Possible next steps under Kentucky election law

[struggle4progress]

Joe Sonka, Louisville Courier Journal
Published 12:25 a.m. ET Nov. 6, 2019
Updated 9:16 a.m. ET Nov. 6, 2019

... Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes told CNN her office had called the race for Beshear, as they do not believe the difference in the vote can be made up by Bevin.

... Republican Senate President Robert Stivers then told reporters that a joint session of the Kentucky General Assembly may eventually decide the winner, citing a provision in the state constitution that hasn't been used in 120 years ...

The first step under Kentucky law is a recanvass of the vote, which is a review of the vote totals by each county clerk — counting absentee votes and checking printouts to make sure the numbers they transmitted to the State Board of Elections were correct ...

If petitioned, the judge would take possession of the paper ballots and voting machines and conduct their own recount. After doing so, the judge would make the final decision on who won the race, but that would be subject to appeal to the Kentucky Court of Appeals or the Kentucky Supreme Court ...

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2019/11/06/kentucky-governors-election-race-recount-look-what-happens-now/4172935002/

[onecaliberal]

1. It wasn't close enough for recount. The only reason it's not over is because the repuke lost.

[AJT]

3. What a great use of taxpayer money.

[struggle4progress]

4. Bevin called impeachment 'sham,' said voters agree

BY JAMES CROWLEY ON 11/6/19 AT 9:44 AM EST

... n the clip, Bevin tells NBC reporter Vaughn Hillyard, "The fact that you ask why this is being nationalized and why people are talking about President Trump would indicate to me that you really have sort of maybe come out from under a rock, because here in America, that's pretty topical every night."

The reporter was quick to point out that as the governor of Kentucky, Bevin doesn't have a vote in the impeachment inquiry currently underway in Washington. Bevin bristled at the statement proceeded to lecture, "Is this a civics lesson now? You think I don't understand what the role is?" He also told the reporter, "Ask the next 100 people who come in here if they care about this impeachment process, and they will tell you, almost to a person, that they do. They find it to be a charade. It's an absolute sham."

Bevin went on, adding that, "We don't appreciate when a handful of knuckleheads in Washington abdicate their responsibility as elected officials, and try to gin up things that are not true." The governor closed with his prediction for the 2020 presidential election: "Donald Trump got elected once, and he's pretty certainly going to get re-elected, based on the cast of characters running against him" ...

Later in the day, Hillyard shared another clip from the press conference, this time showing Bevin predicting a victory for himself. Bevin told reporters, "I've said for a long time, I thought we'd win by six to ten. I'd like it to be more like 10 to 12" ...

https://www.newsweek.com/matt-bevin-calls-impeachment-sham-before-election-viral-clip-1470122

[bluestarone]

5. No end to these EVIL FUCKERS!

[Initech]

6. What a bunch of sore fucking losers.

[Bayard]

7. He's describing rethuglicans

"Bevin went on, adding that, "We don't appreciate when a handful of knuckleheads in Washington abdicate their responsibility as elected officials, and try to gin up things that are not true." The governor closed with his prediction for the 2020 presidential election: "Donald Trump got elected once, and he's pretty certainly going to get re-elected, based on the cast of characters running against him" ...

Bevin is an asshole. Just like his idol, tRump. Healthcare/Medicaid and Education/Teachers were the issues that won last night with Beshear.