Cocktails & Popcorn: Brenda Jones, DOJ & The 13th Congressional Seat of Michigan

"A toast to the 'Legal Geniuses' (trademark pending)
who are about to launch another psychoptic"

She is absolutely correct in saying that there were election irregularities in the 2016 and 2018 elections.

Seriously.

One of my little birdies told me how she filed a complaint with the City of Detroit Elections Clerk, who referred it to the Wayne County Board of Canvassers, who called her to testify, but at the last minute, referred it to the Michigan Secretary of State Board of Canvassers for her to testify to what she witnessed, while employed as a precinct election supervisor.

She said the ballot count was off, people submitting on site ballots asking why their votes were counted already as absentee votes.

People were asking why there were absentee ballots with odd names being mailed to their homes.

Actually, the same thing happened at all the precincts.

Seriously.

So, with Brenda Jones filing for a write in campaign, I see no problem with referring the entire matter to the DOJ for further query since there is already a full blown investigation anyway, but hey, what do I know?

I know Jeff Sessions just said he is going to aggressively protect voting rights when it comes to absentee ballots.

Brenda Jones cites concerns over 'electoral process' for late write-in bid

Detroit — City Council President Brenda Jones is citing concerns over the "integrity" of the August primary and loyal supporters for her decision to mount a last-minute, write-in campaign as an independent candidate for U.S. Congress.

Jones, during a press briefing on a sidewalk outside of Detroit City Hall Tuesday evening, noted she was narrowly defeated in the "hotly contested and controversial" Democratic primary for the 13th Congressional District.

"So many voters contacted my campaign with issues about the integrity of the process and let me say, their concerns are my concerns," she said. "My hope is by re-entering as a write-in candidate that I'm shedding light on their concerns as well as related to electoral integrity. Voting is a right, and everyone's vote should count and be counted. Voters deserve a fair race and the ability to select the candidate of their choice."

Jones made the claims in reference to an election night software glitch involving a vendor contracted by Wayne County to handle results reporting that sparked delays and confusion. She stopped short of pointing fingers or calling for any type of reviews related to the outcome of the August race.

Jones filed an affidavit on Friday with Wayne County declaring her intentions for the Nov. 6 election after "soul searching" and "strong constituent feedback and support," she said. Officials with the Michigan Elections Bureau confirmed Monday that Jones' write-in declaration was valid.

It's unclear if the move could upset former state Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who narrowly prevailed over Jones. The winner of the two-year term will succeed former U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr., who stepped down last winter amid allegations of sexual harassment.

Tlaib defeated Jones by 1 percentage point — 31.2 percent to 30.2 percent — in a six-person field. The margin was 900 votes, according to official results.

Tlaib, 42, would be one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress after the November election, in which no Republican is on the ballot for the 13th District.

Late Tuesday, Tlaib said some constituents are being distracted by Jones' attempt at a write-in campaign but said for her it's a "non-issue" and she's working to keep her supporters focused.

"I'm going to continue to serve the district. I have been very focused and going door-to-door ... and trying to stay rooted in the community," she said. "Primarily because I want to hit the ground running in Congress and stay connected with my residents when I get there."

Tlaib also called Jones' claims about the voting process an "unfortunate" move that's coming "seven days before the election" and stressed there are people on the ground working to ensure the integrity of the election.

TJ Bucholz, a campaign adviser for Tlaib, called Jones' write-in effort a "bizarre farce" being undertaken at the 11th hour that's "sour grapes" over her loss in the primary.

Jonathan Kinloch, chairman of the 13th Congressional District Democratic Party, on Monday, called Jones' write-in effort "a major distraction."

"Time and common sense" are working against a successful write-in campaign, which Jones can't possibly achieve, he said.

In response on Tuesday, Jones said "everyone has their opinion" and that she's listening to her supporters, adding "I'm not going to distract anyone."

Jones’ move isn’t surprising but will take a lot of work running against Tlaib, the Democratic nominee, Mario Morrow, a Detroit political consultant told The Detroit News on Monday, calling it a "long shot."

Even though she lives outside the 13th District, Jones had been considered the front-runner for the 13th District seat because of her name recognition after years on the City Council, where she was elected at-large.

Jones said she's not concerned over absentee ballots that have already been cast and said that her campaign will be working to get the word out.

"We have our means of getting words out," she said. "It's been on social media even before I said I was going to run as a write-in campaign."

Meanwhile, Jones won a separate special primary election in August and is the nominee to temporarily represent the district for the remainder of Conyers' unexpired term — about seven weeks from mid-November through Jan. 2.

Jones, 59, had the backing of the powerful United Auto Workers union and other labor groups, as well as Mayor Mike Duggan and Wayne County Executive Warren Evans.

Jones has not yet said whether she intends to resign her elected city post before taking office in Washington, saying last month she's consulting with experts.

House Republican leadership has said there's no precedent for allowing a member of Congress to also hold local elected office, but that it's "evaluating" the matter.

In reference to the partial term, Jones on Tuesday noted "it's also on the ballot" next week and "I have to be elected to any term."

 "The votes will be counted on next Tuesday, and we will move on next Tuesday to see what happens," she said.

The 13th District seat has been vacant for nearly 11 months since Conyers resigned in December.

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Cocktails & Popcorn: Did Gilchrist Snitch On Detroit Absentee Ballot Fraud Or Did He Sell Out

Oh my, look what I have stumbled across.

"GG, the tech guru"  could qualify as a whistleblower, or just flip if there is legal momentum when it comes to all the election fraud, particularly with those absentee ballots coming out of Detroit Land Bank Authority houses.

As a matter of fact, "GG, the tech guru" is aware of the 2016 Primary Absentee Ballot issues, but hey, what do I know?

I know we are going to have to talk to the Wayne County Board of Canvassers, if they are not gagged, having to defer the certification of the vote to the State of Michigan Board of Canvassers, who have yet to issue anything, not even a statement.

I wonder if there were any "hush deeds" of real property involved.

"GG. the tech guru" looks like a fall guy, but again, what do I know.

I know I need more cocktail mix.

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Cocktails & Popcorn: Michigan's Dirty Absentee Ballot Secret Is No Longer A Secret

With mine own eyes, did I spy.

Oh, there are many, many machinations in Michigan's dirty secret of manipulating elections with absentee ballots.

This goes all the way back to Kwame Kilpatrick, up unto this very day.

#perkinscoiesucks

Michigan’s dirty secret: Tens of thousands of absentee ballots trashed with no oversight

Alexandria Taylor, a state representative candidate,
demanded a recount of absentee ballots
after many of them were rejected

Absentee voting is touted as an easy, convenient alternative to standing in long lines at the polling station.

But what happens after you drop the ballot in the mail raises serious questions about the most fundamental promises of democracy, a Motor City Muckraker investigation has found.

As many as tens of thousands of Michigan voters were disenfranchised in elections over the past year and were never notified that their absentee ballot was rejected, a practice deemed unconstitutional in at least six states since 2016.

Unbeknownst to many voters, Michigan gives broad authority to local clerks and election boards to purge absentee ballots that do not appear to meet strict standards. One of the main reasons ballots are discarded is also one of the most subjective and disputed: Signatures on the ballots don’t appear to match those on file.

Local election officials with no accountability or expertise in handwriting analysis are required by state law to toss out mismatched signatures. Never mind that signatures often change because of disabilities, injuries, sloppy handwriting or a lack of consistency. Signatures also can appear different based on whether voters are sitting or standing or what type of writing instrument they use.

What’s worse, clerks have no obligation to notify voters or give them an opportunity to challenge rejected ballots, which judges in other states have called “fundamentally flawed,” “egregious,” “illogical, irrational, and patently bizarre.”

In October 2016, a U.S. District judge in Florida declared the state must give voters an opportunity to fix signatures disputes because election officials “have categorically disenfranchised thousands of voters arguably for no reason other than they have poor handwriting or their handwriting has changed over time.”

The rejection rate is much lower at the polls because voters are given a second ballot if they make an error. A University of Florida found that absentee ballots were 10 times more likely to be rejected than voters cast at polling locations.

Unless addressed, more voters are likely to be disenfranchised in the November election because a record number of people – more than one-quarter – are expected to cast absentee ballots for governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state lawmakers and members of Congress. Several important measures also are on the ballot, including the legalization of marijuana for recreational use and no-reason absentee voting.

In a close election, rejected absentee ballots can change the outcome.

State law currently allows absentee voting for people who are 60 years or older, have disabilities or are going to be away from home during the election.

Despite the potential of widespread disenfranchisement, the Michigan Secretary of State’s (SOS) office, which is the guardian of elections, does not even track the number of rejected ballots in most elections, said SOS spokesman Fred Woodham.

“We don’t have that data. You would have to check the clerk’s offices,” SOS spokesman Fred Woodhams told Motor City Muckraker. “They are the ones rejecting the ballots for whatever reasons.”

The task of tabulating and recording the number of discarded votes belongs to hundreds of local clerks, the same ones tossing out ballots. That means clerks are policing themselves with no oversight.

While the clerks are required to publicly disclose the number of discarded ballots and why they were rejected, none of the 10 municipal clerks reached for this story would disclose the information as required by the Michigan Bureau of Elections.

The lack of transparency raises serious questions: How many ballots are rejected? Are some communities more likely to discard votes than others? Is there an effort to disqualify legitimate votes?

Those questions have burdened Alexandria Taylor, an attorney and progressive Democrat who lost a state House seat over absentee ballots in the Aug. 7 primary. Just hours after the polls closed, Taylor went to sleep believing she had defeated Taylor City Council President Alex Garza for the 12th District seat, which covers Taylor, Romulus and Van Buren Township. But the day after some news outlets declared Taylor the winner, the final tally came in: Garza won by 10 percentage points.

While Taylor won the election at the polls, Garza defeated her among absentee voters by a more than two-to-one margin.

Suspicious, Taylor demanded a recount of absentee ballots in the city of Taylor, where the clerk supported Garza and even shared information with him about absentee ballots on Facebook.

But the recount raised more questions than answers.

Local election officials only recounted the ballots that were determined to be legitimate. They failed to review the rejected ballots or even disclose how many were discarded.

So what happened to more than 1,000 absentee votes in the city of Taylor?

No one knows except for the election officials who tossed out the ballots.

“Our elections are no longer as pure as we once thought they were,” said Todd Russell Perkins, who represented Alexandria Taylor in the recount. “It’s really a sign of bigger problems in our society.”

This much the candidates know for sure: About one quarter of all absentee ballots were either tossed or did not include a vote for the state House race.

Statewide, that number reached tens of thousands in the August primary and even more in the November general election.

After the recount, Garza was declared the winner.

In an interview with Motor City Muckraker, Taylor City Clerk Cynthia Bower insisted she doesn’t keep track of rejected absentee ballots, despite a state law requiring her to do so.

“I don’t know if our program is capable of doing that,” Bower said of the voting software.

According to the Michigan Bureau of Elections, a branch of the Secretary of State’s office, local clerks are required to use electronic poll book (EPB) software that is part of the qualified voter file (QVF). The software is designed to keep track of every vote – and each rejected ballot – by precinct.

Wayne County said it does not keep the information because it’s the responsibility of city and township clerks.

“Local clerks are responsible for identifying how many ballots were sent, received, rejected for various reasons, and counted,” Lisa Williams-Jackson told Motor City Muckraker. “Wayne County Elections posts election results as reported by the local clerks. Our office does not have the capability, or charge, to report the breakdown that you’re requesting. You should try to contact the local clerks of interest.”

This wasn’t the first time the city of Taylor had voting problems. A Wayne County judge overturned a 2016 school board election after discovering Taylor officials miscounted the write-in votes and improperly stored the ballots.

Taylor, a political newcomer and mother of three, said the ordeal was demoralizing, but that’s not stopping her from continuing to fight for more transparency in elections.

“I push forward because I know so many sacrifices were made for me to be here, in this
place,” Taylor said. “When we allow systems and the powers that be to disenfranchise us, we lose our voice and we lose our power. It takes us back decades ago where people fought and died to have this right. So many people say they don’t vote because it doesn’t matter, and I fight to let them
know, ‘Your voice matters.'”

Taylor said clerks should notify voters when their ballots are discarded and give them a chance to challenge the rejection.

In close races, rejected ballots can change the outcome. Take the presidential election in 2016, when 70,000 ballots in Detroit were either discarded or did not include a vote for president. Had those votes counted, Hillary Clinton would have defeated Donald Trump in Michigan.

In an August 2014 primary, a state Senate race in Oakland County was decided by 177 votes, and more than 500 absentee ballots were rejected. In that election, the clerk said nearly 6,000 absentee ballots – or about 7% – were discarded for various reasons.

“If 20%, or even 10%, of voters stood in line on Election Day and were turned away, there would be national outrage,” said Charles Stewart II, a political scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who discovered that millions of requested absentee ballots did not get counted nationwide during the 2000 presidential election.

Without more transparency and a requirement for voters to challenge their discarded ballots, absentee voters are taking a leap of faith.

“These are fundamental rights,” San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard Ulmer wrote in March 2018, requiring clerks to give voters a chance to “correct” erroneously rejected ballots.  “The statute fails to provide for notice that a voter is being disenfranchised and/or an opportunity for the voter to be heard.”

In a related case, the ACLU of Michigan filed a federal lawsuit last month, claiming the state’s Bureau of Elections discarded genuine signatures for a ballot proposal because of the “standard-less and subjective practice in reviewing petition signatures.” After a closer look, the state eventually agreed there were enough legitimate signatures to place the issue on the ballot.

“If the Bureau continues to use the same standard-less and subjective practice in reviewing petition signatures in the second sample, it will continue to reject genuine valid signatures as it did in the canvass of the first sample,” the suit claims.

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Cocktails & Popcorn: No Word From Michigan Board Of Canvassers On Detroit Special Election Recording

"This Special Election was a disaster
on multiple levels."

Well, I had planned to drive to Lansing to attend the Michigan Secretary of State Board of Canvassers meeting on the Special Elections recording of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers Certification of the Vote.

http://beverlytran.blogspot.com/2018/08/cocktails-popcorn-did-you-know-there.html#axzz5P0aS6FQ1

Unfortunately, due to financial logistics (a.k.a. no gas money) I decided to call and find out what happened.

No one is answering, but I did leave messages to call me so I could find out what happened and the formal process due to the fact that the Wayne County Clerk of Elections has yet to certify the vote, due to what I like to call "election irregularities" (a.k.a. fraud).

I called the Wayne County Clerk's Office and was sent through a serious of automative phone prompts that finally took me to the Election Division, which would not allow me to leave a message or even wait for a live person, sending me to the City of Detroit Election Division.

What an administrative disaster!

You would think that they would live stream, have someone from the media do live Tweets, or something, which is why I really wanted to go.

See, it is like this:

"How can the Michigan Secretary of State Board of Canvassers record the certification of the vote by Wayne County Board of Canvassers when the Wayne County Board of Canvassers never certified the vote?"

Boy, I really wanted to be there to record history because there is a nullification question I threw out there that no one has yet to even comment.

Then again, no one ever comments, or emails, or calls, or comes over, but I do have professional stalkers!

I will be updating as information comes in.

This is so romantic....

Michigan Board of Canvasser... by on Scribd

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Cocktails & Popcorn: Did You Know There Are Elections In The 2018 Primary Detroit Have Yet To Be Certified?

"What cocktails do you see?"

The 2018 Michigan Primary Election results for the 13th Congressional District, the State Senate District 2, and the 68th State Representative District have yet to be certified by the county or state Boards of Canvassers.

One reason is the anomalies of absentee voting irregularities.

One reason there are voting anomalies is due to the application of the following two laws on qualified elector and residency.

You cannot vote if you have been foreclosed upon 30 days prior to the election.

Just saying.

We will find out more August 24, 2018.


MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW (EXCERPT)
Act 116 of 1954 168.10 "Qualified elector" defined.

Sec. 10.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the term "qualified elector", as used in this act, means a person who possesses the qualifications of an elector as prescribed in section 1 of article II of the state constitution of 1963 and who has resided in the city or township 30 days.

MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW (EXCERPT)
Act 116 of 1954 168.11 "Residence" defined.

Sec. 11.

168.11 "Residence" defined. Sec. 11. (1) "Residence", as used in this act, for registration and voting purposes means that place at which a person habitually sleeps, keeps his or her personal effects, and has a regular place of lodging. If a person has more than 1 residence, or if a person has a residence separate from that of his or her spouse, that place at which the person resides the greater part of the time shall be his or her official residence for the purposes of this act. This section does not affect existing judicial interpretation of the term residence.

Michigan Board of Canvassers 2018 Primary Election Certification Meeting 08-24-2018 by Beverly Tran on Scribd

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Cocktails & Popcorn: Detroit Grand Jury Probe On Gabe Leland & His Lust For Cocktails & Popcorn - Michael Bullotta Is Back In Action

"I C Public corruption. Woop, Woop!"

Well, at least we know one thing about the U.S. Attorney's Office in Detroit, they like Cocktails & Popcorn!

Now, you know darn well that the U.S. Attorney, particularly Michael Bullotta, is not going to just subpoena a bar bill over cocktails and popcorn.

I speculate it has something to do with election irregularities, you know, like absentee ballots, voting machines, data manipulation, campaign finance, forgery, fraud, you know the schpeil. 

Or it could have something to do with that pesky "attorney-client privilege" going back to those darn Detroit text message case precedent.

Michael Bullotta prosecuted the Kwame Kilpatrick case, perhaps, he was lecturing on text messages in countering global transnational organized crime to law enforcement to the FBI.

Quite obviously, certain individuals in the FBI were absent for that lecture.

Forgive me for my digression.

"Hmmmmm....does William Isaac Robinson suck?
He is a 'Legal Genius' (trademark pending), you know."

Anyway, I wonder if the federal grand jury probe has to do anything with Gabe Leland's staffer, William Isaac Robinson, of whom recently, surprisingly, won the election for Michigan, probably on his previous professions of being the one individual, to gloriously go down in history, as the one who took John Conyers, Jr. out of office.

Or, just perhaps, it the grand jury probe may branch off into election fraud, but, of course, I would have no reason to imply election fraud, or voter fraud, or any other forms of violating voting rights by and through the use of absentee voting ballots using forged precinct delegate candidate forms, or even forged absentee ballots, you know, at those Detroit Land Bank Authority properties that seem to be slowly reverted back to the authority of the City of Detroit.

https://www.waynecounty.com/elected/clerk/election-results.aspx

Or, perhaps, it has something to do with campaign finance, stolen database, espionage, TARP, and your classic Detroit public corruption investigation that never went away....Hmmmm.... maybe it has to do with the fact that Perkins Coie sucks...but hey, what do I know?

That would make much more sense, right?

Or, it could just be a simple case of Cocktails & Popcorn, but I doubt it, but, hey, what do I know?

Detroit Councilman Gabe Leland subject of federal grand jury probe

A federal grand jury has been impaneled to investigate claims that Detroit City Councilman Gabe Leland allegedly extorted thousands of dollars in free alcohol, food and other items in exchange for political promises from a shuttered downtown bar, according to a subpoena obtained by the Free Press.

The subpoena was issued Aug. 8 by Assistant U.S. Attorney R. Michael Bullotta and sought all d ocumentation related to Leland possibly obtaining:

• Free entry into parties or events
• Free alcoholic or non-alcoholic drinks
• Free food, including entrees, appetizers and desserts
• Any other items of value provided free of charge or at a discounted price

The probe is the latest twist in a lengthy legal battle that began in November 2016 when the co-owners of the former Centre Park Bar, 1407 Randolph, first filed a lawsuit against Mayor Mike Duggan and other city officials. Leland has not been charged with any crime.

The original suit, which is still winding through the court system, claimed police harassment and alleged Dennis Archer Jr., former Mayor Dennis Archer's son, received favorable treatment while buying the building the bar occupied.

A separate lawsuit was filed in July by attorney Andrew Paterson on behalf of Centre Park co-owner Kenneth Scott Bridgewater, alleging Leland stopped by the bar in fall 2016 to speak with him about the ongoing issues the bar was having. The lawsuit also names Detroit Police Officer Robert Harris and Detroit Fire Department Captain Calvin Harris.

Leland did not respond to a request for comment but his attorney Steve Fishman said in a statement to the Free Press:

"The allegations made by the former owners of Centre Park Bar that Gabe Leland received preferential treatment are too ridiculous to deserve further comment.  Contact me again if even one document exists that supports that claim."

Paterson said in a statement Thursday regarding the federal probe that his clients were forced to close earlier this year “due to the unethical and possibly illegal actions of certain elected and appointed officials of the City of Detroit and the Detroit Downtown Development Authority.”

“My clients are thankful for the opportunity the U.S. Attorney's office and the FBI have given them to help expose the unlawful and corrupt conduct of certain city officials and their associates,” Paterson said in a statement to the Free Press, adding that they plan to assist the "ongoing criminal investigation."

The U.S. Attorney's Office and FBI declined to comment.

In late July, the councilman called the July federal lawsuit filed against him a "witch hunt."

When asked by a Free Press reporter at the time whether the allegations were false and whether he'd accepted any free alcohol or food, Leland did not directly answer the question.

"These are allegations," Leland said. "I sat in the restaurant and I had a drink and I had some food. That isn’t illegal. … Anybody in this city who thinks they can get some influence out of me for a tequila and a taco is greatly mistaken."

The bar initially signed a lease in August 2013 with the Detroit Downtown Development Authority, which was not set to expire until Aug. 19 of this year.

But in September 2015, the DDA requested development proposals from developers to acquire properties owned by the DDA to redevelop the old Paradise Valley area.

Centre Park also prepared a development proposal for the property but Archer's investment group, Gotham Capital Partners, was eventually selected as the winning bidder.

After Centre Park ownership started to publicly question the process, Bridgewater alleges the bar was retaliated against and was visited and ticketed several times by police officers.

Bridgewater claims during their initial conversation and "without being asked," Leland offered to assist him in addressing the issues Centre Park Bar was experiencing.

But according to the suit, Leland later in the conversation demanded "free entry into parties," as well as free alcoholic drinks and food whenever he visited the bar.

Bridgewater claims he asked Leland whether his demands were ethical and lawful, and Leland said it was “normal practice” for local restaurants and bars in the City of Detroit to "provide members of the Detroit City Council and other elected and city officials with free alcoholic drinks and free food upon request."

"Plaintiff Bridgewater did not want to honor Defendant Leland’s demands, but felt compelled to do so," Peterson wrote in the July suit. "... Bridgewater feared that if he did not honor Defendant Leland’s demands that Defendant Leland would make sure that Centre Park Bar would continue to be ticketed and closed."

Bridgewater alleges in the suit he feared retaliation because Leland said if he didn't honor his demands, it would be a "sure thing" that the bar would be harassed and evicted from the property.

The bar eventually closed in April 2018, Bridgewater says, in part because of the alleged harassment.

City of Detroit Corporation Counsel Lawrence Garcia said in a previous statement to the Free Press that "any allegation that DPD Officer Harris or of DFD Capt. Harris were acting inappropriately by 'harassing the Center Park Bar into closing' are false."

The lawsuit is the latest legal woe to hit Leland and comes less than four months after a Detroit businessman claimed in a separate federal lawsuit that Leland demanded $15,000 for his re-election campaign weeks before the August primary in exchange for a political favor.

In January, Leland was named a potential target in a wide-ranging FBI corruption probe involving local towing magnate Gasper Fiore. Leland, who was re-elected to a second term on council in November, has not been charged with any crime.

Fiore, who pleaded guilty last December to bribing a Macomb County official, faces up to five years in prison. His case is part of a broader corruption scandal that has ensnared at least 20 individuals, many of whom have pleaded guilty.

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Cocktails & Popcorn: Voting Fraud In Detroit Databases

"And in 2018, too!"

I believe everyone is waiting for the absentee voting ballots to be tabulated.

It would such a shame if it is found that there were registered voters who submitted absentee ballots in those Detroit Land Bank Authority properties.

But hey, what do I know?

I know what a quo warranto is.

Election results firm to explain glitches to Wayne Co.

The top two officials at a software company used by the Wayne County Clerk's Office to report results in the Aug. 7 primary election are expected to appear at Monday's Board of Canvassers meeting to explain the glitch that caused a delay in website results.

Jeff Delongchamp, president of ElectionSource, the company that handles election results reporting, said he and Steve Delongchamp, company vice president, will attend the meeting at 2 p.m. in Detroit.

"Both Steve and I will be there and look forward to explaining to the board what happened to the web site displaying the un-official results on the eve of the August 7th Primary election," Jeff Delongchamp said in an email to Wayne County officials.

On Thursday, Wayne County commissioner Jewel Ware called for an investigation into the system, saying said glitches with the website were "extremely problematic as the voting process should be error-free as well as voters should know the process is without issues.”

Wayne County officials and ElectionSource said last week the glitch caused a delay in results after the website received more data than the company anticipated.

"I received phone calls from people who were concerned,” Ware told The News last week. “Then, after hours of reporting, the system came back and those numbers had decreased. It just wasn’t one number — it was several numbers."

Jeffrey DeLongchamp said last week that the file containing Wayne County results was so large that it caused a 15-second delay in processing old and new data. This caused results to be doubled at times, he said.

"There were so many hits and so many people trying to scrape the site at the same time that we could not load the data correctly," DeLongchamp said. "It was an error that, unfortunately, we did not foresee."

ElectionSource has helped Wayne County report its election results since last November's election, DeLongchamp said.

Wayne County Clerk Cathy M. Garrett also requested an investigation into ElectionSource and a report of the company's findings.

On Friday, members of the House Detroit Caucus sent a letter to the Michigan Board of State Canvassers demanding an audit of Tuesday’s primary election results in light of issues at polling stations in Wayne County during the primary.

Fred Woodhams, spokesman for the Michigan Secretary of State, said his office has been in communication with state Rep. Sherry Gay-Dagnogo, D-Detroit, about this issue and is trying to get more details from her about her specific concerns.

Gay-Dagnogo said in a statement that caucus members were contacted by Detroit residents who said they were being turned away from their former polling place only to find that poll workers did not have accurate information.

"From what we understand from Detroit elections staff, there were a few polling locations that were moved before the deadline, and we were told that affected voters were given proper notice, but we’ll follow up with the clerk’s office about that. The city has 490 precincts so it’s not uncommon to have some move each cycle," Woodhams said in an email on Monday.

"I want to add that the Wayne County canvassing board started its work on Wednesday to scrutinize all the results and ensure everything adds up. The concerns of the representative and others may be resolved by the canvassing process," Woodhams said.

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Cocktails & Popcorn: 2018 Detroit Primary Election Fraud?

2018 Detroit Primary Election Day Cocktails
"Trust me, you need a cocktail after attempting to vote."

The 2018 Primary Election in Detroit absolutely sucked, badly.

As a matter of fact, the Detroit election, which carries the state, sucked so badly, I would not be shocked if there is a do-over.

Woooooooo.......

I had to literally, not a joke, literally, step over campaign volunteers on the sidewalk, in front of the church entrance, where I went to vote.

No poll worker cared when I mentioned it and their candidates did not win.

I voted, but it took a while to get a ballot.

It seems, the workers were having serious issues when it came to enumerating the ballots, sequentially, like what comes after 68, which took a good five minutes of serious debate.

I know I should have videoed but I was absolutely mesmerized watching the intensity of the debate.

The result was to just renumber the voting record.

Seriously.

The ballot was so poorly designed, being a straight party ballot, I did not even fill out the back because it was so poorly constructed, I was distracted.

Well, perhaps, it was constructed intentionally to distract, because there was a special election where the 13th Congressional District candidates for the full 2 year, and on the back side were proposals no one even knew about.

No one really showed up at my precinct polling station, but at least this year, unlike the 2016 Primary Election, I got the proper location from online searches, unlike others who ended up just throwing their arms up in the air.

I am most certainly curious about the entire absentee ballot process and FEC campaign finance irregularities, but hey, what do I know?

It does not matter because you know I did my thing, which I am not going to share at the moment, because I already know the results of the election.

Fraud.

I wonder what happens when it is discovered that the elections were compromised.

Re-do?

Writ of Mandamus?

Indictments?

Oh, the possibilities are endless...

Midterms: ACLU investigating reports of ballot shortages throughout Michigan

Polls close at 8 pm. All voters in line by 8 pm will be able to vote and should not leave the polling place. Some precincts have reported running low on ballots. Voters can't be turned away due to lack of ballots. Clerks will provide more ballots to precincts as needed.

— MI Sec of State (@MichSoS) August 7, 2018

Polls closed across Michigan after precinct problems

An update from executive director Ryan Stowe about restoring power to polling places for today’s election. pic.twitter.com/8CMjveD9mu

— DTE Energy (@DTE_Energy) August 7, 2018

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The Tale Of Lala & The Residuals Of The Peculiar Institution - Michigan Child Welfare Fraud

This is Lalanea Little-Tobeler.

They call her Lala.

Lala is an original source in Michigan Child Welfare Fraud, or rather, what I like to call, "Trafficking Tiny Humans".

Here is proof my femur was broken in February 1987....
i was almost 2!!! Not 10 mos old like this eval says!!
They said 10 months to make my mom look
like a monstrous child abuser!!! They blatantly lied!!!

Michigan stole her from her mother when she was very young, as seen in the documents, below.

Michigan put her in foster care because...well, because poverty is a crime, called abuse and neglect.

Lala survived being drugged, raped, electroshock therapy in foster care for years.

Lala finally emancipated herself from foster care because the only place to live when you age out is either on the streets or in a group home, where, if one is lucky enough not to be rejected from Social Supplemental Income grant.

Lala had three boys.

Michigan Child Protective Services came and took Lala's three boys, just like they took her from her mother, except the court documents are fraudulent.

Lala has not seen her sons in years.

His name was
Justin Johnson

Michigan foster care aged her foster brother out the system, placed him in a group home where ARC had legal guardianship, where they are the representative payees of the $750.00 SSI monthly payment are only obligated to give the foster youth $44.00 a month.

Now, Lala finds out her foster brother was murdered from psychotropic medication overdose and Michigan Adult Protective Services is finally investigating, after he had warned everyone that he believed he would die from the dispensed drugs.

He had no choice but to die, like so many other children.

The questions I have surround the life insurance policies on this population and where does the money go?

These are the trust funds.

Another issue I have is with ARC.

Does ARC, and all other privatized guardianship programs run absentee ballot operations for the disabled under the corporate aegis?

I am going to go with a flat out, "yuppers".

Listen to Lala, the original source, because her foster brother is dead, and as logic will present itself, makes it virtually impossible for her foster brother to tell his story.

These are the tales documenting the residuals of the peculiar institution in chattel law.

This is what is intentionally omitted from our universities and the annals of history.

Have a great day!

Well everyone....here is the psychological evaluation done on me at just 3 years old in 1988!!!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1674326522665016&set=pcb.1674326889331646&type=3&theater

Notice how they describe me as a pretty blonde haired very petite little girl who is highly stimulatable and very self-directed.... (easy learner and quite independent) & my scores in daily living skills and socialization were higher than they were able to measure (a child prodigy). You are looking at 100% solid proof Michigan set their sights on me to steal me in 1988 Macomb county probate records prove I was stolen and a ward of the state in 1990). Talk about the state advertising me in a psychological evaluation as the perfect child to steal and sell!!!  

Also notice my probate court records also prove I was a ward of the state again in 2003 when i turned 18.....this is when my evil adopted mom got guardianship of me. Took me 9 more yrs in 2012 to win my own guardianship from the state.....11 months AFTER I won my guardianship, my children were stolen by CPS and family court with a fraudulent petition that til this day is not signed by a judge and not filed with a court!!! This is proof the state of Michigan has terrorized me and my family non stop for the past 30 years!!! Sorry for any disgust you may feel in advance after reading this.

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Cocktails & Popcorn: Will Ian Conyers Sue To Disqualify Petitions, Again?

"Who cares about the stupid election,
I have a front row seat to the drama."

Ah, another second chance.

I wonder if Ian is going to sue to disqualify the petitions again.

That would be fun.

Let us see, 3,000 petitions are due July 19, 2018.

July 26 should be the last day to challenge.

Two weeks for a ruling, perhaps?

Absentee ballots should be off and flying before a ruling.

Yes, this would be a fun scenario because I have popcorn.

Oh, and I have cocktails, too!

John Conyers III plans to run for Congress as independent

Detroit — John Conyers III is circulating petitions to appear on the November ballot as an independent candidate after being tossed from the Democratic primary in the race for his father's congressional seat.

Conyers, 27, told The Detroit News Monday that being disqualified from the August Democratic primary is a "blessing in disguise." Candidates without a party affiliation have until July 19 to submit 3,000 qualifying signatures to make the November ballot, according to state rules.

The maneuver, Conyers III said, is smarter than waging a long-shot campaign as a write-in candidate and he won't be beholden to the Democratic leadership.

"This is a far better position. I can focus on campaigning from now until November," said Conyers, who began circulating petitions after finding out he wouldn't be part of the primary. "Other Democrats in the (primary) race can fight it out for one position."

The crowded 13th District Democratic primary to replace resigned Congressman John Conyers Jr., D-Detroit, for a full two-year term includes Conyers' great nephew, Ian Conyers, as well as former state Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Shanelle Jackson, Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones, state Sen. Coleman Young III and Westland Mayor Bill Wild.

Former Conyers' staffer, Kimberly Hill Knott, is running as a write-in candidate.

Conyers III's campaign plan comes after the Michigan Court of Appeals last month affirmed a Wayne County court's denial of Conyers' effort to restore his name to the ballot for the primary.

Attorneys for Conyers had asked the courts to restore his name to the Aug. 7 primary ballot after Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett disqualified him in May. Garrett concluded Conyers had submitted fewer than the 1,000 valid voter signatures required for the congressional ballot under state law.

Conyers said Monday there's no point pursuing the challenge any further.

The elder Conyers stepped down in December amid allegations of sexual harassment by former staffers. On the same day, the congressman endorsed his son to succeed him.

Conyers, the oldest of the former congressman's two sons, said he spent his younger years attending union rallies alongside his father and knows the issues.

"I'm not running on my father's legacy," Conyers III said. "I grew up doing this work. I spent my entire life in Congress, learning."

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Ed Sarpolus Sucks

Hey Superfans, Ed Sarpolus was really mean to my Sweetie.

Ed Sarpolus sucks.

This is not just a personal statement, this is also my testimony to his misprison of political campaigns & public elections.

The Tale Of Michigan Political Consultants

Sarpolus has been working behind the scenes to take Conyers out of office for quite some time, but, hey, what do I know?

It would behoove those with vested interests in election and campaign finance integrity to keep a close eye on the candidates, political consultants and NGOs linked up with the 13th Congressional District race of Michigan.

Study: Most Approve Of Job Done By Conyers Despite Sexual Harassment Allegations

DETROIT (WWJ) — Despite allegations of sexual harassment that led to his decision to resign from office, Michigan Democratic Congressman John Conyers is still viewed in a favorable light by a majority of 13th District voters, according to a new poll released tonight.

Out of a 400 person survey conducted by MIRS, 68 percent of the 13th District approve of the job Conyers did as a congressman, with 54 percent of white voters giving him an approval rating versus 80 percent of black voters.

“Sixty percent of the voters in that district said they approve of the job he’s done as the congressman, and that’s not only black voters but also white voters at the same time,” Target Insyght pollster Ed Sarpolus told WWJ Newsradio 950. “Both (races) gave him positive job ratings, and that was not to be expected.”

While Conyers received a mostly positive approval rating from those he served, a majority of the district felt it was best for him to step down amid the sexual harassment allegations. Fifty nine percent of the respondents believed he made the right decision to resign/retire, and 26 percent said he should have stayed in his role and fought the charges.

Breaking down those numbers even more, 56 percent of black voters said he made the right decision to resign while 31 percent said he should have kept his position.

Conyers, who was first elected in 1964, easily won re-election last year in the heavily Democratic district. But following the mounting allegations of sexual harassment he decided to resign from his position earlier this month.

Looking ahead to who could fill Conyers newly vacant seat in Congress, MIRS also asked the participants who they’d vote for in next fall’s election. The current leader is Sheriff Benny Napoleon of Wayne County with 26 percent of the votes, followed by undecided voters at 17 percent, Westland Mayor Bill Wild at 16 percent and State Senator Coleman Young II at 12 percent.

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The New Tool Of Data Gerrymandering: Land Banks

The 2017 Special Election results for U.S. Senate reminded me of what was supposed to happen in the 2016 U.S. Congressional election in Detroit because both elections had land banks.

Land Banks are unique creatures as they control ownership of real estate and its occupancy information, which is not crossed checked with voter registrations.

Land Banks are tools in redrawing election districts for what is known as gerrymandering.

Land Banks also control census data, used to determine appropriation of federal funds and significance of development projects.

Land Banks are not financial banks, and, as such, have not regulatory oversight authorities.

What is a Land Bank? Dan Kildee, Co-Founder and President Amy Hovey, Co-Founder and Senior Vice-President... by Beverly Tran on Scribd

Now, that you are familiar with Land Banks, I thought it would be fun to compare the Birmingham Land Bank Authority with the Detroit Land Bank Authority.

Feel free to leave your comments on your findings.

Did you know that the Birmingham Land Bank Authority is incorporated?

Birmingham Land Bank Authority

Entity ID Number
317 - 796
Entity Type
Domestic Non-Profit Corporation
Principal Address
710 20TH STREET NORTH
BIRMINGHAM, AL 35203

9-11-2014     Certificate of Formation     8 pgs.

Birmingham Land Bank Authority Policies by Beverly Tran on Scribd

Did you knon that the Detroit Land Bank Authority is not incorporated?

Certificate of Michigan Land Bank 12-01-2017 by Beverly Tran on Scribd

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