Maine Governor Writes ‘Stolen Election’ on Note Certifying Democrat’s Election Win – IOTW Report

Maine Governor Writes ‘Stolen Election’ on Note Certifying Democrat’s Election Win

Breitbart: Outgoing Maine Gov. Paul LePage decided to troll a Democratic candidate who won a House race on Friday by writing the words “stolen election” on an election certificate certifying the win.

LePage, in one of his final acts as Maine’s governor before his term ends, confirmed Democrat Rep.-elect Jared Golden’s election win on Friday, but not before scribbling a few words noting how he felt about the election:

I’ve signed off on the CD2 election result as it’s no longer in federal court. Ranked Choice Voting didn’t result in a true majority as promised-simply a plurality measured differently. It didn’t keep big money out of politics & didn’t result in a more civil election

Golden won the election to Maine’s 2nd congressional district after two-term incumbent Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R-ME) conceded on December 24, ending a legal challenge contesting the election results.

The controversy in the congressional election stemmed from Maine’s “ranked choice” voting system, which allows voters to rank their candidates in the order they prefer.

But if neither candidate wins the majority of votes, the votes are tallied a second time and voters’ second and third-choice preferences are added to the voting total.

In this case, Poliquin initially led the race by 2,000 votes but was short of winning an outright majority. Golden then leaped ahead of Poliquin in the polls after election officials tallied voters’ second preferences from ballots listing two independent candidates as the first choice in the recount.  more here

10 Comments on Maine Governor Writes ‘Stolen Election’ on Note Certifying Democrat’s Election Win

  1. We have lost our last bastion. The sanctity of the ballot box. Not just in Maine. But Virginia,Florida, etc.
    As Joseph Stalin once said, and I paraphrase, it doesn’t matter who votes. It only matters who counts the votes.

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  2. When there are voting irregularities, why can’t the authorities do something about it? No doubt they themselves are up to their ears in the crime.

    I say Repubs lost the house in November because of cheating like this.

    This sucks so bad.

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  3. The voter turnout in Maine will fall dramatically. I hope that Jared Golden (the ‘so-called’ winner) looks at that piece of paper and is galled by it, daily.

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  4. My Governor.
    My hero.

    He also thumbed his nose at the spend and tax crowd here when he mentioned that he was moving to Florida for tax purposes and might be back to run again.

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