“”"This Charles, if one also takes him at his word that he was a Lucas delegate, quite clearly lied when he signed the pledge, and should never have been permitted to be one.”"”

The pledge merely stated that the delegate INTENDED to vote for the winner of the convention. Any Lucas delegate who INTENDED for Lucas to win and intended to then vote for Lucas could have signed that pledge.

I work under the presumption that someone who was a Marine for 23 years would blithely give his word and then, two days later, announce that he was breaking it. Kinda gives a new meaning to the term “Semper Fi.” This Charles, if one also takes him at his word that he was a Lucas delegate, quite clearly lied when he signed the pledge, and should never have been permitted to be one.

Obviously, even if one credits the claims of some here about Faisal’s votes, some of Julie’s votes were tainted, too.

I spent 23 years in the USMC. I am grown up enough to hold our election process in reverence. I am a quiet small potatoes guy who doesn’t get invited to galas. Had Julie Lucas had overvotes and shady credentialed delegates and non-registered individuals I would repudiating her candidacy here. I made sure all my forms were correct and on time and that I had all my identification lined up ahead of time. I expected the same from all the other delegates.

The Republican Party has left me on a National Level. I had hoped it would not do so on the local level. I will vote in the next election. I will not stay home. I spent too many years defending the right to vote. But I will not be voting for Mr. Gill.

You wrote, “I did not support Faisal, I do not believe he can win in September, but the racism has got to stop.”

Now I do not live in the 51st and have no emotional investment in this race, but don’t you mean November, not September?

You should also know that Kopko and his allies were at the grassy knoll.

17 over-votes were discovered, delegate forms were completed before filing for voter registration, an unverifiable address from a committee member who was a delegate, but the address she filed with the committee months ago is in the Woodbridge District and delegates who witnessed duplicate ballots. Is that not enough evidence to consider an investigation for voter fraud?

There still is fraudulent concern regarding the filing process with Lucy Beauchamp. Kopko obviously favored McQuigg from the start but it is rumored that Michele McQuigg was asked to vacate the 51st for GILL!

Steve Keen a long time PW Republican didn’t bother running as a Republican in Woodbridge. Chris Royse the Woodbridge candidate had Chairman Stewart’s endorsement the day he announced soon afterwards Royse’s wife became the Committee Treasurer. Kopko and Royse seemed to join forces during the vice chairman election after Ulrich resigned her post from the committee.

Ulrich and Kopko agreed to recommend Trent Barton as her replacement that prompted Denny Daugherty to run in opposition. Stewart warned Barton that he could never beat Daugherty. At the election for vice chair, voting tickets were randomly handed out with no check and balance system. Many people in the room were offered a ticket to vote 2 or 3 times. Ms. Royse accepted the voting tickets even though some visitors had never been on the committee, had lapsed, she even accepted tickets from non-members holding a proxy supposedly from a member. Ironically, that night we had a visitor in the room, Attorney General Bob McDonald, who quietly departed at some point in the process but it gave some of us a false sense of security.

Questionable events surrounded the Occoquan convention, too. Faisal Gill was the Convention Chairman and a supporter of Mike May prior to the convention. Looks like May was able to return the favor to Gill but Julie may have helped inadvertently by trusting a person to work for her in credentials that is one of Chairman Stewarts close friends.

Over-votes do not just mysteriously appear, not 17 of them and all for Gill. I hope this is further invested by RPV because the arrogance and ignorance of a select few is reflecting poorly on all Republican’s in Prince William.

[Ed note: I believe there were far fewer over-votes than this. There were 17 people who registered to vote between the time the registrar’s books were closed and May 21st, however. This may be a case of someone mixing up which numbers were for what.]

Requests/demands for the 11CD, or RPV for that matter, to “weigh in” or otherwise intervene are pointless, as neither can act unless and until a formal appeal is filed.

I did hear that both the 11CD Chairman and an RPV Rep were in attendance at the 51st HOD convention as observers.

BTW the Party Plan is availabe on the RPV website and details the appeals process if anyone is interested.

Why was she telling people that she was voting for Gill?

Gill’s driving record is a very loud indication that he does not respect the laws that keep our roads safe. I doubt that he will be coughing up legislation to tighten any of those laws.

Gill’s lack of responsibility when it comes to committee activities (while he was vice chair of the county GOP a most common question was “where is Faisal?”) and board meetings (absentee and late record is very high) seems very opposite from McQuigg’s sense of responsibility and accountability.

It is a dilemma trying to figure out why she is a Gill supporter. But, on top of that, why was she in charge of the convention Credentials Committee, the committee that approved many “questionably registered/eligible” people to vote?

“Conflict of Interest” kept rising to the top of my thoughts yesterday as I observed the convention. I was a supporter of Michele’s…but now am quite disillusioned.

A comment that like the one posted, although intended to be funny is clearly racist. I am a regular reader and participant, but racism is wrong here or anywhere. I did not support Faisal, I do not believe he can win in September, but the racism has got to stop. To compare the antics at the convention to 9/11 is a disgrace. Greg, I think you should pull his post.

[Ed note: agreed. I know emotions run high on this, but let’s try to do better than this, OK folks?]