errors.  Mrs. Angle said
that Joel Hansen, leading election law attorney in Nevada, will be filing the
challenge by the August 29 deadline.  Mrs. Angle hopes that the chief elections
officer, Secretary of State Dean Heller, will join her and hundreds of District
2 citizens in petitioning the court for a fair and accurate election that will
rectify voter disenfranchisements that occurred due to election errors.

 “This is not about winning or losing, this is about doing what is right,” said
Angle. “Our sons and daughters are making great sacrifices for free elections
in Iraq.   We must do no less than protect that same right for Nevada citizens.”

[rumpel]

2. The article related to this is in ERD, but

I could not decipher what specific "errors" they were talking about.

How can someone "quantify disenfranchised voters"? Is that a legal prerequisite?
She seems to seek a new election with this suit, but because polling places did not open in time, and potentially there were people who could have left? Were there other errors?

I have to see how the State of Nevada defines "errors in the voting process".

But for the overall issue of fair and accurate elections, any question or problems that is brought up into public debate appears to me to be a good thing.
Unless it is brought in bad faith and not with integrity - the latter could turn people off from the entire issue

I am curious what others say....

[rumpel]

3. PS there also seem to be a discrepancy in the article

and the OP in GD.

Here it says "instead of a recount" - the OP says she did get a recount and picked up 7 (?)

:shrug:

I think - I have to get my zzzz's I'm having trouble typing.....
see have to correct every post - agh

[Awsi Dooger]

4. Sharron Angle is a Club for Growth wingnut

She was heavily financed by them in the primary and no doubt they encouraged her to fight this. I was actually rooting for her on primary night since the polling and logic indicates our nominee Jill Derby fares much better against Angle than the more moderate Dean Heller. That race is on the list of the top 30 or 40 races we are targeting for potential House control.

Most Nevada Republicans including John Ensign have been urging Angle to drop the matter. It's a rural district that encompasses almost the entire state and with a 48,000 GOP registration edge. Jim Gibbons is the current congressman from that district but he abandoned it to run for gov this year. Derby, a lifetime rural Nevadan and very popular, is our best candidate since the district was formed in '82. In a typical year without a strong Democratic challenger the statewide GOP wouldn't give a flip and let the recount or revote drag on. Derby has a financial advantage and has already been running ads while Heller is stymied with Angle disputing the primary.

Here's an amusing article from the Las Vegas Sun. Paul Adams, chairman of the Nevada Republican Party, is basically labeled an idiot by other party bigwigs for supporting Angle's position.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2006/aug/30/566658060.html

[Kip Humphrey]

5. Club for Growth, eh? Is this Rove's "claim election fraud" in action?

[BeFree]

6. Good Sports?

It is not whether you win or lose, but how the game is played.

I don't care that this candidate is a repuke, I hope she takes her case as far as it can go. It seems the election officals made errors that may have changed the election.

Not afraid of an open, honest, verifiable election, dems can win those kinds, it is the cheating and stealing which needs to be exposed and I don't care who does it as long as it is done.