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In reply to the discussion: Looks like we lost the VA AG race. [View all]StrayKat
(570 posts)20. It can be contested if the margin is within 1% of all votes.
Last edited Wed Nov 6, 2013, 12:47 AM - Edit history (1)
Edited to add quotation from State Board of Elections :
In Virginia, there are no automatic recounts. Only an apparent losing candidate can ask for a recount, and only if the difference between the apparent winning candidate and that apparent losing candidates is not more than one percent (1%) of the total votes cast for those two candidates. (A law change effective 7/1/2009 allows a recount to be requested if the difference is not more than five percent (5%) of the total votes cast for those two candidates if one of those candidates was a write-in candidate for that office). (§ 24.2-800, Code of Virginia)
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Remind me to never listen to longship when it comes to predicting election results.
StrictlyRockers
Nov 2013
#119
Back off. It's tightened up. And there's an anomaly in one of the counties that favors Herring.
longship
Nov 2013
#126
TOTALLY SUCKS ! Due to lower than expected Dem turnout. Simple as that. CHRIST !!
RBInMaine
Nov 2013
#33
OMG...it looks like it is down to 1,337 votes!! We'll have to wait for the MSNBC ticker to come up
StevieM
Nov 2013
#43
If the GOP wins, then it is because of their chicanery with disqualifying legitimate voters.
StevieM
Nov 2013
#55
If you're reading the Virginia Board of Elections website, it is further behind than the networks..
StevieM
Nov 2013
#51
It's down to 1,1191 votes. At this point, the GOP voter suppression may decide the race (eom)
StevieM
Nov 2013
#59
The MSNBC ticker is further ahead than the VA Board of Election. I am doing the quick math
StevieM
Nov 2013
#78
I don't get it. The VA site says R ahead by 7,459 votes with 7 pcts not reported.
longship
Nov 2013
#93
I think some of Roanoke is still out. The oustanding vote definitely favors Herring.
StevieM
Nov 2013
#122
The numbers/precinct info keeps changing, it is hard to say. But more good info just came in.
StevieM
Nov 2013
#137
Latest vote count is a 153 vote margin, not incuding the vote adjustments from mis-reporting
StevieM
Nov 2013
#139
VA law has no automatic recount. The loser of less than 1% must request one.
Gravitycollapse
Nov 2013
#114
Welcome to DU!! I think that the voter turnout is lower but it should still net him at least
StevieM
Nov 2013
#152
Potentially big news!! There may have been a reporting error in Loudon County!!
StevieM
Nov 2013
#118
It is a 610 vote pickup. There may be another mis-reporting event that cost Obenshain 200 votes, but
StevieM
Nov 2013
#134