Utah shenanigans:
'Ballots handed around like napkins', George Soros fingerprints rile voters
Sen. Ted Cruz walked away
from Utah with the state’s 40 delegates, but some voters left disillusioned due
to billionaire George Soros’ ties to the process and fishy behavior at caucus
sites.
The battle between
Republican front-runner Donald Trump and Cruz in Utah ended with the Texan
winning in a landslide. Cruz captured 69.2 percent of the vote compared to
Trump’s 14 percent, but the businessman’s supporters suspect foul play.
A forum on the website Godlike Productions included a conversation between voters who said caucus sites were
ripe environments for dishonesty.
“My head is still
spinning,” wrote a user identified as Pirate Monkey. “I’ve never seen turnout
like this. Got my credentials, but no presidential ballot. They said those
would be delivered to our caucus room. … I counted about 120 people there (no
idea how many were actually registered and credentialed). … Someone shows up
with a stack of probably 250 ballots.”
“The precinct chair
splits them up, and starts handing stacks of them out and tells people ‘take
one and pass it down.’ No checking credentials, IDs, nothing. I’m sitting at
the end of a row and people start handing me stacks of extras. I literally had
over 50 ballots in my hand. … There were no apparent controls … and ballots
[were] being handed around like napkins.”
“My experience was
similar,” added a user identified as Anonymous Coward. “They had us write our
choice on a small blank piece of white paper. We then placed them in a tin can.
Half the people left, then a woman walked in and yelled, ‘You need to re-do
your vote on the official ballet!’ Half the people’s vote didn’t count. She
said they were not on the official ballet and would be cast out.”
Utah’s primary election
also featured a first: Residents who registered by March 15 were allowed to
vote anywhere in the world with an Internet connection. Individuals were given
an identification number that needed to be entered before voting. Smartmatic,
the firm in charge of running the electronic voting, is tied to Soros.
Lord Mark Malloch-Brown,
chairman of Smartmatic’s board, serves on the board of George Soros’ Open
Society Foundation, Breitbart News reported Sunday. The website also noted that Malloch-Brown sits
on the board of the International Crisis Group, a Soros-financed international
crisis-management organization.
Trump voters are upset
over the arrangement because Soros-funded groups have also been linked to anti-Trump protests, including a March 11 effort in Chicago, Illinois.
A rally at the University of Illinois-Chicago Pavilion was halted due to
security concerns. Four people were arrested and two Chicago cops suffered
injuries trying to restore order.
“Right now Cruz is
confident he will will with over 50 percent of the state,” wrote Breitbart
reader PB on Sunday. “Nothing is going to make me believe this new venture is
on the up and up! … Someone is telling Cruz he’s got it made. He’s gonna win.
We should all be questioning that!”
Trump supporters who
were upset over Utah’s results were at least comforted by the billionaire’s win
in Arizona. All of the Grand Canyon State’s 58 delegates went to Trump, which
brings his total count to 678.
The Republican
front-runner is trying to secure the 1,237 delegates needed to outright win the
party’s 2016 presidential nomination and avoid a brokered convention.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s
campaign came away empty handed in both Utah and Arizona on Tuesday. His only
win came March 15 in his home state of Ohio.
“You can’t lose every
state and expect to be the nominee,” Cruz told CNN on
Wednesday. “Right now, Kasich’s role is really being a spoiler. Kasich benefits
Donald Trump.”
http://www.wnd.com/2016/03/utah-shenanigans-ballots-handed-around-like-napkins/
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