Op-ed:
The 'fix' against LTC West was in even before the first vote was cast
By: Diane Sori

Sadly, a great American patriot and hero had his election STOLEN...YES STOLEN...right out from under him.

With Florida's 67 supervisors of elections having to submit their certified results to the state Division of Elections by noon yesterday, a 'supposed' malfunctioning machine held up the ballots from being counted in full thus causing the deadline for submission to be missed.

And so the saga of a recount gone bad ends...or does it...

LTC. Allen West, running for re-election in the newly formed Florida House District 18, was leading by double-digits right before the election and then suddenly loses to new comer Patrick Murphy, whose father is one of the Democratic party elite. Suspecting 'funny business' with the results Allen was able to successfully petition for a recount in two counties (Palm Beach County and St. Lucie County) by declaring that in both counties NOT all votes cast during Early Voting (especially the military votes) had been counted. Not surprisingly, when the recount was done in Palm Beach County Allen picked up hundreds of votes.

Getting the recount in St. Lucie proved more daunting as Gertrude Walker, the SOE in that county, was outwardly and unabashedly NOT a fan of Allen's, and blind-sided him any and every chance she could. When the allowed recount of the last three days of Early Voting ballots saw Murphy's lead narrowing, Allen and his supporters kept up the fight to have all eight days of ballots recounted after several errors were made public. Allen's campaign hoped to close in on Murphy's lead enough to force a machine recount of all the ballots across the three-county district, and a difference of 0.5% or less would force such a recount. To do so Allen would need to pick up only 250 votes to trigger the three-county district wide recount.

Sadly, yesterday's results came up short.

With one of the two tabulation machines NOT working properly as the recount deadline drew near (all votes had been counted but one card wouldn’t upload the needed results), and with blatant FRAUD being committed (one precinct with seven voters had 900 votes cast), Allen's 'Boots on the Ground' knew the red flags needed to be raised. How NOT surprising it is that as Allen starts gaining votes a machine stops working, oh so conveniently allowing the deadline to be missed. A drooling and bloviating Patrick Murphy immediately declared himself the winner thinking his successful running down of the clock automatically gave him the victory he knows is NOT rightfully his.

But to Murphy's dismay, Allen has chosen NOT to concede and sought an emergency injunction directly from Tallahassee, and announced he will take this to court if need be.

While Florida law does allow an exemption to the certification deadline in an emergency (emergency being defined as “any occurrence, or threat thereof, whether accidental, natural, or caused by human beings, in war or in peace, that results or may result in substantial injury or harm to the population or substantial damage to or loss of property to the extent it will prohibit an election officer’s ability to conduct a safe and orderly election”) it seems that in Florida voter FRAUD and vote manipulation does NOT equate to an emergency which is so wrong on so many levels.

And to make matters worse, under Florida law in the event of an incomplete recount or missing the deadline the original returns are automatically submitted for certification by the state, meaning the entire recount was for naught.

"This election is far from over," said West's campaign manager, Tim Edson, in a statement calling the results "highly suspect." 

"Today's actions cast an even greater cloud of suspicion over the results of St. Lucie County than existed before," Edson said. "Consequently, the highly-suspect results will be submitted to the Secretary of State today...even though the canvassing board has already admitted they may contain serious errors."

Highly suspect for sure with the bottom line being that the FIX against Allen was in both BEFORE the actual election took place and BEFORE the first recount vote was tallied.

And why have the Democrats worked so hard to make sure Allen is NOT re-elected...it's simply because the Democratic hierarchy knows that if Allen proved to be the victor here with the FRAUD exposed for all to see, it would give powerful ammunition for other states to demand a recount of their suspicious and that's what Obama and his minions fear most!

So the 'Democratic Party Machine' rallied around their boy and (for now) successfully mowed down a man they saw as a threat to their party rhetoric. By stalling the count until after the deadline had passed they played the game well but Allen is NOT a man to go down without a fight as this battle now heads to the courts and rightly so.

And we who stand 'steadfast and loyal' to Allen will remain so...ever vigilant in our quest to help him restore what is rightfully his against all odds thrown in the way. The ultimate sacrifice made by those who fought and died for our right to vote must be honored, and so we proudly stand with Congressman Allen West in believing that every vote must be counted and counted fairly for it they are not we will NEVER have a true and fair election again. 
 
LTC Allen West is a true American patriot and hero and his voice in Congress, that one voice that 'We the People' so desperately need, must be heard to help restore our beloved country to the way she should be...'One nation under God with liberty and justice for all.'