Maine caucus a WEEK ago - we STILL only have a partial vote count (80%)

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And its been 80% since Feb.9 - the numbers have not been updated for SIX days. From what I understand, Portland's numbers are not included.

:wtf:

(there is still the official results thread that gets kicked every day or so, but I thought that the first-week anniversary warranted a fresh thread on the matter)

[Padraig18]

1. Something absolutely REEKS about this.

I could have counted the damned votes by myself using a calculator, paper and pencils in a damned WEEK!

:wtf:

[Freddie Stubbs]

2. You can't count what you don't have

Local Democrats had until February 15 (today) to get their results to the state party.

[Padraig18]

4. That's pretty messed up, too.

This isn't a grade-school carnival where we're counting how many cakes Mary Jane sold, this is a caucus to determine delegates, ffs!

:wtf:

[Dookus]

6. well if those are the rules

those are the rules. Why assume something is "messed up" about it?

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7. This defies logic

C'mon -

I'm sure DC and NV both have absolute final "deadlines" as well, but we knew the day of the vote the final tally in those contests.

And hasn't something been counted in the last six days? Either numbers have come in over the last six days and haven't been reported, or the remaining 20% are purposely waiting to the last possible minute to relay numbers.

Or the most unbelievable coincidence has occurred, and every outstanding precinct will only finish counting votes at the same time, at the last minute - today.

None of this is logical.

Whatever the explanation, something is most definitely messed up.

[mopinko]

8. hello, this is today.

[arewethereyet]

3. I think they called it a "gimme" and left it at that.

[NashVegas]

5. Today is the Deadline

Numbers should be viewable tomorrrow.

If not, something is rotten in Portland.

[youngred]

9. This is ridiculous

WTF is going on in Maine? Dennis gets some delegats again and they deny him (though all the newspapers said he didn't he passed the threshold)

[mopinko]

10. reeks so bad i can smell it from here

and believe me, here in chciago, we know what a rigged election smells like. can't have word leaking out that dean did better than expected.

[theoceansnerves]

11. late night kick

anyone have any info on this? the count was supposed to be certified yesterday (it is now the 16th.)

[rhite5]

12. 87% of Pcts Reporting (as of 2/10/04)

These are numbers I got on the 10th. They have not changed since then. It is the Washington Post report.

Maine Democratic Caucuses
Updated 2/10/04 5:09 PM ET
87% Precincts Reporting

 ---------Candidates ----------- Votes ------- % 
  Sen. John F. Kerry ---------- 7,189 ---- 45% 
  Howard Dean ----------------- 4,241 ---- 27% 
  Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich ---- 2,476 ---- 16% 
  Sen. John Edwards ---------- 1,223 ---- 8% 
  Gen. Wesley K. Clark ----------- 602 ---- 4% 
  Uncommitted -------------------- 195 ---- 1% 
  Al Sharpton ------------------------- 27 ---- 0% 
  Other (write-ins) -------------------- 7 ---- 0% 
  Rep. Richard A. Gephardt ------- 0 ---- 0% 
  Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman ------- 0 ---- 0% 
  Other ---- ------------------------------ 0 ---- 0%