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Home Front: Politix
Recanvassing shows NY-23 race tightens
2009-11-12
Hoffman was misled and so conceded. The people in charge say it was a 'technical error.' Pelosi moved faster than a leopard to seat Owens who returned the favor by voting for the health care bill.

Sound familiar?
Washington -- Conservative Doug Hoffman conceded the race in the 23rd Congressional District last week after receiving two pieces of grim news for his campaign: He was down 5,335 votes with 93 percent of the vote counted on election night, and he had barely won his stronghold in Oswego County.

As it turns out, neither was true.

But Hoffman's concession -- based on snafus in Oswego County and elsewhere that left his vote undercounted -- set off a chain of events that echoed all the way to Washington, D.C., and helped secure passage of a historic health care reform bill.Democratic Rep. Bill Owens was quickly sworn into office on Friday, a day before the rare weekend vote in the House of Representatives. His support sealed his party's narrow victory on the health care legislation.

Now a recanvassing in the 11-county district shows that Owens' lead has narrowed to 3,026 votes over Hoffman, 66,698 to 63,672, according to the latest unofficial results from the state Board of Elections. In Oswego County, where Hoffman was reported to lead by only 500 votes with 93 percent of the vote counted election night, inspectors found Hoffman actually won by 1,748 votes -- 12,748 to 11,000.
Posted by:Steve White

#8  "It does not matter how they vote. It only matter who counts the votes."

Josef Stalin
Posted by: SR-71   2009-11-12 22:36  

#7  Owens has nothing to worry about. The vote is well within the Democrat margin of fraud.
Posted by: DMFD   2009-11-12 17:56  

#6  Ed: As soon as it became obvious she wouldn't win that was her plan. She even had the gall to say she hopes to run as a republican again. 1 year from now another election takes place and I doubt Owens can pull it off, especially after switching around on the Obamacare vote less than a day after he "won". I'm looking for a big win for us next election there.
Posted by: Charles   2009-11-12 17:39  

#5  The new vote totals mean the race will be decided by absentee ballots, of which about 10,200 were distributed,

The absentee ballots were filled out before Hoffman surged and Scazzafava withdrew, so I would really doubt Hoffman can make up a 3000 vote deficit. Thanks Dede for staying in the race long after you were dead meat so your name remained on the ballot for the brain dead.
Posted by: ed   2009-11-12 15:17  

#4  Whoever got the most votes won. If I understand election law correctly, Hoffman giving a concession speech doesn't have any legal effect.
Posted by: Mike   2009-11-12 14:12  

#3  Well Al Freaken Franken kept counting the votes until he got the result he wanted. I don't know if Hoffman will win but he ought to be a lot closer to a win when all the votes are counted. I thought something was wrong because pre-election polls had him up on Owens.
Posted by: JohnQC   2009-11-12 13:51  

#2  "We sent a letter to the clerk laying out the totals," Conklin said. "The key is that Hoffman conceded, which means the race is not contested. However, all ballots will be counted, and if the result changes, Owens will have to be removed."
And Pelosi will do that, sure, sure, no problem ...

Actually happened in a IL or IN district in the mid-80s, the Donk Congress seated their man even though the final count said he lost. Next election, the difference was too big to ignore. Though, I suspect that is something we may see in less than a year.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2009-11-12 12:24  

#1  ...Gee, that's funny: Al Gore conceded one very long night back in 2000, but then changed his mind - and no one on the other side seemed to have a problem with that.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2009-11-12 12:13  

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