Rubio can't serve...
Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:50:07
Since the Daily News has begun associating Florida Sen. Marco Rubio
with 2016 presidential coverage (editorial, “The travels of Marco
Rubio,” Dec. 6), the record should include evidence that questions
Rubio’s constitutional qualifications in accordance with Article 2,
Section 1, Clause 5, to serve as president. Sen. Rubio has my respect,
but the U.S. Constitution trumps my personal observation as well as any
party affiliation. The Constitution requires our president to be a
“natural born citizen,” which is distinct and different from being a
“citizen” as discussed in the 14th Amendment. Barack Obama, whose father
was a British subject and never a U.S. citizen, fails to legally meet
the “natural born citizenship” requirement to serve as president. Our
legal system is corrupt and has no backbone to enforce the Constitution,
but two wrongs don’t make a right. There is ample legal precedent that
establishes “natural born citizenship” as applying to a person born of
two parents who are American citizens at the time of their offspring’s
birth. Marco Rubio was born in 1971 in Miami to parents who were
citizens of Cuba. Not until the 1975-76 time frame did his parents
become naturalized citizens of the United States. Marco Rubio was born a
citizen of the United States as well as a citizen of Cuba, thus having dual citizenship
at birth but not being a “natural born citizen” of the United States —a
requirement to serve as president. Sen. Rubio can serve our nation in
virtually any capacity, but not legally as president of the United
States.
The Constitution is the law of the land.
—HARRY RILEY
Crestview, FL
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Monday, November 12, 2012
St. Lucie County election workers are recounting early voting ballots cast Nov. 1 through Nov. 3
Machine's memory card failure causes error
Posted: 11/11/2012
Election workers are doing an emergency recount of an undisclosed number of early voting ballots because of a memory card failure.
The St. Lucie County Assistant Attorney Heather Young says there was a memory card failure in the machine counting St. Lucie County early voting ballots.
The ballots from November 1st to November 3rd are in question.
Young said the division of elections directed them to do an emergency recount even though she believes the votes were counted.
Young said the problem was known during election night and they ran the ballots in question through the machines but now are recounting them.
St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections Gertrude Walker wouldn't comment on the emergency recount.
Both Allen West's and Patrick Murphy's lawyer's are both disputing the emergency recount.
Supervisor of Elections attorney Cynthia Angelos said other machines used across the state have had these memory card errors.
She hasn't yet said the manufacturer of the machines or how to prove there weren't memory card issues on the other early voting days that aren't in question.
About 16,000 early voting ballots were reportedly from November 1st to the 3rd.
Initial notice from the St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections Office said they would be recounting all of the early voting ballots.
Angelos said Florida state statute only requires them to count the ballots in question that the memory card error was related to.
When Angelos was asked about the 1136 votes Fort Pierce Mayoral candidate Linda Hudson said the elections supervisor told her weren't counted, Angelos didn't have an answer whether it was true or not.
The St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections Office has a noon deadline to finish the recount.
The St. Lucie County Assistant Attorney Heather Young says there was a memory card failure in the machine counting St. Lucie County early voting ballots.
The ballots from November 1st to November 3rd are in question.
Young said the division of elections directed them to do an emergency recount even though she believes the votes were counted.
Young said the problem was known during election night and they ran the ballots in question through the machines but now are recounting them.
St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections Gertrude Walker wouldn't comment on the emergency recount.
Both Allen West's and Patrick Murphy's lawyer's are both disputing the emergency recount.
Supervisor of Elections attorney Cynthia Angelos said other machines used across the state have had these memory card errors.
She hasn't yet said the manufacturer of the machines or how to prove there weren't memory card issues on the other early voting days that aren't in question.
About 16,000 early voting ballots were reportedly from November 1st to the 3rd.
Initial notice from the St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections Office said they would be recounting all of the early voting ballots.
Angelos said Florida state statute only requires them to count the ballots in question that the memory card error was related to.
When Angelos was asked about the 1136 votes Fort Pierce Mayoral candidate Linda Hudson said the elections supervisor told her weren't counted, Angelos didn't have an answer whether it was true or not.
The St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections Office has a noon deadline to finish the recount.
Read more: http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_st_lucie_county/st-lucie-county-election-workers-are-recounting-early-voting-ballots-cast-nov-1-through-nov-3#ixzz2C3ukfUO3
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