MSNBC: The victor in Virginia’s attorney general race stands a chance of losing Washington Times: Virginia’s Attorney General Race Could End Up in General Assembly … Continue reading
Category Archives: recounts
Chuck Todd talks to Dave Wasserman. … Continue reading
WaPo reports. … Continue reading
The latest from Seattle. … Continue reading
Looks like Mark Herring, the Democrat will be declared the winner by 163 votes, and Mark Obenshain, the Republican will seek a recount (he’d be crazy not too, given the extremely close margin and questions about the process). Obenshain’s statement … Continue reading
Brian Naylor reports for NPR, with a focus on the role of social media crowd sourcing the vote count. (I am quoted in this piece on “the drama and the data” as making this race special.) Michael McDonald: “Calling Herring … Continue reading
Michael Tomasky writes on #VAAG for The Daily Beast. … Continue reading
The race for Virginia attorney general between Democrat Mark Herring and Republican Mark Obenshain is razor thin—at the moment Obenshain appears to have a 55-vote lead, but the number is changing as various counties correct mathematical errors and count provisional … Continue reading
WaPo: “The Fairfax County Electoral Board is investigating a possible irregularity in the number of absentee ballots cast in Virginia’s largest jurisdiction that Democrats say could shift votes in the still-unresolved race for Virginia attorney general…. According to state numbers, … Continue reading
Anyone who wants to be disabused of the notion that election returns are neat and tidy should follow the Twitter account of Dave Wasserman of the Cook Political Report, who in real time is updating a spreadsheet of numerous errors … Continue reading
The Modesto Bee reports. … Continue reading
CBS NY reports. … Continue reading
News from Buffalo and claims of illegal coordination. … Continue reading
NYT: “With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Mr. de Blasio had won 40.3 percent of the vote, just over the 40 percent required by law to avoid a runoff, but there were more than 16,000 paper ballots, some still arriving … Continue reading
Michigan Radio has this essay from Jack Lessenberry, on the controversy surrounding Detroit’s mayoral primary. … Continue reading
The Modesto Bee: Former Mayor Virginia Madueño’s supporters said the Stanislaus County election office shouldn’t charge them for staff salaries for the week before ballots were recounted in the November mayoral race. Madueño is contesting an itemized bill showing that … Continue reading
The Modesto Bee reports. … Continue reading
See here, here, and here. … Continue reading
Josh Douglas has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming George Washington Law Review). Here is the abstract: The Article provides the first comprehensive look at election law cases after the Supreme Court’s jurisprudential shift for pleading in Twombly and Iqbal. … Continue reading
News from Ohio: “Josh O’Farrell, the Democratic challenger for the Ohio House of Representatives 98th District, filed a lawsuit to contest the election with the state Supreme Court on Monday. The complaint involves several provisional and absentee ballots that were … Continue reading
FairVote: “There were no statewide election recounts in 2012. This is particularly noteworthy, considering the fact 419 statewide elections took place this year. In this post-Florida 2000 political landscape, the specter of recounts continues to loom large and you will … Continue reading
The latest from Montana. … Continue reading
The Missoulian reports. … Continue reading
AP: ‘Alleging widespread voting machine errors and other Election Day problems, Republican Sandy Welch requested a manual vote recount Monday in the race she narrowly lost for Montana schools superintendent.” Jim Bopp is leading the recount effort. More: Elections expert … Continue reading
CNN: “– In the final race deemed too close to call, Republican David Rouzer conceded Wednesday after a recount in the race for North Carolina’s 7th Congressional District showed incumbent Rep. Mike McIntyre won by a razor-thin margin.: … Continue reading
NPR reports. … Continue reading
Roll Call reports. … Continue reading
The last unresolved House race may soon be resolved. … Continue reading
Roll Call reports. This was not a Romney-like gracious concession speech: “I want to congratulate my opponent, Patrick Murphy, as the new Congressman from the 18th Congressional District. I pray he will serve his constituents with honor and integrity, and … Continue reading
AP: “The trailing Democratic Party candidate for lieutenant governor said Monday she won’t seek a statewide recount, admitting that a new tally was unlikely to make up the nearly 6,900 votes she needs. And it would cost North Carolina’s 100 … Continue reading
The latest from FLA. … Continue reading
News from Minnesota: “The closest election in Minnesota this year was the House District 8B contest between incumbent Rep. Mary Franson, R-Alexandria, and Democratic challenger Bob Cunniff. Franson won by a single vote. But election officials in Douglas County discovered … Continue reading
WaPo reports. … Continue reading
Palm Beach Post report. I was thinking the same thing. … Continue reading
Palm Beach Post: “The St. Lucie County canvassing board has missed a noon deadline to file election results to the Division of Elections, prompting campaign officials for Patrick Murphy to declare the political newcomer the winner in the race for … Continue reading
The latest in the Allen West dispute. … Continue reading
The Hill: “The legal battle surrounding the results of Rep. Allen West’s (R-Fla.) reelection bid is likely not over yet, as both he and Democrat Patrick Murphy have indicated a willingness to move forward with litigation, regardless of the official … Continue reading
The latest from Florida. … Continue reading
Provisional ballots greatly exceed margin between candidates. … Continue reading
Fascinating tidbit from the NYT inside report of the campaigns: Even as the networks declared Mr. Obama the winner, Mr. Romney, who had earlier told reporters he had written only a victory speech, paused before the walk downstairs from his … Continue reading
Politico reports. … Continue reading
Could be, though it is too early to tell. What else may go into overtime? … Continue reading
Jeff Toobin blogs. … Continue reading
The National Law Journal reports. … Continue reading
The Daily Beast reports. … Continue reading
NYT reports. … Continue reading
Barbara Simons and Mark Halverson blog. … Continue reading
Brennan Center: PUBLICATIONS By Lawrence Norden – 11/02/12 With the polls deadlocked just a few days before Election Day, state recount laws once again take on national significance. It is no exaggeration to say that these laws could determine who … Continue reading
Pam Fessler reports for NPR. … Continue reading
Mother Jones reports. … Continue reading