GOP chairman now alleging election fraud by Shumlin, Progs

Posted on September 6, 2012 by | Comments Off

He doesn’t have any evidence to support the claim, other than the somewhat bizarre circumstances surrounding the apparently erroneous counting of votes in the Progressive gubernatorial primary. But Jack Lindley, chairman of the Vermont Republican Party, just fired off a press release  alleging “collusion” between Gov. Peter Shumlin and Progressive candidate Martha Abbott.

Lindley says he’ll withhold the Republican signature on today’s updated report from the canvassing committee. The committee is, at Jim Condos’ behest, recertifying results in the Prog gubernatorial primary. The new results show Martha Abbott winning by a single vote over anti-mountaintop-wind activist Annette Smith. Smith has said she’ll request a recount.

Look for more from Press Bureau reporter David Taube in tomorrow’s editions of the Times Argus and Rutland Herald. Meantime, Lindley’s screed:

STATEMENT BY GOP CHAIRMAN JACK LINDLEY ON TODAY’S CANVAS REPORT
 
“I am withholding the Republican signature on today’s canvas report of the August 28 primary. This entire process has served to cast doubt on the validity, accuracy and accountability of the Secretary of State’s office and the whole election process.
 
It suggests collusion between the Shumlin campaign and the Progressive party nominee, who has miraculously has been declared a winner by a suspect process, who has now announced she didn’t really want the nomination after all; a person who has since declared she will decline a nomination she won in favor of Governor Shumlin. 
 
I will not allow our Republican vote to validate a process that does not pass the smell test.”
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