Not exact matches
In addition, this is an
election that Republican candidate Donald Trump has claimed is «
rigged,» and where he has urged his followers to go to «certain sections» of states like Pennsylvania and monitor the polls to make sure the
elections are
not stolen from him.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office wouldn't say Saturday whether he agreed with Trump's assertions the
election is being
rigged.
Putin critics have said the
election was
rigged, and, reportedly, Trump advisors told him
not to congratulate his Russian counterpart.
Trump did
not elaborate on how exactly he thought the
election would be
rigged, though he did make mention of his displeasure that a federal court had struck down a North Carolina voter ID law that the court said was specifically aimed at disenfranchising black voters.
-- Each has an excuse, so that they do
not take personal responsibility: Trump will say the
election is
rigged (even though it is weeks away); Robertson will say that «God gave him a revelation / dream / vision» and that the «Bible» forces him to speak out.
When they're
not doping their athletes systematically for the olympics or paying off FIFA for the right to host the WC or taking over (and, in the case of Hearts, ruining) British football clubs, they are busy
rigging elections at home and abroad, fomenting civil war in the Middle East, annexing parts of other countries, sponsoring terrorism, and shooting people who try to stand up to them.
According to the National Organizer of the party, Kofi Adams, who spoke to GhanaPoliticsOnline.Com ruling party does
not have any intention whatsoever to
rig the
elections but rather it is the NPP that is scheming to do so.
He also said; «if indeed Nana Addo (the party's running mate) wins according to the pink sheets and Charlotte Osei dares to
rig the
elections by twisting our arms in favour of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), we will
not allow it to happen in Ghana.»
Mr Freddy Blay, who has been accusing the EC and the ruling NDC of planning to
rig the impending
elections told Ultimate FM that «I can
not guarantee what will happen, the party can
not guarantee, we the executives, we who are at the top, the Presidential candidate can
not guarantee, if the ordinary people get angry, God forbid if they decide that they won't agree to what is happening, and some people take the law into their own hands, what can we do?
Yesterday, we wrote about Shafran's role in excuse - making for the corrupt and dysfunctional legislature up in Albany, but what wasn't discussed is that Shafran also worked as the goto political spinmaster for Senator Malcolm Smith — the same Senator that was arrested in a statewide FBI corruption probe that alleges he attempted to
rig the Mayoral
election through fraud and bribes early this morning.
«No official of the NSCDC is expected to behave funny, because our mission in Anambra is
not to aid any party in
election rigging or to intimidate anybody,» he said.
So whether I
rig the
election or
not, by providing those resources... I have
rigged the
election.»
Noting that APC was dead in Rivers, Wike stated that plot to use security agencies to
rig the 2019
election will
not work, «as the people would resist any form of electoral robbery.»
So it is
not surprising that many
elections in the past have been marked by violence,
rigging, and intimidation.
This presupposes that any
election they don't win, they believe has been
rigged.
I'm
not sure any of that stacks up but regardless - you defeat the BNP by fighting their arguments,
not rigging elections against them.
Fears over poll: It is feared that the supplementary poll might
not attract large turnout due to the pervading atmosphere of tension following accusations and counter-accusations from both sides of alleged stockpiling of arms in the area to be unleashed on
Election Day to cow the electorates with a view to
rigging the poll as well as alleged intimidation of perceived opponents by both sides.
everyday when I say NDC
rigs elections, my party people don't believe it», Mr Agyapong said.
He alleged that three months to the 2012 general
elections, his network of intelligence picked information that the NDC was going to
rig the
election and that time
not through the snatching of ballot boxes but by means of IT processes and that the Castle had already secured 10 percent of the votes.
However, Kofi Adams said the party is
not surprised by this act since this will
not be the first time the NPP is trying to
rig the
elections.
You can't precisely accuse George W. Bush of
rigging Florida in 2000 by winning a court case, although some do accuse him of «stealing» the
election, since they don't agree with all the various courts» decisions in respect of the recount.
Former US Secretary of State John Kerry, who served as an
election observer for the Carter Center, said while there were «little aberrations here and there,» the
election was
not rigged.
He said further, «Let me warn, 2019, you can
not rig election.
«The NPP should
not waste their time to organize any rally or campaign, as well as print t - shirts, because the NDC is planning together with the EC to
rig the
election and that is why they are claiming to pull 1 million votes in the Ashanti region and also have declared operation 50/50 in the Eastern Region.
We can
not allow the NDC to
rig the
elections this year, and that is why I am employing the NPP to purchase a burglar proof... We can
not entertain ballot snatching this
election year.
«At the same time, it's important that Mr. Borelli or anyone else
not distract us from what this candidate for president is expressly saying is necessary — from having a candidate for president that is expressly saying that if he does
not win, it'll be because the
election is
rigged,» Kavanagh said.
«If APC doesn't win, the
election is
rigged, but once the victory goes its way, it is the most credible
election in the world.
And these 2019
elections can
not be
rigged.
However, after having seen undercover journalism videos by James O'Keefe, notably
Rigging the
Election - Video II: Mass Voter Fraud, I will at least say that such claims should
not be dismissed offhand.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central «if indeed Nana Addo (the party's running mate) wins according to the pink sheets and Charlotte Osei dares to
rig the
elections by twisting our arms in favour of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), we will
not allow it to happen in Ghana.»
Tabone — who was tried with Smith for plotting to
rig the 2013 mayoral
election by getting Smith on the ticket — claims he didn't have a «fiduciary duty» to his party that would've barred him from accepting bribes from Smith.
«We have been loose by leaving the party so open for the NDCs to have a few hooligans to
rig elections but this time around, we are
not going to allow that.»
So, he also has his own nuclear option which is «if you don't want me, I can
rig the
election».
Secondus warned the APC - led Federal Government, the Independent National Electoral Commission and the security agencies against
rigging the 2019
elections, saying that the PDP would
not allow that to happen.
«The only special
election that's
not rigged is the City Council, where you actually have a non-partisan special
election, where anyone can file petitions regardless of party or stature,» she said.
«But let me warn that in 2019, no party, whether you are in government, whether you are INEC, whether you are security, you can
not rig elections.
We all know that if America decides
not to allow President Buhari to be reelected, it would be extremely difficult for him to be reelected, especially given that no nation is perceived to be more sophisticated and much better at
rigging elections than the US.
FORT GREENE — Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump has called the national
election is «
rigged» and the notoriously disorganized Board of
Elections hasn't taken Mayor Bill de Blasio up on his offer of $ 20 million to institute reforms.
He urged the people of the State to turn down attempts by the PDP to
rig the
election, noting that Lagos was
not a laboratory.
He said that any attempt to
rig the 2019 presidential
election by some «cabals» desperate for Buhari's second term at the detriment of Nigerians would
not only fail, but also bring ruin to those plotting it.
«Nobody should be afraid, some people are inquiring from me, the fact that NDC may
rig the
election or may
not cede power should they lose, let me assure you, that is
not going to happen,» he said.
Complaining about a
rigged election — and saying that he might not respect the results of it — could hurt Trump's chances of getting his supporters out to the polls on Election Day, Langworth
election — and saying that he might
not respect the results of it — could hurt Trump's chances of getting his supporters out to the polls on
Election Day, Langworth
Election Day, Langworthy added.
He said Trump's complaints about a «
rigged»
election stem
not so much from worries about voter fraud but from concerns about bias in the national mainstream media — which, he said, clearly seems to be on the side of Democrat Hillary Clinton.
He, however, said that the PDP in the state would resist any attempt to
rig the rerun
election, saying Rivers is
not Edo and Ondo states.
A former director of
elections for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Martin Agyei Korsah has disclosed that Ghana's electoral system is
not immune to
rigging.
He said, «For the avoidance of doubt, Governor Wike did
not spend N360m to
rig the re-run legislative
elections of December 10, 2016.
No matter who wins tomorrow, the rabid supporters for the other side — like the armed militia who supposedly plan to surround the polling places to ensure that Trump's victory isn't denied through «
rigged elections,» for just one example — the nastiness will continue on.
No matter who you support, and no matter whether you think your vote doesn't matter, or even that you think the
election is already
rigged in the machines (and I think I'm cynical sometimes...) please, please, please get out there and vote.
Not only will Biff Tannen lose badly (so we won't need to use a time machine to fix things), he will lose ignominiously because he «ll claim that the
election was
rigged by «Crooked Hillary and the media» (as he's already doing at the time of writing).