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elleng

(131,240 posts) Tue Apr 7, 2015, 05:58 PM Apr 2015

posted by an acquaintance:

'I just voted in Chicago's election, and got handed a ballot ALREADY FILLED OUT FOR RAHM EMANUEL. Returned it in disgust, told the poll workers to search through all the ballots to see if others hadn't been tampered with. Called the Chuy office and they told me there are complaints all over the city. What a corrupt bastard. Fraud! ‪#?FireRahm‬ '

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posted by an acquaintance: (Original Post) elleng Apr 2015 OP

And then we will be fucking smugly told, right here, that Chicago has spoken. djean111 Apr 2015 #1

Wow. octoberlib Apr 2015 #2

opps! jimlup Apr 2015 #3

Any links to anywhere else? F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #4

Know what? bvar22 Apr 2015 #5

Update: F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #6

There must be photos of these things, right? MineralMan Apr 2015 #15

I will be too. F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #16

Gee and here I thought the Repugs did all the cheating nt LiberalElite Apr 2015 #7

It appears that the big 2naSalit Apr 2015 #8

Well, if the shoe fits...nt City Lights Apr 2015 #11

It's quite pathetic, isn't it? DeSwiss Apr 2015 #9

By any chance did your acquaintance get a copy or photo of it? Jefferson23 Apr 2015 #10

To report Chicago mayoral race election irregularities... DeadLetterOffice Apr 2015 #12

Wait... What??? tavernier Apr 2015 #13

When you can't flip votes electronically... valerief Apr 2015 #14

Rahm probably called Bibi for advice mountain grammy Apr 2015 #17

WTF??? Autumn Apr 2015 #18

I heard from a poll worker from the election before the runoff that people were passing out Rahm lit. Starry Messenger Apr 2015 #19

djean111

(14,255 posts)

1. And then we will be fucking smugly told, right here, that Chicago has spoken.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2015, 06:36 PM

Apr 2015

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)

2. Wow.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2015, 06:40 PM

Apr 2015

jimlup

(7,968 posts)

3. opps!

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2015, 06:46 PM

Apr 2015

I guess they were not suppose to hand those ballots out. They were for running through the machine afterwards.

F4lconF16

(3,747 posts)

4. Any links to anywhere else?

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2015, 07:16 PM

Apr 2015

I believe you, but any other info would be helpful. If it's true, he needs to go down in flames.

bvar22

(39,909 posts)

5. Know what?

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2015, 07:19 PM

Apr 2015

Rahm would make a great little dictator in a small, 3rd World country.
He has all the Right Stuff for that.

F4lconF16

(3,747 posts)

6. Update:

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2015, 07:36 PM

Apr 2015

This is coming out in other places online as well:

Nobody here in Chicago believes those polling numbers, FWIW. From what I’ve seen out canvassing, it’s about 60% Chuy, 40% Rahm. And Rahm has been acting desperate for a while, extraordinarily so today. I’ve never seen anything quite like it. People are going to their polling places and being handed paper ballots helpfully already filled out — for Rahm. There is a polling spot with a giant inflatable Uncle Sam with VOTE RAHM on the front — right next to the door. Inside, people have evidently been informed that “this is a polling place only for Rahm supporters.” At my polling location, they’re not doing anything illegal (that I saw), but right on the other side of the street there is a shiny new blue tent marked RAHM EMANUEL, and on the inside there are five beefy white men who don’t have any buttons or literature or anything — they just make a point of rather aggressively greeting everyone who goes by. Whee! Anyway: the point being, someone who actually thinks he’s got a double-digit lead doesn’t act like this. I am surprised by the level of fraud and blunt, undisguised strong-arming I’m seeing today, and that is saying something!

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2015/04/00pm-water-cooler-4715.html#comment-2427982

MineralMan

(146,339 posts)

15. There must be photos of these things, right?

Reply to F4lconF16 (Reply #6)

Tue Apr 7, 2015, 08:14 PM

Apr 2015

I hope someone posts them soon. I mean, everyone is carrying a camera, so we should see photos and videos of such abuses. I'll watch for them.

F4lconF16

(3,747 posts)

16. I will be too.

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #15)

Tue Apr 7, 2015, 08:42 PM

Apr 2015

I am disappointed nobody has posted one--I'm still skeptical at this point.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)

7. Gee and here I thought the Repugs did all the cheating nt

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2015, 07:38 PM

Apr 2015

2naSalit

(86,872 posts)

8. It appears that the big

Reply to LiberalElite (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 7, 2015, 07:52 PM

Apr 2015

criterion for cheating is desperation.

City Lights

(25,171 posts)

11. Well, if the shoe fits...nt

Reply to LiberalElite (Reply #7)

Tue Apr 7, 2015, 07:59 PM

Apr 2015

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)

9. It's quite pathetic, isn't it?

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2015, 07:53 PM

Apr 2015

Rahm knew he would lose, and badly. He couldn't face that possibility because he's always been the one to walk away. Now he's being fired for the first time.

- He can always get a job with Hils. Whatever she's doing in the future......

K&R

''Rahm watches it drip away.......''