Conservative radio host Larry Elder didn’t wait for the polls to close to claim the fix is in.
Elder, the leading Republican candidate for Tuesday’s California gubernatorial recall election, alleged that a “statistical analysis” to pinpoint fraud in elections “detected fraud in California resulting in Governor Gavin Newsom being reinstated as governor.”
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Despite his unverified claims, coupled with the recall election against Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, which won’t render the winning results until Wednesday morning, Elder is asking his supporters to fill an online form to report alleged fraud in the Golden State race.
The petition on the Stop CA Fraud website, which is “Paid For By Larry Elder Ballot Measure Committee Recall Newsom,” reads: “As is the case, we implore you … our fellow citizens … to join us in this fight as you are able, primarily by signing our petition demanding a special session of the California legislature to investigate and ameliorate the twisted results of this 2021 Recall Election of Governor Gavin Newsom.”
Former President Donald Trump, who made allegations about widespread fraud in the 2020 general election, has already parroted fraud claims from Elder’s campaign in a statement from his Save America PAC on Monday.
“Does anybody really believe the California Recall Election isn’t rigged?” Trump asked, adding, “Millions and millions of Mail-In Ballots will make this just another giant Election Scam, no different, but less blatant, than the 2020 Presidential Election Scam!”
Ahead of the consequential recall election for Newsom, which was largely brought forth by detractors against his sweeping COVID-19 mandates, many early polls show that Newsom could win against his GOP challenger with relative ease despite the loud calls against the governor earlier this year.
There are 10,265,897 registered Democrats and 5,298,738 registered Republicans in the Golden State as of Aug. 30, according to the California Secretary of State’s office.
As of Thursday, nearly 7,367,000 ballots, or around 33% of ballots, had been returned and accepted by mail and in-person altogether — even though all registered California voters have received a mail-in ballot.
According to CBS News, 56% “of ballots are from registered Democrats, and about a quarter are from registered Republicans.”
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The Washington Examiner contacted Elder’s campaign for more information about its claims but did not immediately receive a response.
