You may very well be right.
Link
(didn't have time to properly reply earlier)
Okay...there's only so much bullshit I tend to believe. It's very similar with republicans: if there is voter fraud, the general idea of the fraudeurs is to
AT LEAST TRY AND HIDE IT! I already made fun of that anonymous poll worker that claimed to see voter ballots being ripped up in a van DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE POLLING STATION, clearly labeled BIDEN-HARRIS. Life isn't some sixties batman episode where you can instantly recognize bank robbers because they are the only one within a state radius wearing skimasks on a sunny day and carrying bags with dollar signs on their back.
So my bullshit radar went through the roof with that link. I hear all this credo's of "safest elections ever", "everyone was allowed to check everything" and "look...you could even watch our webcam stream of election day!" that thoroughly erode all the fanclub claims of corruption(1). I mean...what's the count now? 17 lost Trump cases to zero? 19? Yeah...if it wasn't the closest watched election day in history then, it is certainly on it's way now.
...but somehow this independent English site wants me to believe that in the next-door US election, some yahoo just planted a fake name on the ballot with the intention to mislead voters because he had the same name as the democratic nominee? Yeah...must be British humor.
I already envision their news studio:
"I'd say, Owen. With all these US stories of ballots getting both "found" and "mysteriously lost", wouldn't it be easy to cheat in an unforeseen way that's so obvious that nobody thought of it?"
"Why what do you mean, dear Harry? Like telling people to vote for Donald
G. Trump Donald J. Trump ?"
"Why yes, that's an even better idea! That way, it would create confusion to those not too familiar, and thus would effectively lose votes!"
"Well...but it would be absolutely ridiculous, right?"
"exactly! I'll make an article for it for our april fool's joke issue."
"Wouldn't that be too late?"
"Not the way they're dragging things along, mate. Those blokes'll be going 'at it for some time more, I tell ya."
"Well...okay. Write ahead. But make sure to mark it not for publishing."
"Why certainly, luv."
<*two days later*>
"...how come my joke article was printed as real news?
"
...but I totally digress. The thing is: I didn't believe that article for a second. So the race is THIRTYONE votes different between the major candidates, but a plant that literally HAS NOT CAMPAIGNED, doesn't reply and (from the looks of it) DOESN'T EVEN EXIST got 6'300 votes? Yeah...it doesn't take a genius that at least half (and I'm VERY generous here) wanted to vote for Rodriguez but weren't sure of his first name. But really: why would this guy be on the fucking ballot in the first place? I mean...can I really just register as Mitch Connell in Kentucky and
steal exercise American freedom to just leech off people's popularity(2)?
You can probably guess why I'm ranting here, can you? It's because oh, yeah...once you dig in local newspapers,
the article's reported all right.
So congratulations, USA. Just when foreigners thought things couldn't get any dumber, you put down your beer and dug somewhat deeper.
(1): okay, I'm not really honest with that insult there. I've heard that story of the Texan ambassador promising a million dollars to anyone who can prove election fraud. Fuck...if I was a poll worker on election day, I'd fabricate bullshit as well. It may be against my best interest, any form of ethics I have and would make me a huge hypocrite...but with one million dollars I don't mind trying to disprove reality. So those that are trying might not like Trump any more than the average American...but at least I can't blame 'em.
(2): admitted: I have no idea WHY Mitch is popular. The guy makes Jaba The Hutt look energized and understandable