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vinsue
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one vote
#25620507 - 11/17/18 09:07 AM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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That was the difference in this Kentucky House race.
AP November 16, 2018, 7:31 AM "A win's a win": Just one vote decides Kentucky House race https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kentucky-house-race-democrat-jim-glenn-wins-just-1-vote/
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Mary Beverly Goetz is 76, uses a walker and recently had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor. Worried her health issues would prevent her from voting for Democrat Jim Glenn in her western Kentucky state House district, she requested an absentee ballot by mail and sent it in weeks ahead of the election to make sure her vote was counted. Glenn won by one vote.
"It made me feel good," Goetz said. "It made you feel like your vote really counted."
As the nation watches election officials in Florida and Georgia painstakingly review results in high-profile Senate and governor's races, many less prominent races across the country were decided by agonizingly close margins.
Glenn's victory in Owensboro, Kentucky, was one of six state House races decided by a handful of votes. In District 27, Democrat Jeff Greer lost to Republican Nancy Tate by six votes. In District 96, Republican Jill York lost to Democrat Kathy Hinkle by five votes. In District 91, Republican Toby Herald lost to Democrat Cluster Howard by seven votes.
And in Buckhorn, a coin flip allowed alcohol to be sold at a state park after an election there ended in a tie. It was at least the third time this year a coin flip had to decide a tied Kentucky election.
All of the House races were upheld on Thursday by county boards of elections, when a review of results from voting machines did not change the outcomes.
"I've had 25 people tell me they are the one person that voted for me," said Glenn, who spent five terms in the legislature before he narrowly lost in 2016. "Whether it was one vote or one thousand, it's a win. A win's a win no matter how you count it."
The Kentucky State Board of Elections will meet next week to certify the results. But Republican Rep. DJ Johnson, who lost to Glenn, said he intends to ask for a recount. State law would require the majority-Republican House of Representatives to oversee that process by appointing a commission of between five and nine members...
Sometimes a vote does count.
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christopera
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Re: one vote [Re: vinsue]
#25620550 - 11/17/18 09:26 AM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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And if you live in Florida, sometimes your one vote isn't counted at all. Heyoooo!
Anyways, great story. Probably the biggest single accolade I can give Trump is that his ridiculousness has brought people to politics in ways we haven't seen in ages.
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Edited by christopera (11/17/18 09:26 AM)
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starfire_xes
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All the votes in Florida got counted. And the R's still won. You even state the democrat talking point made first by Al Bore--and followed also by Gillum--All the votes need to be counted. Talking about a bunch of butt-hurt losers.
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christopera
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Except there’s quite a bit of variability in the floroda vote count, a variability larger than the margin of victory. Don’t let me explain, here’s a source.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/16/us/voting-machines-florida.html
If ALL the votes got counted why the variability?
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Edited by christopera (11/17/18 11:18 AM)
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Bigbadwooof
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Re: one vote [Re: vinsue]
#25622725 - 11/18/18 09:41 AM (5 years, 2 months ago) |
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Now that is crazy! Usually democrats win by far more than one popular vote, though!
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