Peter Alexander, a candidate for the Metropolis Council of Lynchburg, Virginia, has lodged a proper criticism within the Lynchburg Circuit Court docket, questioning the legitimacy of the latest Republican major election outcomes.
The Gateway Pundit beforehand reported the campaigns of Peter Alexander and Chris Faraldi, each candidates within the June 18th major for Metropolis Council in Ward 4, have reported a number of irregularities, together with points with mail-in ballots and potential breaches within the chain of custody.
There are vital considerations concerning the chain-of-custody of ballots collected from drop bins. Moreover, absentee poll processing started earlier than observers had been permitted to watch the method. Information additionally present that poll field seals had been damaged earlier than observers may watch, suggesting potential tampering or mishandling of ballots.
Learn the press release from Peter Alexander’s marketing campaign:
Our observer was turned away from absentee poll processing when it was scheduled to begin at midday and requested to return half-hour later. Information present that poll field seals had been damaged and absentee poll processing began earlier than our observer was permitted entry to observe the method.
My opponent didn’t have any official observers current till after we raised considerations in regards to the chain of custody of drop field ballots. Election workers confirmed that it had been customary observe to permit the poll drop field to be stuffed till Friday, which violates Virginia regulation.
Employees additionally acknowledged the drop field was emptied Friday morning, however didn’t produce information documenting entry to the drop field till almost an hour after our observer requested receipts. It’s nonetheless unclear what number of ballots had been collected from the drop field, and we might by no means know what number of had been stuffed within the drop field after the polls closed.
Shortly after our marketing campaign raised considerations in regards to the chain of custody of drop field ballots, the variety of ballots retrieved from the drop field, and the legality of stuffing the poll field after the polls closed, electoral board member Steve Troxel pulled senior election workers apart for a personal dialog hid from our remark.
It ought to be famous that after the hid dialog with workers, the Lynchburg electoral board held an emergency assembly. There was chaos throughout the emergency assembly, they usually tried to take a public assembly behind closed doorways.
After the assembly adjourned, Electoral Board member Steven Troxel requested observers to not focus on the occasions with the media. Electoral board chair and legal professional David Levy informed Troxel, “as your chairman-lawyer, I feel you’ve mentioned sufficient.”
It ought to be famous that Crux Consulting, LLC is listed on Chris Faraldi’s marketing campaign finance report as a vendor, and it’s registered to Steven Michael Troxel of Lynchburg, Virginia. Faraldi’s marketing campaign observers confirmed up inside one hour of Troxel’s non-public dialog with senior registrars’ workplace workers.
Our opponent has expressed his personal considerations about violations of state code and breach of procedures, but there isn’t a report of disclosure concerning the connection between political agency Crux Consulting, Lynchburg Electoral Board member Steven Troxel, and candidate Chris Faraldi.
With a razor-thin margin, this election is headed straight for a completely observable recount that have to be accomplished by hand. Democrats have crossed over in historic numbers on this Republican major to help the tax-and-spend insurance policies of Chris Faraldi.
Faraldi has proven that he craves energy, workouts poor judgment, and acts with out maturity by reacting impulsively for political manipulation. Now, he has a chance to indicate Lynchburg that he cares in regards to the will of the voters and be part of us in demanding a full handbook recount and audit of the June 18th Republican major, together with:
- Spoiled ballots
- Adjudication course of of each mail-in poll
- Signature verification
- Voter eligibility, together with citizenship
- Election Day bag safety seal and chain of custody information
Let’s cease political insiders with questionable conflicts who could also be partaking in pay-to-play schemes to control the result of our elections in Lynchburg. Tens of millions from political elites like Kevin McCarthy and Paul Ryan have flooded our space to affect the result of our elections.
We’ve got to cease the DC swamp from influencing our native elections. We should get this proper earlier than November. Lynchburg election workers can not even produce actual poll counts nearly one week after the election. The way forward for our metropolis, and our nation, is dependent upon it. Election integrity is important, and it’s time for Lynchburg to prepared the ground.
In accordance with the criticism, there are profound discrepancies involving not less than 125 absentee ballots that had been marked however not counted, as per the most recent information from the Virginia Division of Elections.
In his lawsuit, Alexander factors to failures in processing and acknowledging absentee ballots and irregularities in poll drop field procedures, which he claims had been left open unlawfully past the election day, permitting for potential tampering.
Martin J. Misjuns, a witness for the Alexander marketing campaign and an elected Councilmember At-large, supplied a declaration outlining potential discrepancies within the dealing with of absentee ballots.
In accordance with Misjuns, an in depth monitoring of those ballots by a course of often known as “Poll Banking” raised questions on whether or not all votes had been correctly recorded.
Including to the controversy, Misjuns highlighted a dialog with Daniel Pense, the Normal Registrar for Lynchburg, who allegedly couldn’t affirm the ultimate standing of the marked ballots.
This lack of readability, coupled with the invention that the poll drop field on the registrar’s workplace remained open past the election date, has fueled Alexander’s name for an intensive evaluate and recount.
“We filed the election contest late Friday afternoon as a result of that was the deadline and there have been nonetheless unanswered questions in regards to the dealing with of absentee ballots. We owe it to the voters to verify these questions are answered, and that’s what we’re going to do,” Peter Alexander mentioned in a press launch.
Learn the criticism beneath: