Posted on 11/10/2012 10:27:33 AM PST by sheikdetailfeather
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- President Barack Obama was declared the winner of Florida's 29 electoral votes Saturday, ending a four-day count with a razor-thin margin that narrowly avoided an automatic recount that would have brought back memories of 2000.
No matter the outcome, Obama had already clinched re-election and now has 332 electoral votes to Romney's 206.
The Florida Secretary of State's Office said that with almost 100 percent of the vote counted, Obama led Republican challenger Mitt Romney 50 percent to 49.1 percent, a difference of about 74,000 votes. That was over the half-percent margin where a computer recount would have been automatically ordered unless Romney had waived it.
There is a Nov. 16 deadline for overseas and military ballots, but under Florida law, recounts are based on Saturday's results. Only a handful of overseas and military ballots are believed to remain outstanding.
It's normal for election supervisors in Florida and other states to spend days after any election counting absentee, provisional, military and overseas ballots. Usually, though, the election has already been called on election night or soon after because the winner's margin is beyond reach.
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BTTT
May God keep watch.
Tatt
you have no idea how much I ma pissed off as is my family
WHERE WAS AND IS THE GOP?
Dems told they can vote the days the pollng stations were closed but republicans were not.
Ballots were also given out to people in line and told to fill them in and drop them off or mail them in
Those 3 Dem counties should leave this state, to hell with them
“President Barack Obama was declared the winner of Florida’s 29 electoral votes Saturday, ending a four-day count with a razor-thin margin that narrowly avoided an automatic recount that would have brought back memories of 2000.”
Do you believe this was an honest election? Please.....
A: Romney's 3 million went to 0.
They've said, overall, that turn out was lower than '08. I say Romney's 2010/Chic Fil A turn out was incredible, but they sliced off the top and gave it to 0. 0 had no turn out, thus the "low turn out" numbers.
Bump!
Are you positive sure it will always be damn-it-all circumstances? By the time you decide it might matter who the candidate is, it will be too late.
It’s totally illogical to protest the situation of being out shouted by simply clamming up.
Do you Florida residents think it was pure voter fraud, or is Florida really trending from purple to deep blue?
God help us all... we're gonna need it over the next four years. And beyond...
We are seeing the same thing with the Vietnamese-Americans here in California. The older generation fled communism and voted solidly Republican. The younger generation was born here and has the attitude of "Republicans are for white people."
The Democrats certainly are equal-opportunity, that is equal opportunity screw-overs.
After this miserable election, Hubby and I are stepping up our research into a near-future move to a Red State. So far SC and GA top the list. We've GOT to get out of The People's Republik of Connecticut before the sh*t really starts hitting the fan... unfortunately it'll probably be at least a couple of years before we can leave.
Well, if something egregious like a stolen Connecticut social security number and a patently forged birth certificate does not get Big Ears in dutch, why should a few telephoned threats to various election officials get him in dutch?
I travel the north and middle of the state and the middle was for Romney, obama went to Tampa and got 5000, actually less and yet we are supposed to think he won that area.
my county, not a small county either.
http://enrnow.votesjc.com/FL/St_Johns/42920/111353/en/md.html?cid=0103
when you see those numbers and that Romney won more counties than MCain then something is not right.
Who’s clamming up? Because I’m disgusted with what the GOP has become — especially the Illinois GOP — and I’ve decided not to retain my Republican registration and re-register as an Independent, that is “clamming up?”
The only thing I forfeit by doing that is my opportunity to vote in the GOP primary. And, as I mentioned in an earlier post, it’s not like there are any real choices on the GOP primary ballot from which to pick.
Oh, I will NEVER vote for a Dim, if that is what concerns you. But Illinois is so deep blue that no matter who I might vote for in a presidential election this state, and all its EVs, will go to the Dim.
I’m 62 years old. I’m a cancer patient. I’m not going to get excited about the remote possibility that in 30 or 40 years Illinois might turn from deep blue to purple. Besudes, within 5 years I’ll be out of this crappy state and back in Dixie, where my vote has a far better chance of counting.
Look - The Stupid Party has had seven elections to deal with this vote fraud issue since you and I have been on Free Republic. We document it EVERY FREAKING ELECTION CYCLE, and we have beginning with the 2000 election.
They refuse to deal with it. Screw them.
The Democrats have been committing vote fraud forever. We started documenting it in 2000, and in every election since.
The Pubbies refuse to do anything about it, so I guess they don't need my vote any more.
Yes, you're right! The Same Left Democrat media that nailed Obama to the wall over Benghazi will rip the cover off massive voter fraud!!
Story at 11!!!
Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties - all heavily Democrat - allowed voting on Nov 4 & 5 via “in person absentee ballot”.
Voting on Nov 4 & 5 was prohibited elsewhere.
Allowing voting in some counties while prohibiting it in other counties violates the Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment:
“No State shall make or enforce any law which shall... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws”
The unequal application of law was done with the approval of Florida Secretary of State Detzner.
Detzner has performed his duty in a corrupt manner.
Fla. Stat. § 104.051(3) Any official who performs his or her duty as prescribed by this election code fraudulently or corruptly is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084
IANAL
Thanks!
I bet Charlie Crist wishes 0bama had topped him instead.
Thank you. These loons on FR are embarrassing. Now they are talking secession, nothing say’s I don’t believe in democracy more than talk of secession. That’s why you don’t hear Jindal, Perry, Scott or McDonnell, all governors of red states lost to Obama speak of this foolishness. Until one of these Republican governors publicly calls for secession all this fantasy talk has to be chalked up to a 2012 case of Sore Loserman. Folks prove me wrong...
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