only thing I know for sure is that she did voter suppression stuff prior to Election Day, all perfectly legal; or mostly legal (some things she was overruled on).
I am unfamiliar with any activity to watch the vote. I have heard nothing on that.
A recount is probably not necessary, as long as Chambliss stays under 50%. We'll be having another election on Dec. 2nd -- a runoff.
Again, I would like to see something concrete, instead of people knee jerk say "it was stolen" or some crap. I think McCain won Georgia; I just think they did not handle the election very well here. And if only Greg Palast is a source, I guess I am skeptical of 2002 being stolen unless I can see definitive proof.
Incidentally, look what I just found:
http://www.mlive.com/us-politics/index.ssf/2008/11/dems_firewall_secretary_of_sta.htmlIn anticipation of a photo-finish presidential election, Democrats have built an administrative firewall designed to protect their electoral interests in five of the most important battleground states.
The bulwark consists of control of secretary of state offices in five key states — Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico and Ohio — where the difference between victory and defeat in the 2004 presidential election was no more than 120,000 votes in any one of them.
With a Democrat now in charge of the offices, which oversee and administer their state’s elections, the party is better positioned than in the previous elections to advance traditional Democratic interests —such as increasing voter registration and boosting turnout — rather than Republican priorities such as stamping out voter fraud.
Perhaps more important, in those five states Democrats are now in a more advantageous position when it comes to the interpretation and administration of election law — a development that could benefit Barack Obama if any of those states are closely contested on Election Day.
The effort began in 2006 when a group of liberal California activists created an independent 527 group designed to elect secretaries of state.
The Secretary of State Project ran independent ads of its own and ensured that donors — many of whom were affiliated with Democracy Alliance, a network of wealthy fundraisers that channels money to liberal causes across the country — knew which candidates deserved donations.
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In 2002, Kenneth Blackwell raised almost $1.6 million for his race while his Democratic challenger raised about $400,000. Four years later, Democrat Jennifer Brunner — who won the race — and her opponent each raised more than $2 million.
The Brunner candidacy emerged as a small cause célèbre on the left: While only 20 percent of her funding came from out of state, 12 out of the 18 individuals who gave the maximum $10,000 — a list that included Teresa Heinz Kerry — hailed from outside Ohio.
“It was extremely helpful in raising people’s awareness on the importance of having good people occupy the office of secretary of state,” Brunner said. “I received significant support from the SOS Project, which helped me toward the election.”
That is really heartening to read. Especially since it was when the nets called Ohio that we knew Obama was going to be POTUS.
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