Libertarian Party candidate Paul King recently ran against Republican Brian Bilbray and Democrat Francine Busby in the CA-50 special election for Duke Cunningham's recently vacated seat.

FogerRox at Democratic Underground wants to know why Libertarian Party candidate Paul King obtained a significantly higher vote total in the special election than he did in the primary. He also asks why King's primary votes were higher than Libertarian totals in neighboring districts.

Over at Huffington Post, Bob Cesca takes it a bit further:

The CA-50 special election came up and here's where everyone fell short. Here was an opportunity for Markos to bring up the highly dubious Diebold machines used in the election and how election volunteers were allowed to bring the machines home. In addition, where was the mention that, with Bilbray's margin of victory at round 6,000 votes, there are still, according to the San Diego County Registrar of Voters, more than 34,000 absentee and provisional ballots that haven't been counted yet? Why did Busby concede knowing this? Why did Libertarian candidate Paul King receive roughly 500 more votes (2201 votes so far) than any other Libertarian running (around 1700 each) in Tuesday's vote? Even if the additional ballots are counted and Bilbray still wins, there are some puzzling questions that need answers.

Hey guys, the answer to your question comes from the national office of the Libertarian Party. It was the test drive of a new secret project we're working on. John La Beaume provides the details:

Technology's hand was at work, but it wasn't Diebold deviousness. Rather, it was a successful trial run of a new LP GOTV (Get Out the Vote) project and the hard work of a handful of dedicated Libertarians who volunteered their time.

Developed by LPHQ and one great consultant, this new tool allows Libertarian volunteers to help boost LP vote totals, including gaining and maintaining ballot status.

Sorry folks, there's no devious government conspiracy at play, just a hot new GOTV tool we are implementing at LP headquarters.

We'll be releasing the details of this new project at the Libertarian Party National Convention. In the mean time, there are two things those of you who can't make it to the convention can do to help us get this off the ground. If you'd like to be on the ground floor of this exciting new GOTV project, we could use your volunteer time. Alternately, we could use a few more dollars to assist with the implementation of this program.