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
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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
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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
The Miami Herald reports. … Continue reading
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
Ayotte-Hassan in NHSEN. Cooper-McCrory in NCGOV. What else am I missing? … Continue reading
Jay Willis for GQ. … Continue reading
Ned Foley in Politico: The trouble would come if Trump really digs in. If he alone claims fraud while everyone else disagrees, then his solitary rants are more pathetic than dangerous. But if the Republican Party as a whole joins … Continue reading
A follow up from earlier coverage on the blog: Former Tuscaloosa City Board of Education member Kelly Horwitz has lost her court battle contesting the 2013 election results. Horwitz claimed that opponent Cason Kirby was unfairly elected by members of … Continue reading
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Ned Foley leads off this week’s Electionline Weekly. … Continue reading
What do you give the election law nerd who has everything? I’d suggest Ned Foley’s new book, Ballot Battles. I’ve read this in draft and I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to know how we’ve handled close and … Continue reading
With only an 83-vote margin. Interesting developments in KY. … Continue reading
Josh Douglas and Thomas Travis write. … Continue reading
Sam Youngman on #KYGOV. … Continue reading
OC Register: During the observation of provisional ballots last week, Correa said that his lawyers found several questionable occurrences, including “provisional ballots being counted even though they were not signed by the voter; ballots cast by voters who appeared to … Continue reading
Dissected by BradBlog. … Continue reading
AZ recount over. … Continue reading
AP reports that the court “lifted the stay it had imposed after reviewing a petition filed by incumbent Democrat Ray Powell over concerns his campaign had with the procedures for the recount” and that the recount will start Thursday. … Continue reading
A state court judge has reportedly denied plaintiffs’ request to stop certification of results in the case, which seeks the counting of 4600 ballots rejected on the ground that the voters’ signatures didn’t match their registrations. … Continue reading
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Approximately 187,000 ballots are being recounted, according to this report, in a race where Democratic incumbent Ron Barber trailed Republican Martha McSally by 161 votes before the recount. The Arizona Republic provides some historical perspective here, comparing it to other … Continue reading
San Diego U-T reports on the contest, in which two votes separate the candidates. … Continue reading
From Oregon comes news of a state lawsuit alleging that more than 4600 ballots have been wrongly rejected on the ground that voters’ signatures on ballot envelopes don’t match those on file. These votes could conceivably be enough to swing the result … Continue reading
538 reports on elections resolved by coin flips, lot-drawing, and other games of chance. See Mike Pitts. … Continue reading
KJZZ on Barber-McSally recount. … Continue reading
The Arizona Republic reports. … Continue reading
AP: The 133 ballots at the heart of a federal lawsuit in southern Arizona over election results in the hotly contested 2nd Congressional District will not be counted after all. U.S. District Judge Cindy Jorgenson denied a request Thursday by … Continue reading
Fascinating story at the Brad Blog. … Continue reading
The News and Observer reports. … Continue reading
Arizona Daily Star. And see this complaint filed by the Barber campaign. … Continue reading
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The Arizona Republic reports. … Continue reading
A snapshot in time. … Continue reading
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WaPo: “U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner declared victory late Tuesday over Republican challenger Ed Gillespie in race that dented the former Democratic governor’s indomitable image…Gillespie declined to concede. ‘Let’s just stay together for a few more days, maybe longer,’ he … Continue reading
If these numbers hold up in the morning, I expect we will see a concession rather than a recount. … Continue reading
With the huge Republican wins tonight, the races that could go to recount/overtime (aside from La. runoff) are the Virginia Senate race and (less likely) the New Hampshire Senate race. The North Carolina race could still get there too. Stay … Continue reading
Here’s a scary thought: a recount in the Orman-Roberts #KSSEN race with Kris Kobach (perhaps a lame duck) in charge. … Continue reading
Nice Roll Call Marc Elias profile. … Continue reading
Words that make an election law professor (at least one as old as I am) shudder. [corrected link] Related: Rick Scott, Charlie Crist ready to lawyer up if Florida recount needed (w/video) … Continue reading
Roll Call: The competitive North Carolina Senate race will cost more than $100 million by Election Day, and that price tag could climb further as both parties prepare to spend even more if the race becomes too close to call. … Continue reading
Clarion-Ledger: McDaniel in statement said, “Republicans are still left wanting justice” by the decision and said he hopes “conservatives in Mississippi will view this decision as a driving factor to get involved in Republican politics.” Neither McDaniel nor his lead … Continue reading
You can read the opinion at this link. Here are some thoughts. 1. The plurality, concurrence and dissent. The Court’s opinion broke down 3-1-2, with 3 Justices not participating. The plurality opinion held that it was bound by a 1959 case establishing … Continue reading
Iowa Senate race could see overtime. … Continue reading
It’s apparently never too early to talk about overtime. … Continue reading
No, really. This is not fully resolved yet. … Continue reading