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[Adam Carolla @adamcarolla]

I miss this hoax

[Jay W. Richards 🇺🇸 @DrJayRichards]

This is exactly right: "The evidence is in the structure of how the elections are actually carried out. These elections are designed to allow fraud that cannot be detected and will not be prosecuted. And that's really the thing that we must focus on."

[Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD @houmanhemmati]

The anger and frustration are justified. The official vote count says @spencerpratt fell short of the general election, due to the surge of mail-in ballots that shifted the results at the last moment. But this fight is far from over.

There is a direct, legal path for him to become Mayor: a recall of whoever wins in November. Both Bass and Raman are cut from the same ideological cloth, and public dissatisfaction with their records is already widespread.

Here are the facts on timing and process:
The new Mayor will be sworn in on December 14. California law requires 3-month waiting period before a recall can begin. That opens the window in mid-March 2027 to file Notice of Intention.

Circulation of petitions starts 28 days later. We then have 120 days to gather approximately 330,000 valid signatures—15 percent of registered Los Angeles voters. Once certified, the City Council must schedule the special recall election within 88 to 125 days.

On that ballot, voters will decide whether to remove the Mayor and, if so, select a replacement. Spencer’s name will be on it, backed by the bipartisan momentum that has grown sharply since the mail-in ballot issues surfaced. The recalled mayor CANNOT run to replace herself. They’re DONE. And DSA/communists wouldn’t dare run someone against their own people. A blank slate - an election without Bass OR Raman is >50% answer “YES” to the recall question.

Angelenos across party lines now see the pattern, and both potential incumbents remain deeply unpopular.

This is how we correct the outcome. The energy and organization already exist. And unlike the local political machine, we can fundraise nationally—supporters from every corner of the country who want to see real change in Los Angeles can contribute directly. AND stay ahead of real or potential fraud this time.

The path is clear. The support is building. We have the opportunity to set this right.

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

Before 2022 automatic use of mail-in ballots was restricted to voters with disabilities, members of the military or overseas voters. After COVID everyone got a pre-paid mail ballot and you didn’t need an excuse to vote by mail anymore - a pattern repeated in many states https://t.co/igoy1DqXgm

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

What’s your explanation for Raman losing to Bass by 16 points on election night but beating her soundly in mail-in votes?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The level of fraud here is mind-blowing

[Christine Bish @BishForCongress]

California created AB 60 driver’s licenses for people who could not prove lawful presence.

Then California created automatic voter registration through the DMV.

The state says safeguards prevent ineligible voters from being registered.

The "Safeguard" is a button to opt out of registering to vote.

Fine. Prove it.

Conduct a lawful, court-supervised audit comparing AB 60 DMV records against the voter rolls.

Show Californians the system is clean.

Trust is not election integrity.

Verification is.

#ElectionIntegrity #CaliforniaElections #AB60 #MotorVoter #VoterRolls #TrustButVerify #AuditTheRolls

[Caitlin Flanagan @CaitlinPacific]

The unifying question that underlies all of California’s woes is this: Where did the money go?

If have the 4th largest economy in the world and the high tax rate in the United States - we should have enough money to address every single problem, with change left over.

[Caleb Hammer @sircalebhammer]

https://t.co/8pHN7pCevO The 2nd largest city in the country just finished their primary- headed to the general election is the current mayor, a leftist. LA spends $596k to house 1 homeless person. Houston spends $170k... The court-ordered audit of $2.3 billion in homelessness spending could not determine where the money went... all the while, taxes go up and contributors are FLEEING. LA's decline is incredible... but where does it go from here? Check out today's doc!

[Justine Bateman @JustineBateman]

The more Los Angeles citizens discover about what is legal here regarding voting, the less it feels like democracy at all.

[Benjamin Weingarten @bhweingarten]

The presumption baked into our political and legal system is that there will not be widespread election fraud, with the burden of proof on challengers who overwhelmingly will lack standing in a court of law, access to necessary records (to the extent they exist given breakdown in chain of custody when it comes to mail-in ballots), and the time necessary post-election to pursue and adjudicate claims.

When you move to remote voting over extended periods of time with policies the likes of ballot harvesting and counting of votes received a week after the election, the odds of fraud and difficulty of capturing, preventing, or reversing it only grow.

It is only logical that people witnessing massive swings that appear statistically anomalous between election night results and results week after under such schemes would suspect rigging and fraud.

And it is only logical that states prohibiting their voter rolls from being audited, or refusing to take steps to clean their rolls would come under further suspicion.

If you wanted to systematically eviscerate confidence in the integrity of our elections, you'd be hard-pressed to devise a regime better than California's to do it.

[chef @chefeatall]

@therealmcnair Sounds like expected issues in operations. Keep learning and adjusting. Waiting on the belt and a few more items, looking forward to it!

[Mickey Kaus @kausmickey]

For those dismissing the possibility of fraud in CA vote, please remember that key protections we're told are built into the law turn out to be vaporous in practice:

--'You need to sign it' .... A mark or slash will do.
--'We check those signatures.' ... LA election workers told @jenlynncallahan they don't. https://t.co/svWWKDd6gu
--'Must be postmarked by Election Day' ... No! Fine print in regs lets voters self-date.
--'Ballot "harvesters" must sign the ballot envelope!' ... But the ballot's still counted if they don't.

All this doesn't mean there was fraud. Still ...

[chef @chefeatall]

@Cernovich Kids have them and love it. Good recommendation

[PoIiMath @politicalmath]

I mostly agree with this with the following caveat:

It might not be legal fraud to grab 1,000 ballots, mark your favorite candidate, and have a homeless person sign it with a smiley face

But it is a moral fraud because you've just disenfranchised 1000 voters who actually care about their vote, care about the results, care about their city

If that is what is happening (which seems likely) then it calls into question the very nature of representative democracy. Why do we even have a vote if the vote result isn't determined by individuals but by NGOs who can harvest as many votes as they want using these strategies?

[Bret Weinstein @BretWeinstein]

The rigging of the LA Mayoral primary is obvious. Outrage should be independent of party, and that’s not what I’m seeing. What’s wrong with you Blue Team people? Do you not understand what it means? Snap out of it and stand up for your neighbors, your country and the West!

[Amy Reichert @amyforsandiego]

So @nithyavraman came in 3rd place in the very City Council district she’s represented for 5½ years, but we’re supposed to believe a flood of late ballots from Skid Row outside of her district changed everything?

[Paul @WomanDefiner]

Democrats harvest ballots from homeless encampments and Immigrant support centers and fill the ballots in for the people. Most of them aren't even aware they're voting as the ballots get sent right to NGO's servicing those communities.

They centralized the ballots to a location, pick them up, fill them in as needed, and choose the winners. That's how the last 20 years of California politics have been won by Democrats.

They replicated this nationwide in 2020 with Covid choosing swing states as their focus.

[PoIiMath @politicalmath]

How much do you want to bet that, once Raman overtakes Pratt in the official tally, the remaining ballots will stop being so lopsided in Raman support?

[Will Chamberlain @willchamberlain]

Bass isn't gaining in the late votes because the powers that be in California have no need for Bass to gain in the late votes.