edmartinforcongress.com Press Release

(ST. LOUIS, MO.) Nov. 3, 2010 –There are a number of questions surrounding the votes in Missouri’s 3^rd district race. The people deserve to have these questions investigated and answered so they are assured our election process is fair and their votes are counted.

The three glaring factors which stand out involve the Secretary of State’s office, the sole decision of a newly appointed Democratic chair at the City Elections Board, and an unprecedented number of votes coming in late from the city.

The Secretary of State first of all is Congressman Carnahan’s sister, Robin Carnahan. She reported having irregularities and computer glitches early in the day. We have heard from countless voters who want those problems scrutinized. Many point out that the Department of Justice pursued, for three years, a case against Missouri for failing to clean up the process. “When filed in 2005, one-third of Missouri counties had more registered voters than voting-age residents. What’s more, Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan,… contended that her office had no obligation to ensure individual counties were complying with the federal law mandating a cleanup of their voter rolls.” (Wall Street Journal, John Fund, July 8, 2010)

People also question the motive behind a newly appointed St. Louis City Board of Elections Democratic Chairwoman, Eileen McCann, hiring a security company with close ties to Congressman Carnahan. Special Services was called on by Congressman Carnahan to do security for him as recently as August 26^th. Carnahan paid the company $1400 at that time which can be seen in a quick review of his FEC filing.

Then just before midnight seven precincts within the city and county delivered an astounshing late night dump of votes. In such a hotly contested race and with so many voters concerned it only makes sense to make sure in fact every vote counts. Since Missouri’s Secretary of State is in fact Congressman Carnahan’s sister it is suggested she recuse herself from the investigation and appoint an independent investigator to look into these three main points of question.

“The people of this district want to make sure their voices were in fact heard and I pledged to them that I would fight to ensure it happens. We need to make sure the election process was in fact fair and that the numbers are correct. I saw several issues in my time at the St. Louis City Board of Elections and serious issues like this should and need to be addressed,” said Ed Martin.

We have been hearing about voting irregularities from a large number of constituents and are looking into all of these matters. We ask anyone who may have witnessed any sort of questionable acts regarding votes, ballots and the general election that they contact our office.

It was a bitter and very close race from the start. Ed Martin won in the rural areas. Martin easily won in Jefferson County, 37,658 votes to the incumbent’s 24,233. He also narrowly won the piece of Ste. Genevieve County that is contained within the district . In the city, Carnahan won 2 to 1, which was enough to make him the winner by a very slim margin.

Still, it was a win by 2 percent, which means there is no automatic recount.

Martin says the race was too close too call and says there are voting irregularities that need to be investigated. “The numbers are out there but we need to have an investigation into what seem to be major transgressions,” Martin said a news conference Wednesday.

One major concern voiced by Martin is the high number of votes from seven city precincts. He also claims the city’s Democratic Chair at the Board of Elections hired the same security company that had done work with Carnahan previously.

Carnahan called the call for an investigation “post election blustering.” He said, “The election results speak for themselves. my job is to get to work.”

A few dozen protesters stood outside Russ Carnahan’s St. Louis office Wednesday holding signs and calling for an investigation into what they call voter fraud. Some believe Robin Carnahan used her power as Missouri Secretary of State to help her brother rig the election in his favor.

Read Article at ksdk.com

Dem Russ Carnahan Wins, GOPer Ed Martin Alleges Shenanigans

The Associated Press called Missouri Rep. Russ Carnahan (D) the winner after a long night in his St. Louis-area district. Carnahan got 48.9 percent to Republican Ed Martin’s 46.7 percent.

The winning percentage is critical because a candidate who loses by less than one percent in Missouri is allowed to ask for a recount. Since Martin lost by 2.2 percent, he won’t be able to ask for one.

So Martin is pursuing another route. In an e-mail to supporters Wednesday morning he wrote that he thought there may have been irregularities in Tuesday’s voting process. He pointed to three issues. He said election computer systems were down part of the day, the Board of Elections hired a security firm with ties to Carnahan’s campaign, and a “mathematically implausible” number of votes in favor of the Democrat came in late in the evening.

“Missourians deserve to have their elections free and fair, and unfortunately Robin Carnahan’s office has not pursued the sort of clean voter rolls needed to have complete faith in an electoral outcome,” Martin wrote. “We will investigate, and keep you posted.”

Taken from QC Politics

EDITORS NOTE:  So how was it that Martin finished so strong, Canahan is booed at parades, doesn’t bother to show up to debates, quits campaigning… and wins? The Canahans have decided keeping it in the family was worth killing your right to our Democracy.  Harry Reid now Russ…. PATHETIC!

Craig Edwards

That Poll in Missouri’s 3rd Congressional District

[ Patrick Tuohey ]

No sooner did we publish a post about Ed Martin (The Hardest Working Man in Missouri Politics) than we received a copy of the research memo we alluded to at the very end.

The three-page memo, available in its entirety here, offers some more information on the candidates.

• Ed Martin polls ahead of Russ Carnahan in St. Louis County (57% to 38%), even in Jefferson County (41% each) and behind in St. Louis City (22% to 71%), numbers which are almost identical to the generic ballot.
• Carnahan is much better known everywhere, but his unfavorables are higher than his favorables in Jefferson and St. Louis counties.
• The survey concludes that among high propensity voters (defined only as high interest and high likelihood to vote) Martin leads 51% to 46%.

Read more at missourirecord.com

GATEWAYPUNDIT.COM

Republican Ed Martin has pulled ahead of Russ Carnahan according to a poll by American Viewpoint (Linda DiVall, Randy Guttermuth). The poll says 51% of likely voters are now supporting conservative Ed Martin.