Official Master Thread of Maine Vote Irregularities

[carterm]

This is correct as far as I can see (and important to remember).

For Androscoggin County, the official GOP results have Paul 212, Romney 148
The Watch the Vote spreadsheet has Paul 262, Romney 173

So instead of winning by 64, we win by 89. Net gain of 25.

very good, updated

 

[thelaibon]

So happy to see this thread. Cheers to the dilligence!

 

[SL89]

So happy to see this thread. Cheers to the dilligence!

This

 

[nano1895]

Well if this watchthevote thing actually leads somewhere then I'm very happy that the guy responsible kept going through with it even though it got a bad rep from the campaign and people here on the forums.

 

[The Gold Standard]

I'm not using the WatchTheVote numbers unless they are verified elsewhere. I know the numbers on this site were closer to the official numbers than the WatchTheVote numbers were for Androscoggin County.

 

[carterm]

someone volunteer to call the androscoggin contact tomorrow haha.

 

[sailingaway]

This doesn't count the city of Portland where they threw out the Paul delegates and delegate chair, right?

 

[carterm]

This doesn't count the city of Portland where they threw out the Paul delegates and delegate chair, right?

more info please

 

[sailingaway]

Apparently there was a straw poll where Romney and Paul were close but all the Romney folks left right after and almost all the delegates and the delegate chair (who appoints people to vacant seats) were Paul supporters. They said there were a different number of votes then check ins or something and threw out the delegates but kept the straw poll. I have no idea if they scrutinized numbers like that in areas where Paul didn't dominate.

This was the city of Portland with 70 delegates, I understand.

 

[socal]

That was RufusTDoofus who said he and his wife weren't counted, as well as someone else.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...p=4171534&highlight=wife+portland#post4171534

As I predicted in this post shenanigans indeed happened at our Somerset County caucus. My wife and I were the only two people present from our town (New Portland). Both of us voted for Ron Paul. BTW, there was someone from Cornville present as well that wasn't counted.

In a couple days, or whenever you think you've finished, the edited/final OP should be forwarded to the campaign.

 

[carterm]

updated, bump; would like to have at least one or two more counties with discrepancies. keep looking guys!

 

[carterm]

going to bed. waking up. checking thread. want at least one more tidbit of information i can add. i'll email wead in the morning.

 

[mosquitobite]

bump

 

[socal]

From a comment in The Atlantic, don't know how you'd track it down though. Think he's talking about Wash County,

Why Ron Paul's Supporters are Furious About the Maine Caucus
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics...rs-are-furious-about-the-maine-caucus/253005/

Josh Brueggen

A caucus for the southern half of the county has already occurred, and was not recorded in the statewide results. No reason was given for not including the votes from this caucus which had already occurred. Over 500 voters participated, and Paul had a roughly 150 vote edge over Romney there. If the pattern holds for the rest of the county, and the other half county then Paul wins it going away

 

[bcreps85]

From a comment in The Atlantic, don't know how you'd track it down though. Think he's talking about Wash County,

Why Ron Paul's Supporters are Furious About the Maine Caucus
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics...rs-are-furious-about-the-maine-caucus/253005/

That's actually my comment that the guy who responded with those results responded to. Do we have any way to get a hold of him? Someone who was tracking in another thread said he had us down to 67 in the hole by adding in mistakes and places that had voted but not been counted...this guys' response alone would put us in the win if true...

 

[bcreps85]

My response to Josh...

"Josh, if this is true you really need to contact the campaign, the Maine GOP, anything you can. If there is proof, you should bring it over to the RP Forums as well so they can help. Someone was tracking mistakes and places that voted but were not counted and had us like 67 votes in the hole...if what you say is true, it sounds like we really might have won this thing... "

 

[CTRattlesnake]

Bump for new info

 

[slamhead]

Is Ben Swan in on the loop with this? He is airing his show today and should know about the discrepancies that have been discovered so far.

 

[fearthereaperx]

From a comment in The Atlantic, don't know how you'd track it down though. Think he's talking about Wash County,

Why Ron Paul's Supporters are Furious About the Maine Caucus
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics...rs-are-furious-about-the-maine-caucus/253005/

When did they cancel Washington County? On the same day of voting or the day before?

 

[sailingaway]

When did they cancel Washington County? On the same day of voting or the day before?

the day before, I believe. The same day Romney decided to actually speak at caucuses.