Of course there was election fraud: your say

The News-Press

Destroying our right to vote

I always take note of your editorials and the "Views" page in your paper. Recently, I read a blurb that stated "no evidence of fraud in the mid-term voting in Florida." Absolutely amazing.

Perhaps it's only me but don't you find it odd that after the election boxes of uncounted ballots pop up all over the place? Like in a rental car trunk at an airport or in a school closet where the finder is a confidant of the democrat candidate.

Or that "provisional ballots" which are cast by people who are not registered and have to been know to vote multiple times are thrown in with the legal ballots. And that votes known to have been cast by illegal aliens are also put in the mix as well.

The most glaring evidence is that out of 67 Florida counties it's the same two counties where this happens every election and run by the same people. Strange as it is that the boxes of ballots that pop up like weeds on your lawn always seem to be "Democrat" ballots lost and found by "Democrat" supporters.

Finally, what happened to the mail in and absentee ballots? We don't know? Come on people. The whole thing stinks worse than a red tide morning on Sanibel.

Of course there's fraud, deceit and shenanigans going on but for some reason it's allowed here in Florida. It's like watching a baseball game and at the end of the game the umpires decide to add five more innings because they don't believe the called strikes we correctly called.

Shear insanity and the Democrats are destroying our right to vote all over our country simply because they refuse to accept the results whenever they lose. Wake up, enforce the laws and protect our votes.

Michael E. Campbell, Fort Myers





Trying to steal elections

Once again we are watching Democrats try to steal elections they did not win fairly. What is happening here in Florida as well as Georgia and Arizona is clearly an effort by Democrat elections officials trying to manufacture votes after November 6 to change the result.

This is not just this election. The ongoing Mueller investigation into the 2016 election has been trying for two years to manufacture collusion between the Russians and the Trump campaign, never mind that there is no law barring collusion anyway.

The people that are trying to steal elections belong in jail. Maybe that would dissuade others from doing this in the future.



Neil Miller, North Fort Myers





Republican fraud?

Rick Scott, taking a page from the Trump playbook, is demonizing the recount of the vote and charging corruption by Democrats. These votes might well show, now that ballots keep trickling in, that Scott has not won against Bill Nelson. He is doing this despite the fact that his own appointees overseeing the count say there is no fraud. But repeating charges of corruption has worked for Trump, so he’s doing the same and went on Fox News spreading his lies and mischief.

Scott’s lead is less than 1 percent, so this is a mandatory re-count. It wasn’t invented by the Democrats. It is the law.

Furthermore, when we see (those of us who are paying attention) how the Republicans in North Dakota, in Kansas, in Georgia and elsewhere have put into place voting restrictions that specifically disenfranchise minorities and the poor, it is abundantly clear that if there is any fraud going on, it is Republican fraud.

The miracle is that, in spite of gerrymandering (the redrawing of districts to favor one party over the other) that was put into place by Republican state legislatures nationwide several years ago, Democrats still prevailed in many races. You can cheat, but main stream voters have to cooperate. This time, they didn’t. Many voters who most often chose Republican candidates switched sides. Everyone has a limit and they were suddenly aware they had reached theirs.

Harriet Stanton-Leaffer, Matlacha





Kavanaugh's mistakes

At this late date, in his letter of November 13, Max Christian continues the apologia for Brett Kavanaugh. He ignores the most damning evidence in support of Dr. Blasey-Ford’s testimony: Kavanaugh’s own high school yearbook. Kavanaugh lists, along with his usual high school activities, devil’s triangle – urban slang for the type of two-on-one described by Dr. Ford. And poor Renata, who angrily regrets having been listed in a letter supporting her high school friend, Brett, is described as his “alumnius” (sic.) – he intends, I suppose, the reference to her as one of his conquests. See his diary notes.

Unfortunately for the credibility of Kavanaugh’s denials, his high school postings are the equivalent of today’s Facebook and other social media postings. They can rebound on you most negatively in later years. And again unfortunately, a discredited judge now sits on the Supreme Court.

Marcia Goldberg, Fort Myers

