The media have already crowned Sleepy Joe as the next president. I thank God that media pundits don’t select our president; the voters do. Since final ballot counts have not been certified, we do not yet have a president-elect. The final counts are still in question because of the huge number of irregularities in several states. Writing in the “American Thinker,” Jay Valentine gives a fairly comprehensive list of some of the more noteworthy irregularities. And SkyNews, a major news outlet in Australia, says that voter fraud in the US has been “quite extensive.” The jury is still out on this election and will most likely be for some days to come.

During a Zoom meeting the Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) held last week for unit chairs and State Central Committee members, we were given some additional insights.

Nevada was credited during our meeting with having the worst administered election in the country. The state sent actual ballots out to every voter – unrequested, so the voters didn’t even know to be on the lookout for them. Any number of them could have been intercepted and voted illegally. Serious irregularities were reported in Michigan and Wisconsin, and the courts ruled this week that the Pennsylvania Secretary of State lacked the authority to make changes in election procedures that extended the time in which absentee ballots could be accepted. Georgia’s Secretary of State also announced this week that Georgia will hold a complete recount of all five million plus ballots since the difference between the two candidates was only 14,111 votes.

The hypocritical Democrats and their media servants spent four years screaming about Russian collusion tainting the 2016 election, but now with actual evidence in hand of possible fraud, those same people are screaming that all that evidence should be ignored and that we should stop avoiding the “inevitable.” Even some so-called Republicans are joining that litany. May a full-grown elephant sit on their laps.

One thing about which we need to be careful is to not make claims of fraud about things that aren’t fraud. It only makes us lose credibility. For example, a lot has been made of how far ahead Nick Freitas was in the Seventh District congressional race with 95 percent of the precincts reporting compared to the huge shift in the vote that came when the last five percent of the precincts reported. It looks suspicious, but it is explainable. Remember that the percentages were for precincts reporting, not for ballots counted.

At the end of election day, all of the precincts where in-person voting is done run a results tape from their ballot scanners and report those numbers to their registrars. Statewide that is 2,486 precincts. Each city and county also has what is called a CAP or Central Absentee Precinct at which all absentee and early walk-in ballots from the entire city/county are counted. In most elections, this is a relatively small number. However, the huge push for voters to mail in their ballots made these numbers this year incredibly large. Between a third and half of all ballots cast were done through these 133 CAPS (just over five percent of the precincts). So yes, it is possible that the last five percent of the precincts reporting could make a huge difference because the total number of votes in each CAP was so much larger than in any individual precinct.

On the other hand, because so many of the early and mail-in votes were reported to be for one candidate when the election day in-person results overwhelmingly favored the other candidate, we can question why that was. The mere fact of CAP votes changing the outcome is not at issue. However, all other things being equal, the results of absentee/early voting should reflect the same general percentages as the in-person voting does. When it does not, voters want to know why it does not. And that is something that RPV is working on.

RPV is looking into every credible report of voting irregularity. “Credible report” means someone was actually in a situation where they saw something that looked wrong or was known to be wrong, and the responsible election official did not correct it. Additionally, Virginia Republican volunteers have been deployed to other states to help with the massive legwork involved in getting accurate ballot counts in those battleground states.

When the final legitimate ballot is counted – and the illegitimate ones tossed – there is every chance that President Trump will prevail. (May God have mercy on America if he doesn’t.)

Cordially,
Steve “Doc” Troxel, Ph.D.

 

P.S. To see whether a vote was received on your behalf, go to https://vote.elections.virginia.gov/VoterInformation and click on “Apply to Vote Absentee by Mail.” Follow the instructions, and you can see your voting history.

Americans are selling their birthright even though the majority don’t even know what that means.

Back through history, the eldest son’s birthright gave him a double portion of his father’s inheritance along with becoming head of the family in his father’s place, ownership of the family’s property, and both authority over and responsibility for the welfare of the rest of the family.

The Bible (Genesis 27) tells the story of Esau, who sold his birthright to his fraternal twin (and younger brother), Jacob, in return for a bowl of stew. Esau was a rugged man and his father’s favorite; Jacob was a “mama’s boy.” One day, Esau came in from a long hunting trip, and all he could think about was eating. Jacob said he would give Esau a bowl of stew in exchange for his birthright. Esau was so much more concerned about his stomach than about his heritage and his future that he agreed to the deal. That was a huge mistake that Esau regretted for the rest of his life. Esau had no respect for his birthright, and apparently neither do the majority of Americans.

The American birthright is Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Our birthright has given us a double portion of the bounty of this planet. We didn’t steal it. We created it within the framework of the government that God gave us over 230 years ago. We have private ownership of the results of our labor. We rise or fall on our own merits, not the dubious merits of a faceless “collective.”

Our founding fathers gave their blood, fortunes, and personal honor to provide us with freedom from overbearing government intrusion in our lives. When people in our communities were in need – real need, not just the lack of genuine effort – our communities took care of their own. If a man got ahead in life, it was due to his own toil and sweat and risk.

The birthright our founding fathers gave us includes the right to speak as we wish, gather as we wish, publish newspapers and other writings as we wish, and worship as we wish. They limited the scope of a federal government to that of a single face to the outside world, which as a result allowed the people of each state to be in charge of their own lives, families, and businesses. They also gave us the right to defend ourselves from foreign enemies and from an intrusive domestic government.

But we are throwing that precious birthright away for “a bowl of stew.” We want the federal government to feed, house, and clothe us (with food stamps and other entitlements), to keep us from getting sick (national health care), and to let us do whatever we want with no consequences (abortion on demand and defund the police). People do not realize that these are false hopes.

We have a generation of voters who as children were protected from every harm by “helicopter” parents and were provided with every material thing by parents who spent more time making money than raising their children. These children never received their birthright of self-reliance, entrepreneurship, and responsibility. When these parents quit providing the cushioning in life that their children had grown up believing they would always have, these grown children turned to the government for their protection from reality and responsibility.

This same generation were taught by teachers, a majority of whom lied about the American birthright. They taught that America was a colonial power that invented slavery. In reality, America was a group of colonies that banded together to win freedom from the greatest colonial power in history. And slavery has been around a whole lot longer than America. Jacob (in the story above) had nine sons who sold another of their brothers into slavery nearly four thousand years ago. The truth is that slavery in America was an extension of slavery in the colonies of the British Empire. It took Americans less than 90 years – but more than 600,000 lives – to abolish slavery in America once and for all. Freedom is the birthright of all Americans – yet we are throwing it away for a figurative bowl of stew.

Famed radio commentator Paul Harvey wrote in 1952 that “A government that is big enough to supply you with everything you need is big enough to take everything you have.” A poll conducted by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation found that 70 percent of millennials were likely or extremely likely to vote for a “socialist,” while 50 percent indicated an unfavorable view of capitalism. This misguided and ill-informed generation is throwing away a birthright that they do not value because they do not understand its incredible value. And like Esau in the Bible, they will never be able to regain it once they lose it.

Cordially,
Steve “Doc” Troxel, Ph.D.

If this were a totally fair, one-person-one-vote election, President Trump would likely win every state. But it’s not going to be that. Irrefutable evidence of voter fraud keeps coming to light around the country. Certain state legislatures – Virginia comes to mind – and several Obama appointed judges have worked hard to make election rigging even easier. Thankfully, honest people have managed to block many of those efforts.

The U.S. 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals overruled an Obama-appointed federal district judge who told Wisconsin to extend “the deadline for receipt of mailed ballots from November 3 (Election Day) to November 9, provided that the ballots” had been postmarked no later than November 3. The Supreme Court agreed with the Circuit Court on the grounds that state legislatures, not judges, “bear primary responsibility for setting election rules.” Therefore, the district court judge did not have the authority to make those demands.

This differs from the Virginia situation in which the General Assembly passed a law that required absentee ballots to be accepted until noon on Friday, November 6, so long as they had been postmarked no later than November 3. But more on that in a moment.

The U.S. 7^th Circuit Court also overruled a federal judge in Indiana who tried to require the state of Indiana to count all absentee ballots received by November 13, ten days after the election. One important statement in the Indiana decision is that “as long as the state allows voting in person, there is no constitutional right to vote by mail.”

The 11^th Circuit Court has repeatedly overruled a federal district judge who tried to prohibit Alabama from enforcing its law that a photo-ID and a witness signature are required for absentee ballots. The Circuit Court also prevented the district judge from forcing Alabama to allow curbside voting because Alabama law does not allow for it.

The Alabama rulings do not apply in Virginia because the General Assembly passed laws this year doing away with the requirement for photo IDs or of having witnesses sign absentee ballots. And curbside voting has been legal in Virginia for a number of years.

Voter integrity in Virginia did win a big court case just this past week. The General Assembly passed a law this year stating that registrars had to accept absentee ballots up to three days after election day, so long as the envelopes were postmarked by Election Day. The State Board of Elections sent out instructions saying that registrars should count ballots with illegible or missing postmarks that came in prior to noon on November 6. Thomas Reed, the Republican member of the Frederick County Board of Elections, filed suit in Frederick County. The court ruled – in Reed v. Board of Elections – that the law says they can only accept properly postmarked ballots after election day and that the State Board of Elections does not have the right or authority to change the law to suit themselves.

The postmark issue is crucial. All of the in-person results will be made public at the end of Election Day. If a particular candidate or political party did not like the numbers, they might try to slip stolen absentee ballots into the mail the day after Election Day in order to try to change the result. The possibilities are wide open, and certain political interests will do anything to get their candidates elected.

There are still far too many ways for fraudsters to cheat, but we have stopped a number of them. We just cannot relax our vigilance. The Republican Party of Virginia and many of the 131 local Virginia Republican committees have been recruiting and training hundreds of poll watchers to stand inside the precincts to observe what is going on, to make sure everything is going as it should under the law. We also need poll watchers where the absentee ballots are being processed, and we need them when the drop box ballots are being processed, and we need them to observe several other important operations that have been imposed by the General Assembly.

And when I say “them,” I actually mean “you.” We need hundreds more poll watchers to observe the thousands of precincts on election day, the follow-up mail-in ballot processing, the official canvassing, and other important events that will happen over the next several days. We need you to help share the workload, to help provide for an honest election. Go to edo.virginia.gop to volunteer and to find recorded training. Please find time to help. Your future depends on it.

Cordially,
Steve “Doc” Troxel, Ph.D.

The Heritage Foundation has an Election Fraud Database that lists almost 1300 verified cases of voter fraud across the country since 1982. And these are just the ones in which the defendants were found guilty. Of those 1298 cases, 20 were in Virginia.

Now some might think that only government authorities can discover voter fraud, but that is not the case. Poll watchers can also observe and report fraudulent voting practices. Additionally, the very presence of poll watchers frequently prevents the fraudulent practices from happening. Many dishonest officials won’t “bend the rules” if they know they are being watched.

Understand the difference between “poll watchers” and “poll workers.” Poll workers are volunteers who stand outside the polls handing out sample ballots and other material in a last-minute effort to sway voters. Poll watchers are volunteers who stand inside the polling place as representatives of either political parties or candidates and observe the conduct of the election to make sure everyone is following the rules. Poll watchers must have authorization letters from their parties or candidates in order to be inside the election venue.

[Election officials are the paid election staff who actually conduct the balloting in each precinct. In Virginia, half of them are supposed to be Democrats and half Republicans. In too many locations, particularly metropolitan areas, Republicans have a terrible time getting enough people to train and serve as election officials. This puts Republican candidates at a distinct disadvantage.]

One incident occurred recently in Lynchburg that was caught by a poll watcher. She wasn’t sure if she had seen a violation, so she called the appropriate officer of the Lynchburg GOP committee who initiated a quick investigation that revealed a violation of § 24.2-709.1 of the Code of Virginia. This brought an immediate letter to the Registrar from Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) General Counsel Chris Marston. He reminded the Registrar that when the mailed in ballots were being entered into the optical scan ballot counting equipment “that you are required to have present ‘at least two officers of election, one representing each political party.’ Unlike other provisions of the Code that require officers of election representing each party when ‘practicable,’ there is no such proviso in this Code section. It is mandatory whenever this third pre-processing option is in use.”

The Lynchburg Registrar replied within 24 hours that her office would abide by the Code, and she thanked Mr. Marston for bringing the matter to her attention. Considering the mass of voting law changes made by the General Assembly over the summer, this may well have been merely an oversight on the Registrar’s part. Yet because of the presence of a poll watcher, the Lynchburg Republicans will be properly represented when mail-in ballots are counted.

The bigger point is that the poll watcher was not a lawyer or other legal eagle. This was a retired lady who had never before been a poll watcher. She was available, she was willing to give her time to help assure a fair election, and she paid attention while on the job. It isn’t hard, and the RPV provides training.

Five more training sessions are available between this writing and the November election. Click on the dates below to register for a training via Zoom.

• Monday, Oct. 19, 6:30 pm
• Thursday, Oct. 22, 7:30 pm
• Thursday, Oct. 29, 6:30 pm
• Saturday, Oct. 31, 9:30 am
• Monday, Nov. 2, 7 pm

Several people have asked me “What are Republicans doing about stopping voter fraud?” This is a big part of the answer. We are recruiting you to help us monitor and curtail as much of it as we can. And we need poll watchers prior to election day since mail-in ballots and early voting have already begun. Get trained and get scheduled by your local unit leaders. It’s time to do more than just wring our hands. It’s time to get to work.

Cordially,
Steve “Doc” Troxel, Ph.D.