David Harmer, Mormon GOP candidate for CA-11, fabricates vote count drama

This is Harmer's third congressional election. He lost in Utah in the 1990s and last year to Democrat John Garamendi in the neighboring 10th Congressional District.

Now he's losing to incumbent Jerry McNerney (D) in California's 10th Congressional District. As a political junkie, ex-Mormon and huge fan of the only member of Congress with a Ph.D in mathematics, I've been following this race pretty closely. The latest tally is a +568 lead for McNerney (based on the most recent individual county tallies as of this posting).

And all that's left now in CA-11 is to get the remaining votes counted, but it seems that David Harmer is still in campaign mode and trying to cast doubts and aspersions on the vote counting and counters.

Check out the full report here: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/politics&id=7766271

Excerpt:

Harmer sent an e-mail to supporters saying, "As of 4:09 a.m. pacific time, with 99 percent of the precincts reporting, we led by 23 votes then. In the preliminary final count, the incumbent suddenly jumped ahead. If that sounds suspicious, it is. We have reason for serious concern about the integrity of the count and the security of the ballots in some areas."

"We received numerous reports of malfunctioning voting machines, for example, and we've asked people to forward those to the appropriate authorities," Harmer said.

But beyond that, Harmer doesn't have an example.

Contra Costa County Clerk Steve Weir says he hasn't heard of a single complaint that would justify Harmer's concern for the integrity of the vote count.

If Harmer was attempting to raise fears, it wouldn't be the first time that tactic has been used to motivate supporters. The e-mail went out as a pitch for campaign contributions.

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[JohnRhysMusician]

David Harmer is such a good man and I hope comes out on top when they sort this out.

[YAAUFA]

thanks for the heads up....so good to know the backgrounds of some people in question.