I fully support Stacey Abrams' insistence on counting all the votes.

[Honeycombe8]

There is less than 100,000 votes difference. All the absentee and provisional votes aren't counted. And there was fraud going on...I think there's a lawsuit still on file about it. She's hoping for a runoff, which I fully support at this time.

I'm sure she's discouraged and dirt tired. I commend her for her grit and energy in going the distance. She's amazing.

Sad that Gillum conceded, since there is also less than 100,000 votes difference, and that's a huge state. Maybe that will change...do they still count all the votes, even though one has conceded?

[samnsara]

1. me too!

..we had a HORRIBLE person win the Wash state Governorship over our female incumbent. She insisted on a recount....actually TWO recounts.... and she WON!

[Hoyt]

2. Don't think conceding means anything. That can be withdrawn.

[samnsara]

3. hope so cuz Andrews closing in!

[montanacowboy]

4. Absolutely

why should some votes count more than others?

Good for her, hold your ground girl

[librechik]

5. Catch 22 for democracy--SOS is also candidate. Why?

did we tolerate this? Same sort of thing happened in 2000 in Florida, when SOS was Bush campaign chairman. There should be lawsuits! Oh, yeah, SCOTUS. We are so fucked.

[Honeycombe8]

8. I know. You'd think there'd be a state law requiring the SOS to recuse his SOS duties...

for his own election. It's a huge conflict of interest.

[NewJeffCT]

6. What is the threshold for a runoff?

I had heard that the Abrams team thought they were past that threshold, but I have not seen confirmation

[Honeycombe8]

9. I don't know. I read that Nelson is expecting a runoff...

but I don't know if that has changed.

Heard pundit on tv say that recounts almost never change the initial result. Still, so much is at stake, and FL is so important, that I think the Democratic Party should support a full-out effort to turn over every rock to make sure that Abrams and Nelson weren't elected, even by a few votes.

[NewJeffCT]

12. I don't think Florida has a runoff

correct me if I'm wrong.

The runoff in GA would be another full election on December 4th between just Abrams and Kemp, and no 3rd party candidates. That will be all about turnout.

[Honeycombe8]

15. Pardon me...recount. Wash Post is reporting ...

Wash Post is reporting that Nelson has stated "We are proceeding to a recount..."

Yay! Don't give up the ship, if there's a glimmer of a chance.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

13. The winner has to top 50% or a runoff takes place.

[smirkymonkey]

7. So do I.

I think there is a very good chance that more than 100,000 voters have been purged from the rolls in that state (probably mostly minorities) if not more. You will never convince me that they didn't cheat.

[Achilleaze]

10. russians colluded with republicans AGAIN this year to screw over US democracy

See article on russian electoral meddling in today's New York Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/opinion/midterm-elections-russia.html?emc=edit_th_181107&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=479430271107

"...a senior analyst for our cybersecurity company, suggests that while these measures may have rendered some of the Russian tactics of 2016 less effective, they haven’t fully stopped Russian influence operations. In many instances, they seem to have merely caused Russia to shift or develop new tactics..."

[Hermit-The-Prog]

11. recount, re-recount, re-re-recount

Kemp screwed with voters and votes. Keep recounting until a (non-partisan) judge weighs in.

[Baconator]

14. There was a lawsuit...

Filed yesterday requesting that Kemp be barred from oversight of any follow counts etc..