Posted on 12/20/2006 2:37:41 AM PST by Princip. Conservative
Despite a last-minute attempt to stop it, the manual recount of more than 23,000 votes cast in a critical Chester County statehouse race begins this morning.
With control of the state House of Representatives at stake, Democrats yesterday filed an appeal in Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court to stop the hand retallying.
The Democrats sought a machine-driven recount, arguing the manual recount could drag out and leave the West Chester area without a state representative when the legislature reconvenes Jan. 2. That would deny voters a voice in determining the next Speaker of the House, they said.
But the appeal was quickly quashed in an order signed by President Judge James Gardner Colins, who addressed the Democrats' concerns by ordering the Department of Voter Services to conduct and complete a hand recount no later than 5 p.m. Dec. 26.
Earlier this week, the head of Voter Services, Linda Cummings, estimated that a machine recount would take at least six days - which Democrats disputed - and that a hand recount would require seven to 10.
Only 23 votes separate Democratic frontrunner Barbara McIlvaine Smith from Republican Shannon Royer, a difference of one-tenth of 1 percent. Whichever candidate wins the 156th district seat will give his or her party a 102-101 edge in the House.
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Since the Dems refuse to stop until every recount possibility is exhausted, why shouldn't we?
Pa is a mess. I hope people wake up to see their leadership is corrupt.
There.
"Sarasota Fl,the Dem's here are whining and blaming voting machines for their lose demanding a recount because a GOP win by 400 votes. when they lose they cry voter fraud but when they win all is well with the systems.Funny but sad."
how true...when don't the lib/dems cry when they lose....jsut al gore...he is still demanding a recount in florida from 2000!!!!
A lot of us see what's going on and fight against it when we can. Unfortunately, the deck is stacked against because Philly, Pittsburgh, and Reading are full of voters who only vote one way (multiple times).
It can be depressing at times but we'll keep plugging away.
Exactly.
The only way to beat these bottom-feeding scum suckers is with their own tactics - in Spades.
When the recount is over, I hope PA is once again part of real America.
In the beauty of Pennsylvania lives such worthless liberalism.
Sadder yet is the fact that we're still waiting, six years now, for the DoJ to make a substantive move to combat voter fraud.
The ruling class will have its way.
A small glimmer of hope ping!
It is always nice but sad to come up and visit. I loved living there but the jobs left after Carter's economy.
Hilarious example of their hipocracy!
A pox on them all.
They have this magic system, whereby you get to vote without even registering or going to the polls. You can even be dead and still vote.
Why is it the Dems who always come up with MORE votes in a recount?
Methinks something is smelling fishy with our recount process.
Me also thinks that Democraps are so zealous they would do just about anything to "magically" generate more votes during a recount, and during a regular election for that matter.
(This last comment comes from experienced at having volunteered in an '06 Congressional campaign for a Republican. Our campaign signs were stolen, torched, sliced up, and our door literature was stolen. My car was pelted with ? rocks as I put out roadside campaign signs, etc)
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