Category Archives: recounts
“Hillary Clinton Supporters Call for Vote Recount in Battleground States”
NYT:
Hillary Clinton’s lead in the popular vote is growing. She is roughly 30,000 votes behind Donald J. Trump in the key swing states of Michigan and Wisconsin — a combined gap that is narrowing. Her impassioned supporters are… Continue reading
GOP-Led FL Legislature Unanimously Rejects Republican David Rivera’s Election Contest
Miami Herald:
Former Congressman David Rivera lost his battle to return to the Florida House of Representatives Tuesday after state elections officials certified that he had lost to Democrat Robert Asencio by 53 votes and Asencio was sworn in to… Continue reading
McCrory Calls for Recount in NCGov Race, NC Board of Elections Meeting Allows Counties to Continue Counting, But More Protests Coming
Press release from McCrory team, which is behind Cooper right now by about 6,000 votes. (A candidate can request a recount if the number < 10,000. It will be very hard to make up a 6,000 vote deficit, and… Continue reading
926-Page Record in Tomorrow’s NC Gov McCrory Challenge Hearing
“McCrory campaign request on election complaint review rejected – for now”
News and Observer:
The State Board of Elections on Sunday rejected a request from Gov. Pat McCrory’s campaign to take over election protest reviews, instead setting a 10 a.m. Tuesday meeting to set guidelines for counties to address the complaints.… Continue reading
“Cooper’s team claims insurmountable lead”
News and Observer:
Roy Cooper’s election law specialist told reporters on Friday that internal calculations tell the campaign that the attorney general has an insurmountable lead over Gov. Pat McCrory.
Cooper, the Democrat, has held a lead of about 5,000… Continue reading
“What’s next in sorting out close NC elections?”
Rep. Issa, Clinging to Narrow Lead as Ballots are Counted, Says Democrats Will Force Counting of Ballots from “Illegal, Unregistered Voters”
At the time of this writing, Rep. Darrell Issa leads challenger Doug Applegate for California’s 49th congressional district by about 3,700 votes. But there are still an unknown number of provisional and other ballots left to be counted. On Friday… Continue reading
“Durham defends handling of 90K ballots in NC governor’s race”
NC: “McCrory calls for recount of Durham votes, cites other “irregularities””
News and Observer:
Gov. Pat McCrory, trailing in a close race for re-election behind Attorney General Roy Cooper, claims there was “malfeasance” in tabulating votes in Durham County and “irregularities” reported around the state.
Cooper’s campaign said nothing improper happened… Continue reading
“Florida orders recount in Miami-Dade House race where margin is just 68 votes”
“In Close Race for North Carolina Governor, Democrat Claims Victory Though GOP Incumbent Hasn’t Conceded”
WSJ:
Next, county canvassers likely will sort through roughly 10,000 absentee vote, as well as about 30,000 provisional votes from people who recently moved or who registered too recently to be reflected in the voting rolls, said Gerry Cohen, former… Continue reading