Nagin Ahead - No, Nagin Behind - No, Ahead.....

[Laura PourMeADrink]

http://www.gcr1.com/electionscentral/

Candidate Votes
C. Ray Nagin 13,125 52.54%
"Mitch" Landrieu 11,855 47.46%
TOTAL/TURNOUT 24,980

[annabanana]

1. WWLTV is not there yet..

http://www.wwltv.com/sharedcontent/VideoPlayer/videoPlayer.php?vidId=57429&live=yes

[spindrifter]

2. How long will it take to count the absentees?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. from nola.com

Tracie Washington, an attorney representing ACORN and the Advancement Project, who was monitoring the counting of absentee ballots, said she’s concerned that there has been an increase in the number of ballots that were rejected for improper witnessing of the voter’s signature.

Absentee ballots have to be witnessed by two people or signed in front of a notary public. Washington said about 800 were rejected Saturday for not complying with that requirement, compared to less than 600 in April.

“It is still a very foreign confusing process for the voter, in light of the fact that in every other election, 95 percent of those who voted absentee this time voted in person on election day,” Washington said. “These people go through the process of making a request for a ballot, signing a displaced voter affidavit, getting their ballot in the mail, getting it faxed in, doing the hokey-pokey and turning yourself around,” she said.

[Spazito]

8. nola.com has been incorrect all evening for some reason

they have had Nagin ahead when he clearly was not based on both the wwltv coverage and the SoS site, it is weird.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

11. now (9:50 central) Nagin's ahead.... quite a horse race...

[Spazito]

14. Yes, very exciting to watch! I should have known, New Orleans

never would do anything boring, excitement defines it and it is holding true here.

[BlooInBloo]

3. I never get these election-results things....

... I coulda sworn every post in the other thread said Lanriedu (or whatever) was ahead....

Same happened to me with that race for Delay's seat - I couldn't follow any of the up-to-the-minute results talk...

Sigh.

[LA lady]

4. What??

Candidate Votes
"Mitch" Landrieu 17,777 51.64%
C. Ray Nagin 16,651 48.36%
TOTAL/TURNOUT 34,428 11.51%

[Minstrel Boy]

5. not as of now:

Mitch Landrieu 17,777 51.64%
C. Ray Nagin 16,651 48.36%
TOTAL/TURNOUT 34,428 11.51%

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. thanks for the updated numbers. quite a turnaround....

[Minstrel Boy]

9. now it's turned around again:

C. Ray Nagin 24,253 50.08%
Mitch Landrieu 24,172 49.92%
TOTAL/TURNOUT 48,425 16.19%

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. yikes ! I bet a lot of absentees will side with Nagin. Just a gut

feeling...

[Spazito]

12. LOL, gotta say I love your editing, it is like a verbal account of a

horserace.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

15. Ha. Do you care who wins? For some reason, I am rooting for

Nagin. I like his fire. I think he would be screaming at Washington. Mary, to me, is an ineffective whiner - maybe her brother is too.

[Spazito]

17. I honestly don't know who would be best, I have read both good

and not so good on both of them. I remember Nagin almost sobbing asking for help and I remember Landrieu going out in a rescue boat, hands on. It looks like NO residents are split on who to support like I am, lol.

[LouisianaLiberal]

19. Nagin hid in a hotel for the entire week after Katrina.

Switched from Repub to Democrat in order to win NO the first time. He is weak and ineffectual. But it looks like he won. Races in the last few years sure do seem to turn around at the last minute, don't they?

[cal04]

13. this is NOLA with 307 of 443 precincts reporting

MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS 307 of 443 precincts reporting
Candidate Number of votes Percentage of votes
Mitch Landrieu (D) 41,766 49%
Ray Nagin (D) 44,066 51%


http://www.nola.com/elections/returns_ro.ssf

[Laura PourMeADrink]

16. Nagin Widens Lead. 339 of 442

339 of 442 Precincts Reporting
Data current as of 5/20/2006 9:59:17 PM

Candidate Votes
C. Ray Nagin 47,856 52.49%
"Mitch" Landrieu 43,313 47.51%
TOTAL/TURNOUT 91,169 30.49%

[cal04]

18. thanks Laura PackYourBags just changed to that at Nola

it's updating every two minutes

:hi: