Posted on 11/16/2009 4:42:46 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Hoffman 'unconcedes' in N.Y.-23 House race By Jordan Fabian - 11/16/09 06:34 PM ET
Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has "unconceded" in New York's special House election after reports that the vote margin between him and Rep. Bill Owens (D) has narrowed.
Hoffman conceded the race on Election Night after learning he trailed Owens by 5,335 votes. But the Syracuse Post-Standard reported last week that the margin had shrunk to 3,026 votes after recanvassing.
Hoffman appeared on conservative commenatator Glenn Beck's radio show this afternoon. Beck asked the him if he would "unconcede."
"Yes, if I knew this information at the election night, I would not have conceded," Hoffman said. Beck asked him again if he was "uncondeding" and Hoffman replied "If that’s possible, yes."
Officials in the upstate New York district are still counting over 10,000 absentee ballots, which also had Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava's name on them. Scozzafava dropped out of the race three days before election day citing poor fundraising and polling returns. She then backed Owens.
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I read this morning he is only down by 2,000 votes, maybe less
It's Pelosi's call.
Well, I’m not going to hold his premature concession against him...He played it like he saw it...
Unfortunately, the other side probably got to him through some bad info, and he figured he should be the bigger person and go ahead and concede...
I believe any of us would have done the same thing if we were presented the data...
But he should fight this now that the vote count was conveniently short...
Funny how these things always happen in critical races or districts...Every cotton-pickin’ time...
But why should we be surprised...
My understanding is that the Sec of State in NY never ‘certified’ the election - so why was the dim ever sworn in? (I know why - the vote)
We as conservatives are not wired to fight the kind of dirty war as the left does. I for one cannot lie but EVERY liberal I know does. I really do not see how we can win this one except by turning to violence. History offers no other solution to restore the health of a sick nation.
It is just not possible for me to drag myself down to their level, or fight on their terms.
In NY, what do they do with absent votes for Dede Scozzafava?
Race was never certified by the Secretary of State. Pelosi may have jumped the gun on this one.
I truly hope this works for him! He was given false information about the results, so now it should be rectified.
Remember Franken?...of course, he IS a Dim-o-crap!
Yey! Didn’t Gore do the same thing?
They're not finished counting YET? There had better be an excellent explanation.
Nancy has a nasty habit of putting into office candidates who haven’t been vetted or certified.
Once the vote is certified, she can’t very well just ignore it unless the vote is challenged. My guess here is that Hoffman will come close but will still far a bit short.
You aren’t wired but I am. They are all fascist pigs deserving of no sympathy ~
I say the canvassers most like are counting votes next to an ‘ACORN AT WORK’ sign. No matter how the count goes the fix is in. The could handle the fallout if they lost all the big three so they fixed the one which was easiest to rig.
There, FIXED!
The absentee votes have to be mailed by a certain date - they also have to be received by a certain date which is Monday AFTER the election on Tuesday.
We are now a week AFTER that date - I think SEIU folks are on the clock with all the breaks...that’s why it’s taking so long!
The democrats are strangely silent on this one.
There’ll be a 537 vote difference....or less.
No, it’s not. Under your interpretation we shouldn’t even hold elections because Pelosi can handpick 400 Democrats to serve in the House. Doesn’t work like that.
The states certify the winners of their elections, not the Speaker of the House.
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