Was Ohio's Marijuana Vote Stolen? TV Screen Shots Show Massive Number of Votes Flipping

[ghostsinthemachine]

Televised screen shots taken Tuesday night of live election returns in Ohio provided by the Secretary of State's office showed hundreds of thousands of votes flipping from the "yes" to "no" column of Issue 3, the ballot measure to legalize marijuana.

When seen against the backdrop of Ohio's longstanding history of Republicans manipulating the vote count to obtain the outcome they seek, such as in the 2004 presidential election when Ohio returns elected George W. Bush to a second term, there are compelling reasons to question the official result where the pot measure went down to defeat.

To understand the context for this likely chicanery, you have to understand the backdrop of current Ohio politics.

According to the election night returns provided by Secretary of State Jon Husted, the people of Ohio defeated a November 3 proposition to legalize marijuana by a tally of nearly two-to-one.



MORE HERE: http://www.alternet.org/drugs/was-ohios-marijuana-vote-stolen-tv-screen-shots-show-massive-number-votes-flipping

[99th_Monkey]

1. This, and the crickets from DNC, makes me more than a little nervous ...

Hell, we've had nearly 8 fucking years with a Dem in the WH, and this vote-flipping
chicanery by ReThugs continues, unchallenged, without a peep from the national
Democratic Party, which has EVERYTHING to lose, and nothing to gain from their
silence on this.

Yes, yes .. I know, Obama can't do everything ... but still ..

[haikugal]

6. It does make you wonder doesn't it? nt

[ananda]

14. In the scheme of things ...

... Obama is more Republican corporatist with a slight
leaning toward centrist social policies.

[redstateblues]

2. The referendum was a scam

by a small group of investors to control the sale of pot. Ohioans, to their credit, realized it and voted it down.

[hobbit709]

3. Exactly.

[CincyDem]

7. ^----- Exactly

The actual ballot language for the issue started with the phrase "Create a monopoly..." Says a a lot.

I think there would have been a lot more support for this had it been a "clean bill" but weed was the means to an end. The end being 10 landowners getting a state sponsored windfall like Ohio hasn't seen since the railroads were given right of way.

My initial position on this was "Hell yes". When I finally got down to reading the issue and doing a little homework, I think we can do better. This'll be back and it'll be stronger.

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. And one of the 10 was Nick Lachey!

Boy band member

Jessica Simpson's ex-husband

Weed baron

[CincyDem]

15. So was Oscar Robertson. n/t

[LiberalArkie]

4. Look at the screens. The percentage stays the same. But who it's for changes.

[Jim__]

5. The total count of "Yes" votes decreases from screen 1 to screen 2.

969, 000 and change to 614,000 and change. That can't happen by just counting more precincts.

[litlbilly]

8. They may be testing to see if anything is done about it. So obviously rigged

[valerief]

9. If our courts weren't so corrupt, this bullshit could be dealt with.

If angry young men didn't protect the oligarchs, this bullshit could be dealt with.

Angry young men run the world. They have no clue what they're doing or how they're being manipulated, but they hold all the power. The oligarchs press the buttons. The angry young men kill on command on their behalf.

[NobodyHere]

10. I'm calling BS on the article

I was watching the returns myself and marijuana was losing all night. The link says the votes on prop 1 flipped as well. I know that prop 1 was dominating every time I checked in.

Either it was a bad app they're looking at or they doctored the photos.

[tabasco]

12. That monopoly shit was pretty flaky.

This was a fucked-up attempt to legalize.

Next year, so I read, they're going to try again without that bullshit monopoly included.

[safeinOhio]

13. Urban vs rural

Along the lake and big cities could carry it if they vote. The rest of the state is Ohiossippi.

[Bradical79]

16. I didn't see any flip

Was watching all night. Also, doesn't make sense that Hustled would flip issue one from no to yes considering it doesn't favor his party. I think they just had a screwed up feed/app.

[Warren DeMontague]

17. It was a shitty initiative, that is why it lost. Even Willie Nelson was against it.

If your pot legalization initiative is so bad Willie doesnt like it, you need to start over.

[Bluenorthwest]

18. It was stinking piggish law, I would have voted no because I am in favor of actual legal cannabis

for all. This was a scam to benefit a few and the very opposite of what good cannabis legalization looks like. The opposite.
Next they propose a better law and pass that one. That's what Oregon did.

[kelliekat44]

19. Better question: Were Kentucky voting machines flipping votes to GOP. Something fishy. nt