[EL] Accepting the results of the election

[JBoppjr at aol.com]

What is hideous and unprecedented is this concerted attempt by liberals and 
 Democrats to try to preclude a candidate from utilizing perfectly 
appropriate  and legal means to ensure the fairness our elections by asking for a 
recount, if  legally available under state law. This is particularly chilling 
here in Indiana  when our State Police have just uncovered thousands of 
instances of voter  registration fraud in 56 of our 92 counties that is 
obviously a  precursor to massive voter fraud. 
 
_Click here: “Statement  from Indiana State Police Superintendent Doug 
Carter Regarding Possible Voter  Fraud ” from Indiana Stat_ 
(https://local.nixle.com/alert/5757504/)  
 
This looks like a one two punch to me. Commit massive voter fraud and then  
force a candidate to say in advance that he will accept the outcome on 
election  day.  This is a serious attack of the Rule of Law and an attempt  to 
subvert our elections.  Jim Bopp
 
 
In a message dated 10/19/2016 11:15:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
rkelner at cov.com writes:

Of  course a presidential candidate can contest results in the 
exceptionally rare  case of a truly close election. But neither George W. Bush nor Al 
Gore would  ever have hesitated to say, prior to the election, that they would 
respect the  outcome of the election. That hideous distinction is now 
uniquely owned by  Donald Trump.

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On Oct 19, 2016, at 11:08 PM,  "JBoppjr at aol.com<mailto:JBoppjr at aol.com>"  
<JBoppjr at aol.com<mailto:JBoppjr at aol.com>> wrote:

Some of  those on this list serve may have taken note of this exchange:

Chris  Wallace: "Will you accept the result of this election?"
Donald Trump: "I  will look at it at the time. ... I will keep you in 
suspense."
Hillary  Clinton: "That's horrifying."

Let me say that I think that Clinton's  reaction was as phony and as it was 
absurd. Al Gore did not accept the results  of the 2000 election. He sued 
for a recount in Florida which was not resolved  until early December by a 
decision of the US Supreme Court. Only then, when no  other legal recourse was 
possible, did he accept the results of the election.  This, of course, was 
Gore's legal right to do. It would be ridiculous for  Trump to say in 
advance that he will accept the election day count, if it  would be appropriate to 
institute a recount.

State laws provide legal  remedies to contest election or ask for recounts 
under certain circumstances.  It is perfectly appropriate for a candidate to 
use these if legally available.  Jim Bopp
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