The GOP can still steal the Dem victory in Kentucky

[Cyrano]

From raw story:

On Election Night 2019, Democrat Andy Beshear pulled off a shocking political upset when he defeated incumbent Republican Gov. Matt Bevin in Kentucky’s gubernatorial race. But it was a very close race. Bevin has yet to concede, and Republican Robert Stivers (president of the Kentucky State Senate) has suggested that Kentucky’s GOP-controlled state legislature could end up choosing Kentucky’s next governor.

Kentucky, unlike Florida, does not have automatic vote recounts in gubernatorial elections. But Bevin has the option of requesting a recount. And under Kentucky state law, a candidate has 30 days to formally contest an election’s results after they have been certified by the Kentucky Board of Elections. As of Wednesday morning, Beshear’s victory has not been certified.

Anyone who believes Republicans would hesitate to steal it back hasn't checked out American elections over the past 50 years.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/11/kentucky-senate-president-thinks-gop-controlled-state-legislature-could-challenge-democrats-gubernatorial-victory/

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. They will do it as soon as they can. GOP hates democracy.

Eventually these filthy traitors, these vile and filthy piles of human shit, will piss everybody else off, not just me, and something will HAPPEN or change.

We are in a civil war, the GOP hates you, they hate me and they will NEVER obey the law.

I hope putin hasnt already fixed the election next year, if he has we will have to do something. Hopefully voting is all we need to do, but to be honest I absolutely dont think that will work in the end.

[Initech]

2. They are on a quest for absolute power. It doesn't matter what we want.

They are drunk with power and they won't give it up easily. And they have the backing of billionaires and now a dangerous cult led by a 24 hour a day news network to back them up. This is going to get ugly.

[evertonfc]

3. highly unlikely

What is happening so catch a stus quo and any candidate would pursue. Similar to Gillum in Florida. 5000 votes won't be overturned

[CurtEastPoint]

4. He has officially asked for recount.

[tavernier]

6. Only to be embarrassed again.

[Roland99]

8. He's asked for a recanvass. Recount would come later

And would have to be approved by a judge based upon evidence of those “irregularities”

[Hoyt]

5. One step at a time. Some were posting yesterday that the company that makes/maintains the voting

machines in Kentucky was owned by a Republican, implying that Bdshear couldn't win.

So far, he's Beshear has the lead and is likely to keep it.

Democrats would have rightly asked for a recount in a similar situation.

[no_hypocrisy]

7. Republicans stole Don Siegelman's re-election in Alabama more than a decade ago.

That was an illicit recount of one county. When Don protested, he was arrested for taking a bribe which was a bogus charge.

[Wellstone ruled]

9. Thanks for the Reminder.

We count the Votes----Karl Criminal Rove.