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Fulton County machines break; court order issued

Last Update: 11/03 11:36 pm

http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story/Fulton-County-machines-break-court-order-issued/dSY52Bssm0iYlGz06S7Chg.cspx

Fulton County (WSYR-TV) – NewsChannel 9 has learned voting machines in Fulton County, which is a part of the 23rd Congressional District, have been impounded, after the machines were not working property today, the Fulton County Board of Elections confirms.

The county was forced to switch over to paper ballots.

They were not planning on counting any votes Tuesday night. We’re told by the Board of Elections, the paper ballots cannot be touched until the absentee ballots are opened a week from Tuesday.

The Board of Elections says they do not know how many people voted, but there are 22 districts in Fulton County.

[byteback]

Either candidate will win in FLa so that’s why it’s so confounding. It’s not like Crist is the only guy who will win so lets be pragmatic.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

[This_far]

Secondly, and just as importantly, there has all of a sudden been a huge movement among some activists to go the third party route.

But, had it not been for 3rd party, would Hoffman been in and/or gotten as far as he did?

[Lancey Howard]

Yep. So Owens won, whatever...
I’ve always said I’d rather get knifed in the face than in the back.
Good riddance to Scozzafava, and the GOP party hacks who put her up in the first place can bite me.

[Laissez-faire capitalist]

When talking with Brit Hume on Fox News (about two hours ago) about Hoffamn’s looming defeat, Juan Williams gave the reasons why he thought that Hoffman was probably going to lose.

He said that the main reason that Hoffman was probably going to lose is because he entered the race late, because he lacked charisma, and because he lacked the political expertise to wage an effective campaign against Owens.

Liberals are trying to spin this to try and pin the loss on Tea Partiers, Sarah Palin, Hannity and so on. The reasons that Democrats are giving why Hoffman lost, though, are bogus.

If there was any reason(s) why Hoffman lost it would be more likely to be because of the reasons that Juan Williams gave, and not the reasons that Democrats are giving.

I mean, Juan’s a liberal and all!

Be sure to counter Democrats/Liberals talking points about why they think Hoffman lost with the analysis given by Juan Williams.

[Sasquatch the Original]

A Democrat won a seat for the first time in 100 years giving them another vote in the House. I do not see that as a victory.

[RobRoy]

>>Conservatives are going to have to work from within the GOP. <<

I strongly disagree with the author.

“America is at that awkward stage. It’s too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.”

- Claire Wolfe, 101 Things to Do ‘Til the Revolution

[Fred]

Hoffman will win in the Nov 2010 race. He will be congressman, just a little later than we had hoped for.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

A Hoffman win is not in the cards, but we did exactly what we set out to do — crush the establishment backed GOP candidate.

While this is true, and I hope the GOP leadership in liberal states like New York and California takes careful note, it's also true that Obama turned a Republican House seat into a Democratic House seat. Scozzafava's endorsement of the Democratic candidate might have made the difference, and should embarrass every GOP leader who supported her.

[BlessingsofLiberty]

Okay everyone...take a deep breath.

First of all, this was a great test and a victorious moment for the voters. New Jersey and Virginia is just the beginning. We have a long hard fight ahead of us and we are going to have to do it as AMERICANS.

It’s the big picture we need to look at and be thankful for what was accomplished. I no longer consider myself a Republican....I am an American and I am going to fight for my country...peacefully...through my vote and activism.

We are getting rid of the crooks, thieves and those who no longer listen to us. Get it? We are going to change the politics of this country. This is REAL change...the real deal.

The traitors, narcissists and criminals are going to leave office...period. The new voices will represent the foundations our country was established on...and will be conservative...and will follow the Constitution.

We can’t reach our goals fighting among ourselves or showing weakness. I thank God for what was accomplished and I pray that we will continue on the right path to saving our country.

[Man50D]

ost of reasons. Conservatives are going to have to work from within the GOP. The GOP had better pay attention.

Wrong Mr. Erickson. Last night proves Conservatives do not need the OP(formerly the GOP)considering Hoffman burst on the scene only three weeks ago thanks to The Conservative Party. Given more time the result would have been different without any assistance from the OP.

[ViLaLuz]

“the GOP now must recognize it will either lose without conservatives or will win with conservatives. In 2008, many conservatives sat home instead of voting for John McCain.”

And they didn’t learn their lesson with Scozzofava. What does that tell us? Either the GOP leadership is working with the Democrats behind the scenes and conservatives are being exploited, or the GOP is truly the stupid party.

[CurlyBill]

Bump for later reading...

[ctdonath2]

Volokh notes: "NY-23: Winning Democrat Bill Owens was A-rated by NRA (as was Hoffman)."

Not the first time the Dem was the better choice than the Repub in NY.

[Grunthor]

Better an Owens than a Scuzzlebutt.