Chris McDaniel’s campaign has announced it is challenging the results of the June 24th runoff election because of evidence that McDaniel should have won. The formal challenge will be sent to the Mississippi Republican Party Executive Committee Monday.
In the afternoon press conference, Chris McDaniel said he sees this as an opportunity for the party to take the lead on honest, good transparent elections. He says he believes the Executive Committee will grant them a hearing. His attorney went on to say they hope that will happen 8 days from now.
You’ll remember, the GOP Executive Committee had already unanimously voted to certify the election results. Since the runoff, McDaniel volunteers have spent days pouring through poll books and ballot materials. One concern has been crossover votes.
McDaniels campaign says it has found approximately 3,500 crossover votes and that “mathematics” show McDaniel should have won Republican nomination. Certified results showed incumbent U.S. Senator Thad Cochran with a 7,667 vote margin of victory.State election law prohibits anyone from voting in a party’s primary and the other party’s runoff. McDaniel’s campaign claims that Democrats helped Cochran win the election.
Earlier Monday, Mississippi Republican Party Chairman Joe Nosef said he’s tried to remain neutral throughout the whole process. He says he still can’t say a whole lot about the challenge because he would serve in a judge role for the GOP executive committee.
There are limited rules on how the Executive Committee will handle challenges. The party chairman says there’s not really a precedent for this.
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UPDATED 3:28 by Isabel: Attorney Mitch Tyner said that 71 percent of those who voted for Cochran in the run off admitted they would not vote for him in the election. He said that if the courts accept their information McDaniel won by 25,000 votes. They want an Open hearing where Republicans – all Republicans – can be present to ensure fairness. As we await the official clip you may refer to the last press conference with information on what they had found. First photo courtesy of Maria Mchnis Mooney. Other two by Isabel Matos.
JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) –Chris McDaniel’s campaign confirms it will file a challenge with the Mississippi Republican Party Executive Committee Monday. His campaign’s formal announcement will come at 2:30. We will be streaming that live on our website, and we’ll attach the live stream to this story. The campaign is challenging the results of the June 24th runoff election.
This is a follow-up on the article I wrote last night. It aired on Hannity tonight and is very straight forward. Allegations from the lawsuit just filed is a long list: illegal voting, dirty campaigning of accusing McDaniel of KKK associations, taking away food stamps, student loans and race-baiting. There was also walk around money (Cochran campaign paying thousands of dollars to the black community via well-known pastor who has a lot of credibility, Steven Fielder). Fielder has accused Cochran of buying the Democratic vote in an interview with independent journalist (Johnson’s name not mentioned).
Crossovers in Mississippi are permissible as follows: You can vote as a Democrat in the Republican runoff (she said primary which is wrong) as long as you didn’t vote in the Democratic primary three weeks prior.
True the Vote filed a lawsuit Tuesday looking into the illegal double voting. Radio ads were also uncovered, did air and were played in a black radio station, WGMO, in Mississippi. They were paid for and connected with Citizens for ProgressSuperPac, associated with Haley Barbour. They are anti-Tea Party ads and anti-McDaniel ads. Cochran says the allegations are baseless. McDaniel is taking it seriously. In a statement released to Fox News on Tuesday regarding votes allegedly bought by Cochran’s camp, McDaniel said grassroots volunteers found over 2500 ineligible votes cast in the runoff on June 24th from primary June 3rd. He said he was continuing to collect data to launch a possible legal challenge. [He told Breitbart News the number of ineligible votes was 3300.]
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Yes, she is a Republican. Proud American and McCain National Hispanic Chair. A real charmer, isn’t she? There’s more where those came from. Feel free to be infuriated. This is not about her, though. It’s about the foolish, separatist establishment mentality. In any case, her tweets should motivate you to go to Chris McDaniel’s defense.
It has been said when you feel like quitting, remember why you got in fight in the first place.
This video was blocked by a local affiliate from airing even though Bea Harrison, host of That’s What I Love About the South, invited Senator Cochran to speak as well. He ignored her. Harrison says that that affiliate has ties to mega lobbyist and former Governor Haley Barbour.
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This was videotaped prior to June 24th. It was uploaded four days ago. At 3:45 minutes McDaniel’s remarks included mentions of Senator Cruz has demonstrated what courage can do on the floor of the Senate, Senator Lee from Utah has demonstrated what a voice can do to change not only a state but a Republic. They need reinforcements and this is what that fight is about. This was videotaped prior to June 24th. It was uploaded four days ago.
What are you willing to do? How far are you willing to go? Your country is demanding you defend your principles again. That you fight again.
Will you be men and women of courage? When you engage your local, state or federal government, they will mark you, they will not kill you and you’ll have to stand nevertheless and defend your belief system.
Will you be men and women of judgement? Judgement means more than the perception of what your actions will accomplish today but your actions will accomplish ten years from now. Youth is a reminder of the obligation you have to your Republic. We need to engage today.
Will you be men and women of Integrity? Integrity means the ability to defend yourself. It means more than what you think. Sometimes it means a willingness to defend yourself despite your imperfections and defend. DONT LET YOUR IMPERFECTIONS get in the way of your duty to your country and your families.
Will you be men and women of dedication? Don’t lose hope. Don’t despair. They don’t want you to engage in the system.
Nothing could be more true as we await the results of the legal battle (It is not over yet as McDaniel has not conceded). Those involved in the decision-making regarding the certification of ballots should listen to (in case they missed them) the videos above. They included members of the committee include Roger Wicker, a couple of Barbours – Austin and Henry, and Thad Cochran himself. Yes. It is true. According to my source, Cochran establishment members whose names we are not familiar with are involved in the decision to certify votes or not. One name not on the list but who we need to know: Pete Perry. He is the Hinds County Republican Chairman. Perry is dismissing “Tea Party” accounts of crossover votes in his county. He is calling them “wild accusations”. (That would explain the GOPe’s delay and intransigence on the matter, I am guessing.)
As I understand it, the complaint by the representative of the Tea Party yesterday was that ‘they had found over 800 instances of June 3 voters in the Democrat primary who illegally voted in the June 24 runoff election.’
Instead of making wild accusations which stir up social media with cries of fraud and corruption, it would be much better for all involved Ð the voters, the candidates, the 500 poll workers in Hinds County Ð if we let facts enter into the conversation. And the facts are that their claims are wildly exaggerated. As a committee, we are still in the process of going through the election results before they can be certified, but this morning we can discuss some of the specific examples that were raised yesterday.
It is not too late to request Perry’s removal from his chairmanship as it is at the center of all the fraud that has gone on (despite what he says), or send an email to the Chairman of the Republican Party, Joe Nosef about why he should make a decision IN FAVOR OF McDaniels. Your kindly worded emails to him with reasons for doing what is right are welcome. The emails are obviously getting to him. (I can’t even believe I am writing this but it is all true).
I may send an email because a candidate was robbed of rightful victory on June 24th. You would think a Republican would not need national attention or pressure nationwide to do what is right, but this is what it is coming down to it seems. If I can help, I will. There have been no lies on our part and there is no excuse for the Republican establishment to dismiss these charges or deny election results were illegal. Once my head cools and the shock wears away, I may send a comment or two,
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