Election Disputes Quotes
Barstow the Democratic Governor who had no serious opposition in 1853 found himself challenged for reelection by Coles Bashford of the new Republican Party. The Board of Canvassers reported that Governor Barstow had won reelection but by less than 200 votes in the whole state. The Republicans charged that there had been fraud in some of the rural districts and petitioned the Wisconsin Supreme Court which ruled that nonexistent precincts had indeed voted for the Governor. The Barstow however refused to recognize the decisions of the court claiming that the court had no jurisdiction over the Board of Canvassers who were part of the executive branch. The Republicans held their own inauguration and two men claimed to be Governor. But the Governor claimed that the state constitution did not give the court any authority to deal with the crisis, He even called out the State Militia to maintain his office and intimidate the Supreme Court and keep the “other governor” from the state house. Nonetheless the court ruled that even the Governor had to obey the law and the Supreme Court would determine what the law was. Barstow finally “resigned.” See {587917} & {587914}.
She had petitioned for a recount of the close elections in Pennsylvania, and two other states, However, the arcane Pennsylvania election laws together with an inclination on the part of election officials in Pennsylvania not to do a recount, produced a process that was really ineffective as a check on the original vote and any errors that might ahve been made. In general, state election officials do not like recounts in Presidential elections. If the results were wrong and the stat's electoral votes should have gone to another, the politics of the state are destabilized and tust in the state election system is seriously eroded, and they are blamed. However, even if the results are not reversed, typically totals for a number of districts change and they are called upon to explain the discrepency which most often is attributed to weaknesses in the system which do not sufficiently eliminate human error, There are calls for investigations and the consequences continue, often for years. Most scientists studying the various state election processes, agree that some states systems are very weak, and there are many errors in elections, but they are rarely of sufficient magnitude toe change the results of the election. Reform of the system in many states and local areas becasue most politicans are reluctant to spemd more money on the election processes and system.
This is one of the earliest examples of the phrase “do nothing Congress” which Harry S Truman made so famous in his re-election campaign. Clearly Linney did not originate the phrase but his may be the earliest documented usage.
Statement made after losing her bid to become Georgia’s governor to Brian Kemp (R). Abrams made multiple variations on this statement up until Donald Trump made a pariah of “election denial” after which she began to modify her statements.
Barstow the Democratic Governor who had no serious opposition in 1853 found himself challenged for reelection by Coles Bashford of the new Republican Party. The Board of Canvassers reported that Governor Barstow had won reelection but by less than 200 votes in the whole state. The Republicans charged that there had been fraud in some of the rural districts and petitioned the Wisconsin Supreme Court which ruled that nonexistent precincts had indeed voted for the Governor. The Barstow forces however refused to recognize the decisions of the court claiming that the court had no jurisdiction over the Board of Canvassers who were part of the executive branch. The Republicans held their own inauguration and two men claimed to be Governor. But the Governor claimed that the state constitution did not give the court any authority to deal with the crisis, He even called out the State Militia to maintain his office and intimidate the Supreme Court and keep the “other governor” from the state house. Nonetheless the court ruled that even the Governor had to obey the law and the Supreme Court would determine what the law was. Barstow finally “resigned.” See {587915} & {587914}.
Barstow the Democratic Governor who had no serious opposition in 1853 found himself challenged for reelection by Coles Bashford of the new Republican Party. The Board of Canvassers reported that Governor Barstow had won reelection but by less than 200 votes in the whole state. The Republicans charged that there had been fraud in some of the rural districts and petitioned the Wisconsin Supreme Court which ruled that nonexistent precincts had indeed voted for the Governor. Barstow however refused to recognize the decisions of the court claiming that the court had no jurisdiction over the Board of Canvassers who were part of the executive branch. The Republicans held their own inauguration and two men claimed to be Governor. But the Governor claimed that the state constitution did not give the court any authority to deal with the crisis, He even called out the State Militia to maintain his office and intimidate the Supreme Court and keep the “other governor” from the state house. Nonetheless the court ruled that even the Governor had to obey the law and the Supreme Court would determine what the law was. Barstow finally “resigned.” See {587915} & {587917}.
The Republican Presidential Candidate in the Election of 2016, Donal;d Trump, when with only a few weeks to go before Election Day, and the polls indicated that he was substantially behind, began to give speeches that included many statements that the Election was rigged against him. See Quotation 643708 as an example. He presented no evidence at all, and even could not specify who was doing the rigging or how they were doing it. However, many of his followers, who tend to believe many political conspiracy theories, started to make plans for continual action after the election if Trump[ loses. For some unstable followers—all candidates for President have some—they were already planning methods of resisting if Hillary Clinton should win. To make matters worse Trump had encouraged his supporters to take extra legal action to prevent Hillary Clinton from destroying the country as they ave known it. He also announced that he would not necessarily accept the election results if Clinton won. He even threatened to have her jailed when he won the Presidency. Chertoff, a fellow Republican, was very familiar with unstable people and their oft times dangerous behavior to “protect” them, their family and the nation from some conspiracy or another. Chertoff and many other Republican leaders tried to persuade Clinton to refrain from such demography, but Trump was one of those people who tended not to listen to advisors or colleagues. He continued on his dangerous rhetorical path.
Abrams said this to an audience in March 2019, several months after Kemp moved into the governor's mansion.
Statement made after losing her bid to become Georgia’s governor to Brian Kemp (R). Abrams made multiple variations on this statement up until Donald Trump made a pariah of “election denial” after which she began to modify her statements.
