Evidence Suggests Ron Paul Was Cheated????? Is there anything we can do to fix this??

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Evidence Suggests Ron Paul Was Cheated
Ron Paul's fifth place in the Iowa Straw Poll questioned due to voting machine failure, fuzzy figures and conflicts of interest




Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Tuesday, August 14, 2007


A host of curious events at the Iowa Straw Poll at the weekend has raised questions as to whether there was some kind of tampering with the final vote count, with evidence to suggest Ron Paul may have been wrongly placed in fifth position behind Mitt Romney and three second tier candidates.

It was reported by local TV news stations before the event that upwards of 45,000 Republicans would arrive to meet candidates and cast their votes, however this number was dwindled down to between 30,000 and 33,000 according to the Iowa GOP's projected figures.

The number of voters then decreased by another sizable margin to around 26,000 the next day, only for the final figure to drop EVEN FURTHER to 14,302 actual votes cast.

Even if the immediate figures of 45,000 and 33,000 were wrong and the Iowa GOP grossly overestimated the figures, with only 26,000 tickets being sold, this still does not account for the other 12, 000 tickets that suddenly disappeared. One has to ask the question why did 12,000 people buy tickets at $35 each and not vote?

In 1999 the Straw Poll, which was won by George W Bush, attracted 23,685 voters, an incredibly similar figure to the 26,000 tickets sold this year.

As we reported yesterday, it has come to light that the voting procedure was overseen the Story County Auditor's Office, the head of whom happens to also be a member of Mitt Romney's "Leadership Team".

When the electronic voting machines inevitably malfunctioned, many immediately became wary.

According to some reports 4500 ballots had to be re-run and the announcement of the poll results was delayed by over an hour.

Earlier in the week a group of Ron Paul supporters had attempted to block the vote based on concerns over insecurities in the Diebold machines, yet the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to join an injunction against the vote.

It hasn't helped Romney's case that swirling around the blogosphere are rumours that previous to the straw poll he was "joking" out loud that his team were going to "stuff the ballot box".

The plot thickens with further analysis of the figures. A reader to popular website Whatreallyhappened.com writes:

FUZZY MATH #1
So we know from the state Auditor that one ‘problem’ machine contained 500 votes. Assuming most machines contained a similar pattern of use, then they should also contain about the same number of votes. 60 (machines) x 500 = 30,000 votes. That is more than TWICE as many as the official count. Based on a total vote count of 14,301, if all machines were used about equally, then the average number of votes per machine SHOULD have been 238 {14,301 (total votes) / 60 (machines) = 238 votes per machine}. What are the odds that one of the machines that ‘malfunctioned’ and actually gave up an audited vote tally would contain TWICE as many votes as the ‘average’ machine? But it gets worse…

FUZZY MATH #2
State Auditor David Vaudt (who unofficially certified the vote count) said that there were only 2 machines out of the 60 that were inconsistent (paper printout vs. electronic tabulation) and needed to be recounted. Mary Tiffany of the Iowa GOP said that a total of approximately 1500 votes were re-fed into the Diebold machines. Since we know that there were only two machines that were a problem and one of them contained 500 votes, then the second machine must have contained about 1000 ballots, which is more than FOUR TIMES what the ‘average’ machine should contain based on a total vote of 14,301. It seems more likely that there were actually 3 problem machines, and the true average per machine was about 500 votes, which would have resulted in a total vote of about 30,000 which is twice the official total vote count.
Though it was reported that "there were nothing but Ron Paul signs in the crowd" and that his campaign signs lined the highways and streets leading into Ames, Iowa, Paul came in fifth place behind Romney, Huckabee, Brownback and Tancredo.

Some exit polls also suggested that Ron Paul had actually WON the poll outright, before the final result was announced.

The Ames Straw Poll's results are non-binding and have no official effect on the presidential primaries. However, the straw poll is frequently seen as a first test of organizational strength in Iowa by the news media and party insiders. At the very least an investigation should be conducted to determine how significant an effect on the vote the Diebold machine malfunctions had and also why 12,000 tickets were not translated into votes.

Answer 1

One can only hope. Al Gore got cheated out of the Presidency and we couldn't fix that.

Answer 2

I'm a Ron Paul supporter, and I don't feel cheated. He did well enough for me. I have seen more and more supporters at every major event, which is a good thing. From the video's, to the news reports, people are impressed, even though he's still considered an underdog. Ron Paul sells himself humbly, we should take the same approach.

He didn't come in dead last like people predicted on here. He didn't have just 10 supporters show up. He had thousands of people from all over (some that couldn't vote), show up - with their own money. Keep up the good work, tell your friends, and don't focus on things you can't easily, and concretely prove.

Answer 3

The powers that be will not give that power up easily, your are talking about a lot of money to them. And most people out here are busy living, they don't think about what is really going on. I am not suprised by this news, they certainly don't want Ron Paul on tv getting his word out, that has become evident, they are only putting certain ones on the news. If you think they won't rig a election to keep that power you are kidding yourself.

Answer 4

Unfortunately, there isn't a whole lot we can do about the straw poll. However, you can join the fight and sign up for a meetup group in your area supporting Ron Paul, or even better, DONATE to his Presidential run.

Answer 5

I totally agree with you. I've watched many of Ron Paul's appearances @ the Straw Polls on youtube & he was surely the that had the majority of supporters. Everyone will see the truth in the end when he is finally elected. That's when you will see the msm fighting to befriend him. lol!!!

Answer 6

It is just a straw poll, we should spend all our time and effort to see that Ron Paul gets the party nomination and not worry too much about possible fraud in a poll that does not matter.

Answer 7

I can't say weather Ron Paul was cheated. However the number of votes Romney won were consistent with his support in Iowa, according to the numberous polls conducted before the straw poll. So I doublt he would have any motivation to cheat.

According to polls done by CNN.com, Ron Paul wasn't even surposed to place in the top 5.

According to 5 separate polls done by University of Iowa, ABC News, Washinton Post, American Res. Group and Research 2000. Ron Paul was not supposed to place in the top 5.

So in conclusion, I just don't think he had the support, plain and simple.

I'm sure you are a big supporter and would like to believe there is a conspiracy, but if he really had the support the polls would show it.

Answer 8

It is stories like this that make me know without a shadow of a doubt that the whole election process is a fake and a farce! http://rense.com/general58/suspre.htm

Answer 9

These DIEBOLD machines should NEVER HAVE been allowed to be used. They have been proven VULNERABLE TO FRAUD.

Guess what? The military-Industrial complex wins again.

Answer 10

Well well well, a Republican whining about voter fraud. And after six years of conservatives belittling Democrats for complaining about it.