Kucinich asks for NH recount, but he'll have to pay for it

[seemslikeadream]

Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich is calling for a recount of the New Hampshire primary, not because he believes it will show him the winner, but for the integrity of the process.

Kucinich received just 1.4 percent of the vote in Tuesday's primary that was won by Hillary Clinton.

The New Hampshire Secretary of State's office said Kucinich can have a recount but he will have to pay for it. Under state law if a candidate loses by less than 3 percent they can pay a flat $2,000 for the recount. If they lose by more than 3 percent they have to pay the entire cost.

Kucinich asked for a recount after hearing about reports that Barack Obama did better in places where votes were hand counted versus larger cities where votes are tabulated electronically. In truth, polling had suggested that Clinton was doing better in the larger cities prior to the vote.



Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/local/politics/primarysource/2008/01/kucinich_asked.html

[bahrbearian]

1. Time to Send DK some recount money. n/t

[99th_Monkey]

3. Does anyone know what kind of money we're talking about here? I haven't seen a number yet...nt

[EFerrari]

5. It's $80K. n/t

[sunonmars]

8. ouch, thought so.

[EFerrari]

14. The money will be there. DK and Ron Paul might split it like

the two parties did for Ohio. That may be a challenge but won't be a problem.

[99th_Monkey]

10. Calling Obama campaign! ring! ring! ring! ring! ring! ring! ring! ring!

That would be a drop in Obama's bucket .. but then I guess he doesn't want to be seen as a "sore loser", like his recent endorsement Kerry
didn't in 04 .. oh well.

[philly_bob]

2. Need donation link. n/t

[K Gardner]

6. Here's the link to his site w/the press release on it..

There has been no request for donations so I don't know how you'd specify. And also, he has requested a recount, but has it been granted and are they actually proceeding? Maybe we need to find out exactly where this stands, if anyone knows.

http://www.dennis4president.com/go/homepage-items/kucinich-asks-for-new-hampshire-recount-in-the-interest-of-election-integrity/

[sunonmars]

4. I'd hazard a guess of upwards of at least 30000 dollars

Those things dont come cheap. I cant see Obama chirping up to ask for a recount, its not in his interests, i think.

However a full recount if it happens would possibly, maybe over a 100 grand. There would be a lot involved.

[Joanne98]

7. 2,000.00 That's all? He needs to write a check!

Let's get this thing moving!!!!!

[K Gardner]

9. No.. he has to be under 3 % pts to another candidate. Its confusing the way its written.

[seemslikeadream]

11. Gardner: Recount to go forward for both parties' primaries

Breaking News: New Hampshire Primary Vote Will Be Recounted-Both Partys
Posted by kpete on Fri Jan-11-08 03:56 PM

Gardner: Recount to go forward for both parties' primaries
January 11, 2008 4:32 PM

CONCORD — State officials say they will conduct a hand recount of Tuesday's Democratic and Republican presidential primaries at the request of two minor candidates.

Ohio Democrat Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who received less than 2 percent of the vote, and Republican Albert Howard of Michigan, who received about 44 votes statewide, are expected to pay a $2,000 fee to start the process, state officials said.

"Mr. Howard has satisfied the requirements for initiating a statewide recount of the Republican Primary," Secretary of State William Gardner said in a statement. Officials said they expected a check from Kucinich to arrive late Friday, satisfying his requirements for the request.

Gardner is preparing an estimate the recount's cost, which the requesting candidates must pay before it will begin. He said he expects to start the recount Jan. 16, and will announce further details once the payments have been received.


http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080111/NEWS/80111030/-1/NEWS19&sfad=1

[K Gardner]

13. YAY !! Thank you for posting this ! Will send some $ ...

[philly_bob]

15. Gardner doesn't seem to be a Blackwellian obstructionist...

Wikipedia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gardner

Apparently, he's a supporter of paper ballots himself.

YAY!

[HughMoran]

17. Alright!

Kucinich is a good guy to have around! Too bad more people don't vote for him. Looking forward to the results - I wonder how long they will take?

[K Gardner]

12. Here's the irony. Republicans are also requesting a recount on behalf of Ron Paul because

they found some irregularities in his numbers evidently. Their request went in first. But with all his money bombs and all his millions raised, Paul isn't even paying for the recount - some independent supporter group is raising money for it. I forget who actually asked for the recount, but it wasn't Paul.. yet it was for Paul, if that makes sense.

[Recursion]

16. Paul had some of the worst alleged irregularities against him

Like, whole counties where dozens of people voted for Paul registering 0 votes for Paul.

Remember the GOP establishment hates Paul even more than we do (electorally, he's a threat to them, not us), and just want to bury his campaign and take his supporters and donors. So no big-name Repug would call for a recount.

Frankly it was the Paul supporters' complaints that gave this story traction, to me. It wasn't just arguments about this percentage in this county and that percentage in that county, but people saying "I know I voted for Paul but my country reported 0 Paul votes". Pretty hard to get around that, whether it means the scanners are not accurate (incompetence is usually the first suspect in a problem) or were tampered with; either way it's a big problem.

[gsplfnk]

18. Kucinich NH recount and the other children

The thing is, it's Obama and Edwards who stand to gain the most from the NH recount pushed through by Kucinich. Specially Obama. One might think Obama or Edwards would channel funds to the Kucinich campaign to support efforts that can't really help Kucinich directly. But no, Obama and Edwards simply see Kucinich's act as an expedient means to help financially starve out a marginal candidate asap.

Their lack of support for Kucinich's act tells me everything I need to hear about the faux black candidate and Mr. Goodhair.

Oh, and did I mention AIPAC?