There should have been 16,000 bats flying that night in mid-July. Instead, only about 500 remained at the cave in Central Texas next to the Colorado River.
and his county circuit clerk said he was ahead on election night by 235 votes and batches of new absentee ballots started to appear out of nowhere. on election night, until he lost. how did it feel to realize that other than a victim of voter fraud? well, actually, it s hurtful, you know? you just didn t think that that would happen today. in today s society. if you attempt to chip away at our democracy, if you attempt to manipulate the system, then, you will face the punishment. a judge tosdzed out hundreds of ballots and declared that brumfeld won. joining us is the chair of the lincoln county republican party, running for sheriff herself. lisa ramie. welcome. first question: how bad is voter fraud in your county? voter fraud is widespread in lincoln county and all of
office the rest of their life, do you think this will stop the voter fraud that occurs in your county? no, i do not. i feel it is widespread and very deep. and it runs down to local people being involved. and they basically get their hands slapped and they are right out, doing it again, you know, the next election. it s a way to infiltrate money into people s economy. and until the state gets serious about what needs to be done and the maximum penalties are involved, i feel this will go on and on and on. we have never been able to have a fair and honest election in lincoln county and all of southern west virginia and all of west virginia, we really don t know. i am sure there have been some honest elections, of course. but in this situation, they have gotten these convictions. lisa ramie, republican chairwoman at the lincoln county republican party, we thank you for joining us. thank you. by the way, as we always say,
candidate he beat, charles brumfield told us he was winning by 200 votes but all of sudden they came up with new batches of absentee ballots zoloft the election that night. later judge declared he was winner because they threw out some of the ballots. he told me is angry about voter fraud because voter fraud he says hurts the system. people, honest voter, they make the comments, well there is no use for us to vote. and that makes the voter turnout go down, you know. that s not good. reporter: bowman and the county clerk, donna whitten, both pled guilty. whitten to lying about the alleged scheme. they re barred for live from holding public office. they will be sentenced in june. secretary the state of west virgina told us voter fraud will not be tolerated and will be prosecuted. the gop republican chairwoman of lincoln county, lisa ramie, told me she believes voter fraud, is quote, deep and widespread