Crowds began to emerge around 11 a.m. in front of the St. Lucie County courthouse to express support for Congressman Allen West’s call for a complete recount in the Congressional District 18 race.
The West team has been putting together a legal argument to persuade St. Lucie County Circuit Judge Dan Vaughn to order county Elections Supervisor Gertrude Walker to recount all early voting ballots.
Walker has admitted to problems with the ballots, but has not been forthcoming in providing information on how the problems were handled. She ordered and executed a partial recount on Sunday, which only left more questions about what was counted and why the numbers did not match up.
Three investigators were dispatched by state elections officials in Tallahassee to help get to the bottom of the situation. Representatives from the West team said they hope the petition scheduled for a hearing at 1 p.m. Friday will result in a full recount.
The West supporters were confronted by a half dozen protesters that said that West does not support them and that do not want to pay for a recount.
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The opportunity for all of US is fair voting counts!
The audio is difficult to hear on the first lady who spoke. Need captions. The issue here is not whether we like the candidates, it is the fact that voting isn’t being done properly and without partisanship and collusion.
Why give these anti-West people so much time? First of all, this isn’t a racial issue. Allen West is black and so is Gertrude Walker. The fact that Allen West has so many white supporters only shows that WE (his supporters) are not seeing things in terms of color, so that argument is ridiculous. As Michele pointed out, this is a matter of disagreement with West’s views, and race is unimportant.
Secondly, the older lady who was interviewed first said that she was opposed to paying for a recount Is she also opposed to paying Gertrude Walker a pension and a six-figure salary simultaneously? Because that is what is happening. Gertrude walker retired, took her pension, and then came out of retirement and is now getting both the pension and her salary. She also petitioned for and got approval by the County for a brand new building to house the SOE, when the building that they presently have is more than adequate in size and in condition. So if there is concern about expenditure, those are the things that should be looked into. Finally, if we had someone who was capable of conducting a ballot count properly the first time, there would BE no need for a recount! If this matter isn’t addressed now, perhaps HER candidate will be affected next election.
I can verify for a fact that the woman who said he paid to and obtain votes to get to Congress in his first win has no knowledge at all. I voted for him in 2008 and 2010 and no one gave me a dime. In fact I donated to his campaign in 2010.
This man with the hat has a valid point. He said he wanted to talk to Allen West previously but West’s staff brushed him off. I know the feeling. I tried to get him on my show a couple of times but his staff refused. It would have been good exposure.
Are you a liberal? If so, that is probably why Mr West wouldn’t come on. We Conservatives are pretty much done with the lies, corruption and propaganda of the State Run Media.
If you listened to my show I am more of a fiscal conservative than most Republicans. I have been going after fraud and waste in government for quite a while. Most candidates and officials prefer not to talk about it. I don’t know why you would turn down an opportunity to get your point out there if you are running for office unless your intention is to only represent a certain group. Allen’s managers were notified in the primary and general elections that Allen was welcome on the show and would be treated with respect . I have the emails. Also, I have had Republicans and Democrats on the show who have won their races. Our country needs to get past the partisan politics and move forward.