11/03/2009 NJ/NY/VA - Vote!

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Originally Posted by Lacey

Change..........it's really happenin now!!

I hear that some think Christie will not make a good Governor, but that he helped stop the passing of Pelosi's healthcare bill. I hope that is NOT true. It can only hurt us further in 2010.

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Did anyone notice that Hoffman looks like the cowboy (Woody) on Toy Story? I'm serious!!

[n david]

Ya'll been reading/listening/watching the news?

From NY's 23rd .... HUGE news!

Conservative Doug Hoffman conceded the race in the 23rd Congressional District last week after receiving two pieces of grim news for his campaign: He was down 5,335 votes with 93 percent of the vote counted on election night, and he had barely won his stronghold in Oswego County.

As it turns out, neither was true.

Now a recanvassing in the 11-county district shows that Owens’ lead has narrowed to 3,026 votes over Hoffman, 66,698 to 63,672, according to the latest unofficial results from the state Board of Elections.

In Oswego County, where Hoffman was reported to lead by only 500 votes with 93 percent of the vote counted election night, inspectors found Hoffman actually won by 1,748 votes -- 12,748 to 11,000.

The new vote totals mean the race will be decided by absentee ballots, of which about 10,200 were distributed, said John Conklin, communications director for the state Board of Elections.

Under a new law in New York that extended deadlines, military and overseas ballots received by this coming Monday (and postmarked by Nov. 2) will be counted. Standard absentee ballots had to be returned this past Monday.

Conklin said the state sent a letter to the House Clerk last week explaining that no winner had been determined in the 23rd District, and therefore the state had not certified the election. But the letter noted that Owens still led by about 3,000 votes, and that the special election was not contested -- two factors that legally allowed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to swear in Owens on Friday.

"We sent a letter to the clerk laying out the totals," Conklin said. "The key is that Hoffman conceded, which means the race is not contested. However, all ballots will be counted, and if the result changes, Owens will have to be removed."

So Owens currently won by a mere 3,000+ votes ... and there are currently over 10,000+ absentee ballots to be counted.

I think Hoffman made an unfortunate rookie mistake by conceding too soon, however, he did so because of bad information he got.

Question is ... who gave him this information - and was it intentionally bad or just an honest mistake?

Interesting turn of events in the 23rd....

Source

[ChTatum]

Go Hoffman!

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Originally Posted by n david

Ya'll been reading/listening/watching the news?

From NY's 23rd .... HUGE news!


So Owens currently won by a mere 3,000+ votes ... and there are currently over 10,000+ absentee ballots to be counted.

I think Hoffman made an unfortunate rookie mistake by conceding too soon, however, he did so because of bad information he got.

Question is ... who gave him this information - and was it intentionally bad or just an honest mistake?

Interesting turn of events in the 23rd....

Source

That would be great and a miracle if Hoffman pulled that off, but he would need to get 65% of those absentee ballots and that being IF they were all turned in.