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2016 Postmortem

lowkell

(671 posts) Tue Nov 12, 2013, 08:14 PM Nov 2013

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Fairfax Provisionals Counted as Midnight Deadline Approaches in Virginia AG Race

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Fairfax Provisionals Counted as Midnight Deadline Approaches in Virginia AG Race (Original Post) lowkell Nov 2013 OP

With just a handful of votes left to sort out oswaldactedalone Nov 2013 #1

I wonder how many provisionals were not counted Samantha Nov 2013 #2

My understanding is that lowkell Nov 2013 #4

Why so many rejected? Others were rejected too. Mostly blue votes, no doubt. RBInMaine Nov 2013 #7

There were only 7 left to count it turned out and... oswaldactedalone Nov 2013 #3

Dems need to VOTE DOWN-BALLOT TOO for Christ's sake ! Should not have been so close. RBInMaine Nov 2013 #5

Too many undervoted oswaldactedalone Nov 2013 #8

to be fair renegade000 Nov 2013 #9

Interestingly though oswaldactedalone Nov 2013 #10

yeah renegade000 Nov 2013 #11

The weird thing is all the ballots fit on one screen Heather MC Nov 2013 #12

I can hear the Freepers' heads exploding all over the place. Bwahahahaha... RBInMaine Nov 2013 #6

SWEEEEEEPPPPP! FSogol Nov 2013 #13

oswaldactedalone

(3,491 posts)

1. With just a handful of votes left to sort out

Reply to lowkell (Original post)

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 10:39 PM

Nov 2013

Herring is up 162 votes. The Virginia Trifecta!!

Samantha

(9,314 posts)

2. I wonder how many provisionals were not counted

Reply to lowkell (Original post)

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 10:41 PM

Nov 2013

just curious.

Sam

lowkell

(671 posts)

4. My understanding is that

Reply to Samantha (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 10:55 PM

Nov 2013

275 provisional ballots were accepted by the Fairfax County electoral board; 218 rejected.

RBInMaine

(13,570 posts)

7. Why so many rejected? Others were rejected too. Mostly blue votes, no doubt.

Reply to lowkell (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 11:04 PM

Nov 2013

oswaldactedalone

(3,491 posts)

3. There were only 7 left to count it turned out and...

Reply to lowkell (Original post)

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 10:52 PM

Nov 2013

Herring will be declared the winner by 163 votes. As I understand it, a recount in Virginia shouldn't change this by very much, possibly up to 50 votes either way.

RBInMaine

(13,570 posts)

5. Dems need to VOTE DOWN-BALLOT TOO for Christ's sake ! Should not have been so close.

Reply to oswaldactedalone (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 11:03 PM

Nov 2013

Plus, I can't believe people would vote for Terry then vote for the TeaPuke for AG. WTF??

oswaldactedalone

(3,491 posts)

8. Too many undervoted

Reply to RBInMaine (Reply #5)

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 11:09 PM

Nov 2013

just voting for governor, or gov/lt. governor and either forgetting about the rest of the ballot or not wanting to vote for either.

renegade000

(2,301 posts)

9. to be fair

Reply to RBInMaine (Reply #5)

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 11:29 PM

Nov 2013

Mark Herring actually got more votes than Terry McAulliffe. The down-ballot issue has been a problem in previous years though... we probably wouldn't have had Bob McDonnell as governor if Creigh Deeds won the AG race back in 2005. Another ridiculously close race: http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/ElectionResults/2005/nov2005/html/

oswaldactedalone

(3,491 posts)

10. Interestingly though

Reply to renegade000 (Reply #9)

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 11:34 PM

Nov 2013

over 28,000 more votes were cast for Governor than for AG.

renegade000

(2,301 posts)

11. yeah

Reply to oswaldactedalone (Reply #10)

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 11:40 PM

Nov 2013

I'll never understand bothering to show up to the polls, and then not voting in some of the races. I mean, if I really hated all the candidates, I'd at least write someone in at that point...

Heather MC

(8,084 posts)

12. The weird thing is all the ballots fit on one screen

Reply to renegade000 (Reply #11)

Wed Nov 13, 2013, 08:18 AM

Nov 2013

All they had to do was touch about 6 boxes

However, the polls before the election always indicated the AG race was very close.

RBInMaine

(13,570 posts)

6. I can hear the Freepers' heads exploding all over the place. Bwahahahaha...

Reply to oswaldactedalone (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 11:03 PM

Nov 2013

FSogol

(45,488 posts)

13. SWEEEEEEPPPPP!

Reply to lowkell (Original post)

Wed Nov 13, 2013, 09:02 AM

Nov 2013

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