We have previously reported on independent Cathy Church’s bid for prosecutor in Marquette County, Michigan. Thanks to Greg Peterson of Gather.com for putting these stories together.
Apparently, Church was not convinced with the results of the election and filed for a recount of the votes about a week after the election. The race was decided by around 1,800 votes. With voters using Diebold machines notorious for errors – along with other “anomalies” – Church thinks that a $5,000 recount could change the results of the election.
Below is an excerpt of the article, which can be read here, and an interview with Cathy Church.
Independent candidate for Marquette County Prosecutor Cathy Church pays a $400 fee to Marquette County Clerk Connie Branam to file a petition to have a hand recount of ballots in the general election race against a longtime incumbent. Church sited uncounted ballots and a history of problems with the controversial Diebold optical scanner system. Church stressed that all Marquette County precincts, election officials and poll workers performed their duties diligently and conscientiously during the election. Church said her problem is with the way the Diebold voting system has not counted all ballots in previous elections across the country. The date of the recount was not set, but it will be after Nov. 25 when election officials make the results official. Both candidates will have witnesses present during the recount. (Press conference and recount petition photos by Greg Peterson)
(Marquette, Michigan) – In the marble halls of one of Michigan’s most famous courthouses, an independent candidate for Marquette County prosecutor filed a recount petition in her race against a longtime democratic incumbent.
Former assistant prosecutor Cathy Church cited uncounted absentee ballots and suspected problems with the optical scanners used to tabulate ballots as the reason for the recount of the General Election results that unofficially show she lost to the incumbent by 1,784 votes or about six percent.
“We decided there were some anomalies we wanted to look at,” Church said. “You took your ballot and put it into a machine that may or may not have sucked your ballot in on the first attempt.”
It’s sad that the left-wing illuminati have gotten the judges to even invade the privacy of the people behind this mess.
Sorry. I’ll fix that.
“…which can be read here,”
Normally, it’s customary to link the “here”… or at least provide a link somewhere. =P
For those who don’t know Michigan geography, Marquette (the city) is the largest in the Upper Peninsula… At around 20,000 population.
Washington? I meant to say Michigan. I’ll fix that.