Jan. 7, 2023 - Epoch Times
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| Many people don't know this, but last month, there was an election recount held in the state of Massachusetts. | |
| And after the recount was over, when all the dust had settled, the election result was actually flipped. | |
| The outcome went from a Republican winner to a Democrat winner by just a single vote. | |
| You see, during the midterm elections, there was a state-level race in a redrawn Massachusetts district. | |
| For your reference, it's called the North Shore District. | |
| It's a coastal region located a little bit north of Boston and a little bit south of New Hampshire. | |
| And initially, when the results were all tallied up, the Republican candidate was certified as the official winner. | |
| Mr. | |
| Lenny Mira, who is both the Republican candidate as well as the incumbent in the district before the district was redrawn, he officially won the race by 10 votes, which was a super, super slim margin given the fact that in that particular race there was a total of 24,155 votes cast. | |
| So a victory of just 10 votes represented only a.04% margin, which was legally within the threshold that allows for an election recount, which in this particular case the Democrat requested. | |
| Ms. | |
| Kristen Kasner, the Democrat candidate in this particular race, she filed a petition to have a hand recount, which was eventually granted by the Massachusetts Secretary of State. | |
| And wouldn't you believe it? | |
| After the recount, The 10-vote margin of victory for the Republican was eroded away. | |
| And instead, the Democrat candidate wound up being certified as the new winner by a new margin of just a single vote. | |
| She was able to find exactly the number of votes that she needed. | |
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| Getting back to the actual specific details of this election flip, according to the official data, which was handed over to the Secretary of State's office, Ms. | |
| Kasner picked up a total of 19 additional votes. | |
| If we look at a map, these votes break down as follows. | |
| Ten votes in Ipswich, four in Rowley, three in Topsfield, one in Newbury, and one vote in Georgetown. | |
| Meanwhile, as a result of the recount, the Republican candidate added an extra five votes to his tally in Ipswich, three extra votes in Topsfield, one extra vote in Newbury, but he lost a vote in Rowley. | |
| Meaning that when all the dust was settled, the result of the recount was that the Democrat candidate scored an additional 19 votes, whereas the Republican candidate netted an additional 9 votes. | |
| And when these new results were laid overtop the previous tally, the Democrat came out victorious by exactly the one vote that she needed. | |
| Following the recount, Ms. | |
| Kristen Kasner, the new Democrat winner, she went on to CBS News and said that she does not believe that anything suspicious took place with regards to the recount. | |
| Here's specifically what she said. | |
| The recount was really just to ensure that, between humans and machines, we really caught every vote that was counted. | |
| We thank the tremendous outpouring of people that really got involved and mobilized to go through this process this weekend. | |
| It's really a true test of democracy. | |
| On the flip side, however, the deposed Republican, who had his supposed victory snatched away in the recount, he told the local news outlet, the Boston Globe, that he is challenging the new results. | |
| Here's specifically what he said. | |
| And indeed, Mr. | |
| Lenny Mira challenged the results of the new recount, of the new tally. | |
| Here's a short timeline showing how his challenge has been going thus far. | |
| After the recount, on December 14th, the Governor's Council in Massachusetts certified Ms. | |
| Kasner, the Democrat, as the official winner. | |
| Then, on December 21st, Mr. | |
| Mira filed for an injunction against having Ms. | |
| Kasner sworn in until a judicial review of the ballots was conducted. | |
| However, the Superior Court dismissed his motion. | |
| Mr. | |
| Mira then refiled with the Massachusetts Appeals Court. | |
| However, at the appeals level, his motion was again denied. | |
| He then appealed to the state Supreme Court, the Massachusetts State Supreme Court, which just two days ago, on January the 4th, also denied his request. | |
| However, despite what's happening in the courts, the matter is not yet settled. | |
| That's because the Massachusetts Speaker of the House, Mr. | |
| Ron Mariano, he decided to postpone the swearing-in of Ms. | |
| Kasner until a House committee reviewed the ballots. | |
| Essentially, what the Massachusetts House of Representatives is going to do, before they decide who to actually swear in, is to set up a committee consisting of two Democrats and one Republican to canvas the election results. | |
| And until their canvas is concluded, the true winner of the race remains in limbo. | |
| And the reason that the legislature can do this, despite what's happening in the courts, is because according to the state constitution, specifically Article 10, Chapter 1, Subsection 3, quote, And so, a special committee will be set up to examine the election results as well as the ballots that will end up coming back. | |
| Now, as you can imagine, Mr. | |
| Mira, who's again the Republican candidate, was rather satisfied with his development, especially given the lack of success that he had within the court system. | |
| Here was a statement that he released shortly after the decision by the House of Representatives to open up an investigation was made. | |
| Quote, We are grateful to Speaker Mariano for giving us the opportunity to have a proper investigation into the contested ballots and general inconsistencies during the recount process. | |
| We trust that a thorough review of the contested items will be a productive process and serve the chief public interest in our democracy to determine the will of the voters. | |
| We look forward to cooperating with the committee and having our quote-unquote day in court. | |
| Now, interestingly enough, because the election has not yet been fully resolved, Mr. | |
| Meera is continuing to represent the district during this interim process. | |
| That's because, according to the Massachusetts State Constitution, And so, given the fact that the election has not truly been resolved, and that, therefore, a successor has not been chosen, Mr. | |
| Mira, who is the incumbent, even though technically it's a redrawn district, but he's still the person who used to represent a portion of the old district, well, he will continue to play that role until a new result is decided upon. | |
| Meaning that while the House investigation is underway, Mr. Mira can continue to vote on the floor, file legislation, he can give citations, and he can even keep his congressional office. | |
| That is, of course, until the committee, composed of two Democrats and one Republican, decide his future fate. | |
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