A few days ago, I penned a piece detailing a little talked about House race in New York. NY-22 was a battle between Republican Claudia Tenney and Democrat Anthony Brindisi (see Democrats Are Currently Stealing a House Seat in New York).
Now, a batch of “found” ballots has been revealed, this time from Chenago County.
WOW: An attorney from Chenango County drops a bombshell with the court– 55 uncounted early votes were just found, having never been seen before.
In a congressional race separated by just 12 votes, these newly discovered early votes could make the difference #NY22 @WBNG12News pic.twitter.com/SVDwXo8tgL
— Josh Rosenblatt (@JRosenblattTV) December 1, 2020
You will likely be less than shocked to learn that these votes look to break down about 65% or so for Brindisi given the previous voting patterns of the county. That means this should actually widen the cement the lead for the Democrat.
To be frank, this is insane. Finding ballots almost a month after the election? How is anyone supposed to have faith in an election system that operates this way? It’s also worth noting that Democrat states continue to have this happen in their states, more and more seemingly not by mere chance. New York still has some precincts with only 60% reporting. Again, it’s been almost a month since the election. Now there’s an extremely sketchy batch of “found” ballots. But we are supposed to believe this is all on the up and up?
I really hope Tenney has some legal recourse here, though I suspect the courts in New York will be of no help. There is no excuse for any state to still be counting votes right now. There’s certainly no excuse to be accepting ballots this far after election day. People have to be able to trust that there’s a fair system in place that operates by the book. This is not by the book. New York already a very troubled state as it is. Having an election system that produces this kind of chaos and possible corruption only makes things worse.
I’ll end by noting that you never see this kind of stuff favoring a Republican. When is the last time you saw a “found” batch of votes come in weeks later that just so happen to help the Republican? Yet, we see that happen every election in some race involving a Democrat ultimately coming out victorious. It’s a joke.
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