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| Rep. Allen West Demands Recount |
| 2012-11-08 |
| Florida Rep. Allen West on Wednesday demanded a recount as his bid for reelection remained too close to call, with the tea party Republican trailing his Democratic opponent by fewer than 3,000 votes. West, who warned before the election of "nefarious actions" by Democrats, suggested a county election supervisor was trying to rig the election. "Late last night Congressman West maintained a districtwide lead of nearly 2,000 votes until the St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections 'recounted' thousands of early ballots," West's campaign said in a statement. "Following that 'recount' Congressman West trailed by 2,400 votes." West also said there were "numerous other disturbing irregularities" in St. Lucie County. "The St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections office clearly ignored proper rules and procedures, and the scene at the Supervisor's office last night could only be described as complete chaos," the campaign said. "Given the hostility and demonstrated incompetence of the St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections, we believe it is critical that a full hand recount of the ballots take place in St. Lucie County. We will continue to fight to ensure every vote is counted properly and fairly, and accordingly we will pursue all legal means necessary." Murphy declared victory shortly after 1 a.m., according to TCPalm.com. West had yet to concede. Murphy's 0.8 point lead is outside the 0.5 margin that would require a recount in the Sunshine State. If Murphy's lead remains bigger than 0.5 percentage points, a state elections front man told the Miami Herald that there is "no statutory mechanism for a candidate, group or anyone else to have a recount done." The Palm Beach Post reports provisional and absentee ballots in Democratic-leaning Palm Beach County still need to be counted. Murphy's campaign manager told the newspaper the outstanding ballots weren't enough to overturn the results. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 "Good On'Ya", for jumpin' all over it, LTC West. You will prevail. |
| Posted by: canalzone 2012-11-08 21:54 |
| #4 Probably too late - the recounter likely added 'real but fake' ballots for Murphy or removed and destroyed actual ballots for West. And of course military absentee ballots don't get to count at all. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2012-11-08 13:36 |
| #3 We had a guy who kept getting re-elected to office. Mysteriously, boxes of uncounted votes (always in his favor) always appeared at the last minute from out in the county. Finally, the voters realized the guy was corrupt and got rid of him. Rep. West, it would be wise to recount and check very carefully these votes--you may find that you actually won. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-11-08 07:25 |
| #2 Whatcha 'fraid of, Murph? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2012-11-08 06:08 |
| #1 ION CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > DONALD TRUMP CALLS OBAMA WIN "DISGUSTING" AND CALLS FOR REVOLUTION | [Guardian.UK] DONALD TRUMP AND KARL ROVE LEAD CALLS FOR REVOLUTION. REPUBLICAN HAWKS PROVE LESS GRACIOUS THAN ROMNEY. TRUMP = Obama won the election but NOt the popular vote. ROVE = refuses to admit that Obama won Ohio, criticizes Fox News for premature? calling of Ohio for the Bammer. BILL O'REILLY = Obama won because contemporary America is not traditional America anymore, WHITE ESTABLISHMENT IS NOW THE MINORITY. * RELATED TELEGRAPH.CO.UK > [US]REPUBLICAN PARTY DESCENDS INTO CIVIL WAR AS TEA PARTY MOVEMENT VOWS TO DRIVE PARTY FURTHER TO THE RIGHT. * CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > TELEGRAPH.CO.UK > [Alt-Market.com = Brandon Smith] HOW THE WINNER WILL DESTROY AMERICA. Six Methods or Policies, be the POTUS winner in 2012 be a Democrat Obama or Republican Romney. * RENSE > LATINO VOTE - THERE MAY NEVER AGAIN BE ANOTHER REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT | [Fox News] GERALDO: PRSIDENT OBAMA EARNS RE-ELECTION APPROVAL FROM LATINO VOTERS. * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > BARACK OBAMA RE-ELECTION SIGNALS RISE OF [irreversible] NEW AMERICA. A "New America" whose mainstream is ... > Multi-Racial. > Multi-Ethnic. > "Global" in outlook. > Looks beyond historical Racial, Sexual, Political, + Religious traditions. GOP reduced to a "rump" parliament [IIUC - Old Gassy Whiney Fat Rich White Guys] of ARCHAIC CAUCASIAN TRADITIONALISM - I.E. WHITE, MARRIED, + RELIGIOUS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-11-08 01:49 |