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Are They Cheating In California?

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Posted By: Hazymac, 6/8/2026 12:50:36 PM

Election Day returns indicated that Spencer Pratt had easily secured the second position in the Los Angeles Mayor race, and would face incumbent Karen Bass in the general election. But ballots have continued to come in and be counted, and a remarkable number of those ballots have been for the initial third-place candidate, Nithya Raman. So it looks like the runoff election will be between two far-left candidates, and Los Angeles will continue to go downhill. Conservatives generally assume that the fix was in, and Raman’s renaissance is due wholly or in part to voter fraud. Are they right? Today’s Unleash Prosperity Hotline (which you should subscribe to if you don’t)

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DVC 6/8/2026 12:58:35 PM (No. 2113987)
Does the sun rise in the east? Do the fake ballots always sink the Republicans in the west? YES.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: wilarrbie 6/8/2026 1:13:04 PM (No. 2113994)
It ain't what you KNOW, it's what you can prove in court. Made harder when the courts are in on the grift.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: daisey 6/8/2026 1:17:50 PM (No. 2113996)
Of course they are. It’s what dems do.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: jalo1951 6/8/2026 1:19:12 PM (No. 2113998)
Critical thinking skills and past election history screams YES! The dems will never lose a primary/election as long as that stupid ass Jungle Primary system is in use. What a perfect way to assure a dem will win no matter what. The citizens will always have the choice of a stupid dem and a stupider dem. Now is the time to escape if you can. Lie, cheat, steal. It is an easy playbook that seems to work very well for some blue states.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: hershey 6/8/2026 1:22:41 PM (No. 2113999)
Does it snow in the mountains? Do fish swim in the sea? Does the sun come up in the East? Do democraps always cheat? YES
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Reply 6 - Posted by: davew 6/8/2026 1:28:52 PM (No. 2114003)
No one is cheating in California. They don't have to. It's all part of the design. Like a magician, they pulled off the trick in plain sight, and it's all legal. The trick was set up when California's top-two primary system took effect on January 1, 2011, after voters approved Proposition 14 in 2010, and it first applied in the 2012 election cycle. The illusion is believing there is more than one political party in the state. They ensured that there is only one party, a uniparty in which all candidates are equal. The Democrats game this as follows. They use their internal polling to determine which candidate is the likely number one in a head-to-head contest with the Democrat pick. If it isn't a Democrat, they agree to provide just enough votes for the party's pick to reach number one in the primary while still holding back some votes for a shill Democrat candidate. This requires accurate polling, but with registered Democrats outnumbering Republicans 9:1, it has a large margin of error. They wait until election day and use exit polls to confirm their assumptions. They then submit all the ballots that aren't needed to ensure the Democrat pick reaches number one to the shill Democrat. This moves them into number two as the late count accumulates. It's all legal, based on the illusion of having a two-party candidate system. If registered Democrats put up their candidate and registered Republicans put up theirs in closed primaries with no crossover, this gaming would be impossible. Voters would have to declare their party affiliation, and any suspicious lying or crossing over to game the system would be obvious in the general election. The party with the majority of votes in November would be elected in a fair contest.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: LanceLink1 6/8/2026 1:39:37 PM (No. 2114007)
Does a bear crap in the woods son?
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Reply 8 - Posted by: cmardh 6/8/2026 1:39:42 PM (No. 2114008)
In addition to the jungle primary, ballot harvesting and the abundance of mail in ballots have swamped the system.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: thomthomp 6/8/2026 1:45:06 PM (No. 2114011)
Well there was a time one could have answered that by asking, "Is the Pope Catholic?", but that doesn't work anymore. But, as far as we know, bears still DO "defecate" in the woods.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 6/8/2026 1:49:02 PM (No. 2114015)
Are they cheating? You betcha. I want to see lawsuits.... endless lawsuits.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Mizz Fixxit 6/8/2026 1:49:19 PM (No. 2114016)
From another article: “Raman won 40.2 percent of all ballots counted on Saturday, adding 23,514 votes to her total. Bass came in second place, with 19,312 votes, or 33 percent, while Pratt finished with just 10,336, or 17.7 percent.” These facts support Poster 6’s theory.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: singermom9 6/8/2026 2:04:43 PM (No. 2114025)
YA THINK? They get away w this because we all LET THEM.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: lynngirl122 6/8/2026 2:28:06 PM (No. 2114038)
Surely Pratt knew this was going to happen. He can't be that naive.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: downnout 6/8/2026 2:53:27 PM (No. 2114048)
Is Bismarck a hewwing ? (With hat tip to Mel Brooks…)
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Reply 15 - Posted by: earlybird 6/8/2026 2:59:55 PM (No. 2114051)
A dump of about 10,000 ballots were dropped. ALL for Raman. That is not statistially plausile.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Dr. Constant 6/8/2026 3:08:30 PM (No. 2114055)
Do bears crap in the woods?
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Reply 17 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 6/8/2026 3:10:06 PM (No. 2114057)
Our election system works if people are honest. Too many aren't. It not only California.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: john56 6/8/2026 3:10:27 PM (No. 2114058)
Is the Pope Catholic? And from the place where vote stealing became a Democrat trademark...Chicago?
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Reply 19 - Posted by: Namma 6/8/2026 3:32:12 PM (No. 2114070)
Want proof the cheat was in. Have 3 semi’s pull up to the building where the votes were counted, and immediately shredded, and say that these votes have to be counted. Claim these ballots are legit, just as the dems did, and see if the ballots are counted. Bet they aren’t.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: Maggie2u 6/8/2026 3:34:14 PM (No. 2114071)
Pratt should now endorse Raman, tell those who voted for him to vote for her this November.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: bighambone 6/8/2026 5:25:12 PM (No. 2114098)
They sent ballots to everyone. So when large numbers of those ballots are mailed back in from Mexico it is impossible to verify if legal and qualified voters sent them back to be counted. In other words the Democrat created California election system is a joke.
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Reply 22 - Posted by: Starboard_side 6/8/2026 5:54:34 PM (No. 2114109)
#6 is mostly correct. Add in legal ballot harvesting, and they can essentially manufacture whatever outcome they need despite how it disenfranchises voters. Think a judge is going to strike anything down? Funny, they are elected too so benefit from the rigged system. Only hope is to get a Federal judge to declare ballot harvesting illegal due to the disenfranchisement of voters.
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Reply 23 - Posted by: 3XALADY 6/8/2026 7:42:13 PM (No. 2114147)
Hey Department of Justice......Here's one for ya'. You can start with this one. Or calling Kash Patel. But actually I know and you know nothing can be done because of the poster above saying they changed the rules in 2011. So dam frustrating and I don't even live in Kalifornia.
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Reply 24 - Posted by: mifla 6/9/2026 6:26:04 AM (No. 2114265)
Ask yourself one question. Why does CA send ballots to people who do not ask for them?
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