Ada-Camacho files lawsuit

Guam’s gubernatorial tandem of Joseph F. Ada and Felix Camacho have officially filed a lawsuit contesting the results of the Nov. 3rd election allegedly riddled with corruption never before seen in Guam’s political history.

In District Court, the suit requests the court to rule on an Organic Act requirement of 50 plus one percent of the votes cast. It asserts that the opposition’s claim that blank ballots are not votes cast should not be counted. It’s a situational issue where the Organic Act automatically calls for a run-off election.

The tandem asserts that when a person takes the time to come to the polling place, signs-in and accepts a ballot, he or she can has the intent to vote for either one of the two teams or decide to vote via a write-in or cast a no vote, leaving the ballot blank. It maintains that these ballots must be counted as cast votes. It asserted that the Guam Election Commission “has no authority to determine an Organic Act question” which must solely be determined by the court.

Mind numbing allegations

In Superior Court, the suit alleges that supporters of the opposition registered some 1,574 non-US citizens and is believed that this number may be larger since the voting roster was cross-referenced using GovGuam’s limited access to the ID of non-US citizens on Guam.

The lawsuit also alleges that Governor Gutierrez’s supporters cast ballots on behalf of 24 dead people. Did I read this one right? I mean, how could one advance the return of the Lord (Judgment Day) just so they vote for a political candidate? The last I heard of this form of election was during the late Ferdinand Marcos’ era.
I know that Chamorros are the most well poised people to adaptaion, but must we parrot an election process that only happens in countries run by dictators to maintain power?

Other allegations include 104 young people who voted under 18 years of age, 870 non-residents who also cast their votes for the democratic tandem, relatives who live in the mainland who voted illegally last Nov.; and, democratic poll workers who voted on behalf of other people by signing the voting roster with that person’s name.

As much as I respect my friend Governor Carl Gutierrez and I still do, perhaps his over zealous supporters must taken this exercise a bit too far and beyond the purview of both federal and local election laws. Why would they venture into alleged illegal activities? Perhaps it is because former Governor Joseph Ada is a political heavyweight and this factor alone must have turned the imagination of the opposition into concocting alleged illegal creativity. I mean, I’d be worried sick too if former Governor Ada is my opponent whose quiet demeanor and charisma is sufficient to derail the political ambitions of any heavyweight in the political arena.

I have nothing short of admiration too for Felix Camacho. He’s well polished for the job, articulate, mature, educated, humble and a visionary whose definitely destined for greatness as a leader, ready to meet the challenges of the next millennium. It was a pleasure making his acquaintance. I have a story to convey to you Felix, but we’d get down to it when you next visit Saipan.

Honestly, I just can’t get over the notion of dead people voting. Most assuredly, it’s the most fascinating and creative political strategy I’ve heard all my life. It’s dwarfed the work of national political strategists. How did they get them to vote? Did they use talaya (fish net) or is there a secret methodology only available via the internet? Well, I don’t have any political ambitions so I’d leave this puzzle to the boyz.

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I think I’m going to start frequenting the cemetery here just to find out if any of the guys or gals have any future plans to cheat in our gubernatorial election. I know that my colleague’s Joe Murphy coined the term “Only On Guam”, but this Joe, is a bit way beyond the ordinary. Perhaps I should talk to Carl’s supporters just for the grand opportunity to scribble “How to vote while dead!” No harm intended, okay?