by Ashe in America | Nov 17, 2022 | Feature Story Bottom Left
The 2022 midterm results defy logic and critical thinking. Despite the absolute state of the union this midterm was, by the numbers, “The Night of the Incumbent.”
In October, the NY Times was publicly stunned by their Siena College poll, revealing that most voters are most worried about government corruption: That the government is not working on behalf of the people.
They were stunned because the concern was paramount for 68% of voters and it was an open-ended question. To accept the 2022 midterm results, you must accept that those most concerned about government corruption voted to keep the government in place.
As I write this, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is leading her race for Congressional District 3. It is unclear why the alleged “Gold Standard of Elections” cannot efficiently count votes on election night, especially since the holdup in this contest appears to be Pueblo County where Secretary of State Jena Griswold appointed an Election Supervisor. Per last month’s ruling against Elbert County Clerk & Recorder Dallas Schroeder, the Election Supervisor appointment puts Secretary Griswold in charge of the county’s elections. And so we wait for Secretary Griswold to give us the “results.”
In a pre-midterm press conference, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said of counting delays that, “This is how this is supposed to work.”
You would think that such White House confidence combined with Colorado State Department’s oversight would ensure smooth elections. Things aren’t going smoothly, and we’re being gaslit about it (again).
From the local NBC affiliate four days after election day, “‘Why is it taking so long to count the ballots?’ As Gilbert ‘Bo’ Ortiz, the Pueblo County Clerk and Recorder, said, ‘It could be because we’re American and we want instant gratification.’”
“This is how this is supposed to work.” Don’t question it, denier.
Keep in mind that the people telling us the delays, glitches, issues, and ambiguity are expected, are the same people that sold Americans electronic voting equipment in the name of efficiency and transparency. These are the same people that sold us mass mail-in voting with the single security control of signature verification which is, according to all honest experts, a Potemkin Village.
As I write this, there is still no official statement released from Secretary Griswold on the issues with CD3. Is it weird that the Colorado midterm’s only known issues happen to be in the race with the state’s sole MAGA candidate?
The political establishment, on both sides, want you to believe they are securing our elections; in reality, they innovated security out of U.S. elections a long time ago.
As the dust settles, establishment Republicans — both those known as establishment and those who are currently making their allegiance known — are taking a victory lap and claiming that the red wave’s failure to materialize is a “referendum on Trumpism” and “we need to move on from MAGA.”
This is silly, of course. The Colorado GOP manipulated or, at the very least influenced, the candidate selection, both at the assembly and during the primary. Party leadership openly mocks the politically active portion of their base while alienating the unaffiliated middle (46%) through authoritarian policy priorities that are irredeemably out of touch with the Colorado electorate.
With the current geo- and socio-political environment, Republicans should have been competitive in Colorado’s Governor and Senate races, even with electronic voting equipment. Unfortunately, Burton Brown picked up the playbook — unpopular candidates with no fight or fire — of her predecessor Ken Buck (CD4), and the party’s high-profile candidates lost by double digits and conceded immediately.
Intentional or incompetence, the Colorado Republican Party is terrible at winning elections.
I posit that this is because they are corrupt, unlikeable, and without political capital or credibility; but whatever the reason, they need to reflect on their failed 2022 midterm strategy, both the theory and the execution.
There is no “moving on from MAGA.” The people want America to be great again which means shaking up the power dynamics obstructing our desired change.
If the GOP hopes for a comeback in the Centennial State, Republicans must find a way to reconnect with voters and rebuild trust.
I’m not holding my breath. They seem quite content in the minority.
Ashe Epp is a writer and election integrity activist. Read her work at asheinamerica.com and follow her on Telegram and other socials @asheinamerica.
by Ashe in America | Oct 21, 2022 | Feature Story Bottom Left
The 2022 midterm election is in progress in Colorado, with ballots distributed and early in-person voting underway.
Our Colorado midterms have been the subject of national news in recent weeks, with Secretary Jena Griswold “accidentally” sending 31,000 registration invitations to ineligible voters. Many have forgotten: She did the same thing prior to the 2020 election, though she defended the action two years ago. Now they now call it a mistake.
Secretary of State — The Denver Post gave a strong endorsement of Secretary Griswold’s opponent, former Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder Pam Anderson, who is also the former Director of the Colorado County Clerks Association and the Executive Director of Mark Zuckerberg’s Center for Tech and Civil Life. She is currently on leave from CTCL to run for Secretary of State.
The Post endorsement tells you everything you need to know about the Secretary of State race: A vote for either major party candidate in this race is effectively a vote for the fraud-denying establishment. Soros (Griswold) or Zuckerberg (Anderson) — that’s the “choice.”
The uniparty wants you to believe these are your only choices, though the American Constitution Party has put up Amanda Campbell and the Libertarians are running Bennett Rutledge. Either is a vote for change.
U.S. Senate — In the Senate race, it’s incumbent Michael Bennett, or Pro-Choice, Never Trumper Joe O’Dea. President Trump came out against Joe O’Dea in October in response to the candidate’s recent attacks against 45.
Pro-Life Libertarian Brian Peotter is also running for Senate in Colorado, and he is the top polling Libertarian in America. Despite Peotter’s popularity, he is being restricted from debating, an obvious attempt to limit his exposure to the people.
Attorney General — For Attorney General, arguably the most important statewide race this election, incumbent Democrat Phil Weiser is facing off against Republican John Kellner, sitting District Attorney for Colorado’s largest judicial district.
Both Weiser and Kellner view the role of AG as protecting the legal interests of the state — based on their actions. For example, Weiser has defended Griswold in litigation between her and other elected officials in the state. Kellner, despite receiving multitudes of reports, petitions, affidavits, and evidence of election fraud in his jurisdiction, has thus far refused to pursue the leads.
During the Republican Assembly and Convention in the spring, former Republican Stanley Thorne won a spot on the primary ballot for AG, but the Republican establishment — led by Kristi Burton Brown, George Brauchler, and Kellner himself — kept Thorne off the ballot. Thorne has qualified for “write-in” status, and voters can simply write “THORNE” into the space indicated on their ballot.
Stanley Thorne is distinct in this race as he has openly committed to prosecute government corruption and credible claims of election fraud. In a state were nearly 45% of voters are disillusioned with the two parties and unaffiliated, this vote seems like a no-brainer.
Governor
Then of course, there is the Governor race, where incumbent Democrat Jared Polis is facing off against Republican CU Regent Heidi Ganahl. There is zero excitement for either candidate across the state.
The American Constitution Party is running Danielle Neuschwanger in this race. Remember, the Governor’s results determine major or minor party status in Colorado, and voters need another party choice in our state. Bonus points for banishing the Republicans to minor status with less than 10%.
This is usually the point where I get screamed at: “You’ll split the vote!”
When either party runs terrible candidates, that’s the argument. “You MUST vote D or R or you’re handing the election to the other party!”
As the 2010 gubernatorial race proved, independent and third party candidates are more popular in our state than Republicans. By more than 200% in 2010 — and Republican popularity has nose-dived since.
You Have Options — Election day turnout breaks their algorithm so be sure to cast your vote in person on election day — not via mail or drop box.
The parties want you to think you have no choice. All D and R statewide candidates are unpopular, so they rely on fear of “splitting the vote” to convince you that you have no choice.
But you do. You have options when it comes to your representation. Choose wisely.
Ashe Epp is a writer and election integrity activist. Read her work at asheinamerica.com and follow her on Telegram and other socials @asheinamerica.
by Ashe in America | Sep 28, 2022 | Feature Story Bottom Left
OPINION
There is an ongoing legal battle for Colorado elections. Despite being wholly ignored by the uniparty establishment, the saga is highlighting the inequities in Colorado’s legal system and reemphasizing criticisms of our state’s elections.
Here’s the premise: Not a single “Top Line Candidate” made the 2022 general election ballot following the June 28th Colorado Primary.
Top line candidate refers to a candidate with the majority votes during the party’s caucus and assembly prior to the primary. The Colorado Republican Assembly was more highly attended than any in recent history, with many of the establishment favorites, such as Olympian Eli Bremer, failing to achieve the 30% vote threshold for the contest. Party energy was high.
In the months since, establishment Republicans have called for an end to caucus, that is, an end to the local party members selecting their candidates through live community forums, beginning at the precinct. Candidates can alternately qualify for the ballot via petition, though candidates with the highest vote totals in caucus earn top billing on the primary ballot — indicating their favor with the party’s most engaged voters.
In El Paso County, only those establishment candidates that petitioned were able to make the primary ballot — they failed at assembly. Then most of them won the primary. Head scratching was followed by outrage which led to calls for a recount.
Six local candidates for various legislative and county offices were joined in their recount demands by statewide candidates Tina Peters and Ron Hanks. To secure their recounts, the candidates engaged in a confusing process where Secretary Griswold and Clerk Broerman appeared to be improvising as they went.
To secure the recount, candidates were given impossible time frames — reportedly 24-hours for some — to deliver massive sums, ranging from $20K to $200K+ per candidate. In the end, only four candidates met the demands: Tina Peters (Secretary of State), Peter Lupia (County Clerk & Recorder), Lynda Zamora Wilson (State Senate), and Dr. Rae Ann Weber (County Coroner).
The recount was tumultuous, beginning with an over 50% error rate during the Logic and Accuracy Test. This was explained away, despite the fact that there were overt statute violations during the test. For example, C.R.S. § 1-10.5-102(3)(a) reads:
“Prior to any recount, the canvass board shall choose at random and test voting devices used in the candidate race, ballot issue, or ballot question that is the subject of the recount. The board shall use the voting devices it has selected to conduct a comparison of the machine count of the ballots counted on each such voting device for the candidate race, ballot issue, or ballot question to the corresponding manual count of the VOTER VERIFIED paper records.”
The test was not conducted using Voter Verified paper records. It was conducted using test ballots that were created for that explicit purpose. During the recount, batches were run through the same tabulators as the original count. This decision reinforces the concern that tabulator programming can impact election counts. Why didn’t the county run the ballots through a different tabulator to assuage this concern?
One of the most shocking events during the recount was an election worker, caught on video, modifying original, signed batch labels so that the original label matched the recounted label. The video was raised and the election worker was later dismissed, but the issue was never mentioned as the County and State officials congratulated themselves for a “successful recount.”
These are just some of the reasons these El Paso candidates have been seeking remedy. They have filed four legal actions which have all been outright denied, without an examination of the evidence. On September 14, Colorado’s highest court denied their petition, for the second time.
The candidate’s next stop is the U.S. Supreme Court. More information is at colora dorecount.com.
No court has ruled yet on the evidence of election fraud, in Colorado, or around the nation. The administrative reasons for dismissing petitioners are many, from standing, to impossible procedural deadlines, and many others. Never the evidence.
I asked the candidates’ legal team why they continue this fight.
“We have a duty, as futile as it may seem, to exhaust our remedies,” was the response received.
And ourselves, it would seem.
Ashe Epp is a writer and election integrity activist. Read her work at asheinamerica.com and follow her on Telegram and other socials @asheinamerica.
by Ashe in America | Aug 26, 2022 | Feature Story Bottom Left
ASHE IN AMERICA
OPINION
Around the country, Republican Party establishments are publicly taking a victory lap. There’s going to be a “RED WAVE!” they exclaim. They’re going to reclaim the seats of power and set all things right in the world.
Privately, they are begging for unity and hemorrhaging support.
While the Republican establishment pats itself on the back, voter support for the Republican party is the lowest it’s been all year. According to Rasmussen polling, the Generic Congressional Ballot is now within three points, down two from the prior report.
“…Republicans have a three-point lead in their bid to recapture control of Congress. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that, if the elections for Congress were held today, 46% of Likely U.S. Voters would vote for the Republican candidate, while 43% would vote for the Democrat. Just four percent (4%) would vote for some other candidate, but another eight percent (8%) are not sure.”
How Did That Happen?
I say it’s the primaries. Allegations of electronic manipulation and detection of algorithms have occurred in every primary that has been completed to date. In El Paso County, as I’ve reported on asheinamerica.com, the recount saw multiple statute violations, broken chain of custody, significant tabulator issues, election workers changing chain of custody documentation to match the recount (on video), and election workers being dismissed by the county for what, allegedly, amounts to obstruction.
Secretary of State Jena Griswold says everything I just said is disinformation. It’s on video, and you can see it with your own eyes, but you’re forgetting about the golden magical fairy dust of modern elections. It walks like fraud and talks like fraud but totally isn’t fraud.
How, you ask? Don’t be an election denier.
The algorithms that show obvious margin control — statistically impossible margin control for randomized behavior like elections. The broken chain of custody captured on video. The cover up of the broken chain of custody (without investigation as required) also captured on video.
All of that is a normal part of our elections. It just looks like fraud. But — pinky promise — it totally isn’t.
But Kari Lake Won — Obviously There Is No Election Fraud!
Kari Lake is involved in litigation against her opponent in the contest, the current Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, for a temporary injunction barring the use of electronic voting systems in the November election.
During the hearing on a motion to dismiss, the judge specifically asked the plaintiffs why their case did not explicitly include the primary election. Their response was that it did include the primaries, but that they recognized the practical reality of their proximity to the primary.
Lake won every Arizona county. Her victory was uncertain on election night, and Maricopa County stopped counting again.
Stopping counting on election night is a new phenomenon that first happened (practically in unison across multiple states) in the 2020 election. That was the first time we ever saw “edison zero” occur, where all state results were reset to zero and brought back online with the leads inverted.
Stopping counting is normal, see; it happens all the time (now). It’s not fraud, it’s just that golden magical fairy dust. DEBUNKED!
My hypothesis is that Lake’s win will be used to throw out the injunction against the machines. Bonus points for continuing to normalize machine issues as “just part of the system.”
About That Red Wave
Back to the polling, here in Colorado, GOP Chair Kristi Burton Brown is really excited about her slate of candidates, while unsuccessfully, transparently begging for unity.
The red wave is poisoned with establishment candidates who want to maintain the status quo of state power. Believing the primary results requires that you believe Republican voters want to maintain this status quo.
That’s a no for me and, according to this poll, voters agree. What changed?
The Generic Congressional Ballot isn’t that generic anymore.
As voters see the candidates, support for Republicans is shrinking.
There may be a “Red Wave” in November. The Republicans may retake the Congress, hold investigations, and make strongly worded statements.
Our level of representation, however, will not change.
Ashe Epp is a writer and election integrity activist. Read her work at asheinamerica.com and follow her on Telegram and other socials @asheinamerica.
by Ashe in America | Jul 22, 2022 | Feature Story Bottom Left
In 2021, I gave many speeches that included some variation of, “How are we going to fight Democrats with Republicans stabbing us in the back?” I was told to rejoin the party and attend caucus.
That went well.
Back then I was attempting to convince Republicans that their party was evil. They no longer need convincing.
I was a flag waving, Bush-defending Republican from my 18th in ’97 to my disillusioned departure in ’11. My first Presidential was 2000’s Bush v Gore and, as a Floridian journalism student at CU Boulder, I voted absentee.
I spent the early days of the Colorado winter with my eyes fixed on Fox News’ coverage of hanging chads while my liberal — at CU to become hardcore leftist — roommate and friends mocked and belittled my backward Christian, conservative values. I was used to it by then, my junior year. Even in those early years of adulthood, I had a big mouth and an enthusiasm for debate.
Realizing the depths of my deception was a rough awakening. Based on public records and the original reporting of brave eyewitnesses to uniparty corruption, we now know that the 2000 election was like 2020. And 2018. And 2016.
It was theatre. It was rigged.
“But Republicans won!”
Yep. They sure did.
I’ll say it again. It’s a uniparty.
I came to comprehend the reality of the uniparty in 2011, after the left and right came together to destroy Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann. From mockingbird hits to orchestrated walkouts of Bachmann’s campaign staff, many of whom were then rewarded by the party, I ragefully unregistered from the Grand Ol’ Party.
In early January, Bachmann withdrew from the contest and in six months I moved to Colorado, swearing off politics forever. It’s going well.
A couple of years earlier, the GOP’s destruction of the Tea Party in Colorado was rhyming with the national story. The Republicans put up embattled candidate Dan Maes, a non-starter for Coloradans due to plagiarism allegations and likeability problems. As an uninvolved observer — and history — would tell it, the American Constitution Party’s Tom Tancredo was the better choice for right-leaning Coloradans in 2010. Tancredo received over 36% of the vote to Maes 11%. Hickenlooper won handily with 51%. The GOP narrowly missed a demotion to Minor Party status (<10%).
If GOP leadership listened to the people rather than their instincts, they would have secured at least 47% of the vote. If a candidate cannot secure the conservatives in the party, they have no chance for the Americans in the middle who are finished with the two-party system, many former Republicans.
If we don’t vote for Republicans, who can we vote for?
While Heidi Ganahl seems like not the worst governor, based on historical data, I don’t think a Republican can win in Colorado. The label carries too much baggage because COGOP leadership comprise elitist, authoritarian, big government globalists. They’ve lost the trust of the electorate.
This year, the American Constitution Party has put up Danielle Neuschwanger, a candidate with common sense policy proposals and without the baggage of the “R.”
Similarly, the Libertarians are running a strong, unapologetically prolife U.S. Senate candidate Brian Peotter — against Republican Joe O’Dea who supports codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law.
This story is repeating in contests around the state as voters look for a choice outside the corruption of the uniparty.
If the vote splits in 2022, which way will it break?
Elections are rigged, but you want us to vote?
In case you think I’m contradicting myself, please know that I believe the elections are rigged. All of them.
“So do you vote?”
Of course. Voting is my duty.
“Huh?”
I have zero interest in candidates or campaigns. Elections aren’t about them. Elections are about us, the will of the People.
Every time they steal elections, we get more evidence of how they steal elections. For example, we now know that high turnout impacts their pre-planned efforts causing them to adapt in real-time and make mistakes.
The fact that high turnout in November’s election could also radically change the political landscape in Colorado by establishing a new (uncontrolled) major party is just gravy.
Rock the vote.
Ashe Epp is a writer and election integrity activist. Read her work at asheinamerica.com and follow her on Telegram and other socials @asheinamerica.
by Ashe in America | Jun 24, 2022 | Feature Story Bottom Left
At the time of publishing, the 2022 Colorado Primary results will be rolling in. While this is largely a nonevent for Democrats running unopposed, for Republicans it’s a critical moment of choosing.
What is “Self-Governance”?
When I started fighting for election integrity in November of 2020, my desire was to reacquaint Americans with their self-governance. From November 2020 to November 2021, I watched regular Coloradans, who were formerly apolitical or only peripherally aware of their local political landscape, become strong grassroots leaders across all Colorado counties.
Robust and thriving communities of civic-minded Americans sprung to life — during a non-election year — as the stolen 2020 election awakened them to just how far America had fallen from her founding. These unexpected leaders became the voices of sound logic and reason in their local communities, and many of us who once marched together began sharing meals, attending church, and doing life together.
Then came the November 2021 municipal elections and, literally the next day, it was an election year.
What is “Conservative”?
The thing about growing leaders is that they then desire to lead. Who knew?
When the midterm election year officially kicked off, many of the strongest grassroots leaders in Colorado became candidates. Then they qualified through the caucus and assembly process, with many of them winning the most support at the assemblies. Those who gain the most support during the assembly process win the top line spot on the ballot. Go to toplinevote.com for more information.
The Republican establishment was caught off guard by the assembly results. The following Monday, card-carrying establishment member and Republican Chairwoman Kristi Burton Brown went on The George Show, hosted by failed Republican Attorney General candidate George Brauchler, to lament the changing dynamics of the party.
The two establishment representatives were joined by Vice Chairwoman Priscilla Rahn, who added little to the conversation other than calling 67% of Republican delegates “Judas” during Holy Week. The show was dedicated to mocking and belittling the party they claim to lead. It was a stark moment of contrast for right-leaning voters, many of whom are, like me, unaffiliated from any political party. Not a good look.
Still, these unlikeable and ineffective Republican leaders call themselves “conservative,” rendering the term effectively useless in describing any meaningful distinction from, “Republican.”
Engaged voters, however, see a big distinction in these two types of candidates. For example, at a recent Liberty Girls gathering in Highlands Ranch, candidates for US Senate and Congressional District 4 faced off in debate…sort of. While America First candidates Ron Hanks (Senate) and Bob Lewis (CD4) showed up in person, the two establishment candidates Joe O’Dea (Senate) and Ken Buck (CD4 incumbent) sent surrogates.
The audience favorites were indisputable, to the point of feeling a little sorry for the surrogates who fundamentally misunderstood their audience. A group of us spent nearly an hour after the debate red-pilling Ken Buck’s surrogate to the point where we speculated that he would quit the campaign. He was passionate about election integrity and completely unaware of the positions and history of the candidate — for whom he was speaking — on that important issue. He hadn’t even heard about Buck’s disastrous, late 2020 Town Hall.
What is “American”?
In Colorado, the Republican establishment truly enjoys their minority party status. They campaign and fundraise, and give strongly worded statements, but when it’s time to represent their constituents, the answer is always, “Sorry! Democrats! There’s nothing we can do.”
In other words, they provide no recognizable distinction from Democrats.
Colorado’s America First candidates are that distinction — and arguably Colorado’s last chance. These candidates are running on the traditional American values of self-governance and conserving the Constitution. These are our most powerful weapons against the long train of abuses from the triple Communist majority in Denver.
For decades, regardless of which party was elected, globalism flourished, the state expanded, and Americans largely suffered. The grassroots candidates across Colorado provide a clear alternative to the Colorado contingent of the uniparty.
As the parties drifted father and farther apart in recent years, I’ve speculated that, “the people are in the middle.” That is, the people are, at their very core, still American.
I guess we are about to find out.
Ashe Epp is a writer and election integrity activist. Read her work at asheinamerica.com and follow her on Telegram and other socials @asheinamerica.
