Comments on: NY-20: Roger Stone Loves Italian; Hates Democracy

By: cinnamonape

cinnamonape — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:31:27 +0000

Because the actual lists of voters in the precincts can only be assessed once the counting starts. If the identification of these voters are delayed, then individuals that may have taken out absentee forms can also be delayed. And then when they have the new ballots come in there would be no list of “Voted + has absentee ballot” already compiled. This makes it difficult for a double-vote to be challenged, since the frame of time narrows to check the absentee to precinct voters. There is greater room for error.

Something similar happened in Minnesota. Franken had challenged a large number of absentees that Coleman wanted included. Most of these turned out, upon examination of the actual voter rolls, to be voters who had voted in person AND by absentee ballot.

By: egregious

egregious — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:35:13 +0000

Thanks to loosehead for her election work.

By: goldpearl

goldpearl — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:52:03 +0000

thanks gregg

passing the info on…..

By: egregious

egregious — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:37:46 +0000

So helpful that now Republicans want to count every vote.

And they’re still losing.

By: Teddy Partridge

Teddy Partridge — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:56:48 +0000

Yeah — since Sweeney (Gillibrand’s predecessor) got his second DUI this weekend, shouldn’t we void all the elections he participated in, thus removing Kirsten from the Senate as well?

These GOP arguments are all fantasy, aren’t they?

By: ratfood

ratfood — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:22:39 +0000

BREAKING… Republicans insist on ballot recount for every election won by Democrats since election of Andrew Jackson in 1828.

By: solai

solai — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:03:19 +0000

Why?

By: allan

allan — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:03:14 +0000

Hot off the press:

ALBANY—In the race to replace Kirsten Gillibrand, Assemblyman Jim Tedisco has ended the day with a 17-vot lead over Democrat Scott Murphy, state and county elections officials said

The overall tally is now Tedisco 77,035; Murphy 77,018.

By: Redshift

Redshift — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:03:02 +0000

I wonder how many seconds after the deadline for overseas ballots they’ll wait before trying to get “military” ballots that aren’t postmarked by the deadline counted, just like in Florida… ‘Cause if you don’t let the military voters break the rules, it means you’re anti-military, of course.

By: Teddy Partridge

Teddy Partridge — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:58:40 +0000

Dugg right here — please join me!

Howie Klein has more, too.