Provisional ballots could spell relief - or doom - for Democratic legislator(TX HD48)

Austin [un]American [ms]Statesman ^ | Friday, Nov. 5, 2010 | Tim Eaton

[DrewsDad]

146 provisionals(most probably won't count)
112 mail ballots(didn't say which district, but 679 possible from House District 48)
Overseas Ballots must be received by the fifth day after election day.

[Darksheare]

Military ballots don’t count, they weren’t sent out on time..
Gotta love it.

[DrewsDad]

It sounds like we will know more about HD48 results late Monday.

[DrewsDad]

I haven’t heard of any problems with the Texas military ballots. New York may be another story.

[Darksheare]

New York made sure the military didn’t get them in time.

[DontTreadOnMe2009]

regardless, their military ballots should still count

[DontTreadOnMe2009]

regardless, their military ballots should still count

Why isn’t there a revolution in this country?

[Darksheare]

Americans aren’t ticked off enough yet.
There haven’t been enough outrages yet.

[smokingfrog]

A 2/3rds majority would be sweet.

[basil]

The one I want to see go is Lloyd Doggett in TX 25

[Hebrews 11:6]

100/150=2/3 alright, but isn’t (2/3 +1), i.e. 101/151, required?

[dusttoyou]

Not much difference between Travis County and Neuvo York, or Madison or San Fran.

[DrewsDad]

The majority requires 1/2 + 1. A 2/3 vote is just a 2/3 vote and the speaker is one of the 150, so it’s still 100/150 needed.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Thanks for your clarification.

[Arrowhead1952]

I won’t lose a minute of sleep if MS frizzy head loses her seat in the state house. She is one of those arrogant lawmakers who looks down her nose just like zero does, and I’d really like her to be history.

[DrewsDad]

Another update:

Key day for deciding West Austin seat in House

By Jason Embry | Monday, November 8, 2010, 06:45 AM

More votes will be counted today, lawmakers will start filing bills and Perry will go head-to-head with Conan O’Brien.

There’s one last House seat that’s up for grabs out there, and it’s a biggie. It’s Democratic Rep. Donna Howard’s seat, based in West Austin, but it could soon become Republican Dan Neil’s.

Howard won by 15 votes on election night, but as the Statesman’s Tim Eaton explained in Saturday’s paper, Travis County officials today will tally overseas votes — about 100 — and update unofficial returns.

So we’ll get a step closer today, although it could take a recount for us to know for sure whether Neil will beat Howard and give Republicans the potential for 100 House seats (assuming Edmund Kuempel’s Seguin seat is filled by a Republican).

[lormand]

Bro...you may get your wish.....keeping my fingers crossed for you and the rest of HD 48. I’m guessing most overseas voters are actually working people, i.e., don’t vote democRAT.

[Arrowhead1952]

I haven’t heard any updates yet, but expect to hear something by this evening. I really want Donna gone.

[DrewsDad]

Bad News. They only counted 58 of the possible 348 or so remaining ballots and Howard actually gained another vote to lead by 16.

The word is that Neil's campaign will ask for a recount and may pursue legal measures as well.

Donna Howard has defeated Republican challenger Dan Neil

[Arrowhead1952]

I was wanting to type “Donna, you are fired” this morning.