49er Stadium Election Fraud Information Center
To receive regular e-mail updates,
write us.
We won't share your address with anyone else and you can
remove yourself from the list easily any time.
Seven obvious signs of election fraud
in the 49er Stadium vote:
1. Tallies from the Bayview-Hunters Point area were withheld until the
other districts were counted and then had the exact number needed for a
"miraculous" "last minute" "come from behind" victory.
2. Suspiciously high percentage of "Yes" votes from the Bayview.
Claimed percentage: over 80%
This is unprecedented
especially when many in the neighborhood were openly
dissatisfied
and suspicious about the proposal. This same neighborhood has
rejected
stadium measures in the past.
3. Suspiciously high turnout in the areas that voted "Yes".
In Bayview, the claimed number of voters: 5,200.
In contrast,
only 3,700 Bayview residents voted in 1996, the US
presidential/Giant
stadium election. In Excelsior (60% claimed
votes for "Yes")
turnout was claimed to be up 60% over the previous
election.
In Visitacion Valley (70% claimed votes for "Yes") turnout
was
claimed to be up 35%. This is especialy strange when you consider that
the election department opened less polling places for this election than
in the one the previous year because it anticipated a low turnout.
4. The city opened special weekend polling places in housing projects where
the "Yes" vote was claimed to be 90%. These were the only special
polling places opened in the entire City.
5. The pro-stadium campaign paid convicted felons (drug pushers and
thieves), some with records of violence against Bayview community members
$500 per week to "bring out the vote." (San Francisco Chronicle: June 8,
1997. Page D1.)
6. Mayor demanded that his staff (City employees) work on behalf of
the Stadium measure - or else.
7. Mayor was clearly confident of the outcome before the Bayview vote came
in even though his own pollsters and campaign managers anticipated a
loss based on the early results.
In other parts of the world, this is more than enough to launch an
investigation into election fraud. The stadium "deal" represents an
enormous financial commitment on the part of the City and will seriously
impact our ability to borrow money in the future and pay for needed social
services and infrastructure improvements. We deserve an honest
count.
Action steps:
1. Inform your friends that the 49er stadium election results are
suspicious and merit investigation
2. Write the editors of the Chronicle and Examiner and tell them to fulfill
their responsibility by giving this important story the coverage it
deserves.
If you saw anything suspicious or unusual on election day (June 3, 1997) in San Francisco, please send us your report.
To receive regular e-mail updates,
write us.
We won't share your address with anyone else and you can
remove yourself from the list easily any time.
Back
|