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Virginia attorney general race: Herring (Dem) takes lead, with a recount appearing likely
Washington Post ^ | 11/11/2013 | Antonio Olivo and Laura Vozzella

Posted on 11/12/2013 6:08:07 AM PST by Qbert

Democratic state Sen. Mark R. Herring took the lead in the extraordinarily tight Virginia attorney general race Monday evening, after he picked up more than 100 previously uncounted votes in Richmond.

Herring had started the day trailing his Republican opponent, state Sen. Mark D. Obenshain (Harrisonburg), by a mere 17 votes out of 2.2 million cast. But as jurisdictions across the state continued to scrub their vote counts, the State Board of Elections showed Herring with a 117-vote lead late Monday.

Lawyers from both parties have descended on elections offices in Fairfax County and Richmond. Meanwhile, the campaigns said they were cautiously optimistic but were bracing for a long, drawn-out battle, which appears almost certainly headed to a recount and could seesaw again.

“We’re always excited to see the movement go to our favor, and we’re just going to make sure over the next few weeks and however long this plays out that every single vote counts,” said Ashley Bauman, press secretary for the Democratic Party of Virginia. “Because I think in the end, we feel confident that our candidate will be on the winning side.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: herring; obenshain; recount; votefraud
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To: Qbert

Of course, within the margin of Dem fraud.


21 posted on 11/12/2013 6:41:14 AM PST by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: exit82
For a result this close,while the other races had larger margins either way, is prima facie evidence of fraud.

You'd better believe it. There MUST be double-blind vote counting for any level of integrity to be practiced in elections anymore. That means that NO precinct results will be released early - ALL voting districts transmit their results SIMULTANEOUSLY. Otherwise, the Dems know just how many "votes" to manufacture to bring it to this close of a count.

22 posted on 11/12/2013 6:44:40 AM PST by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: Qbert

they count til they win.....


23 posted on 11/12/2013 6:47:40 AM PST by Nifster
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To: exit82
It is a mathematical impossibility that we have SO many close election that are decided by a margin a of a handful votes.

That's what I've been thinking as well. First couple of times it happened I thought the rats just pulled it out but over and over again?

24 posted on 11/12/2013 6:50:07 AM PST by Kenny
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To: Beagle8U
Step #1...Don’t turn in the liberal districts vote counts until all the other districts are turned in.

Therein lies the culprit and I don't know why it's allowed to go on. I personally don't think any votes should be counted until they're all in.

Guess the news folks wouldn't like that but they're calling elections before anyone's actually elected.

25 posted on 11/12/2013 6:53:15 AM PST by Kenny
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To: jimpick

I’m a practical guy. The fact is that we are having elections stolen in this country, always by democrats. It’s a national joke but nobody does anything about it. That repulses me more.

Believe it or not, a Republican stealing an election would probably do more to give us an honest electoral system than anything else, just because the democrats and their compliant media lapdogs would go nuts over it.


26 posted on 11/12/2013 6:55:53 AM PST by henkster (Communists never negotiate.)
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To: CPONuke
Absentee is another story, though still ripe for fraud.

Absentee is their biggest vote cache. People have gone to jail for this and it doesn't even slow them down. For the cause I guess.

Absentee ballot fraud rampant in Florida

27 posted on 11/12/2013 7:00:57 AM PST by Kenny
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To: FlingWingFlyer
100 “previously uncounted votes”.

You are so right.

Where did they come from? If from some precinct somewhere, weren't there poll watchers from both parties present to guarantee that they were counted accurately and on time?

Smells to high heaven, but the wimpy Republicans will ultimately do what they are told and shut up.

28 posted on 11/12/2013 7:01:20 AM PST by JohnG45
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To: montag813

Bush/gore.....

The ‘rats tried, but the law stood in their way.


29 posted on 11/12/2013 7:13:52 AM PST by rightwingextremist1776
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To: exit82
It is a mathematical impossibility that we have SO many close election that are decided by a margin a of a handful votes.

How many elections have been decided by a handful of votes, out of the many thousands and thousands of elections that have been held? There's nothing impossible about it. In this particular case, the results pretty much mirror the pre-election polling.
30 posted on 11/12/2013 7:47:08 AM PST by drjimmy
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To: Qbert

Isn’t it amazing how the Democrats always seem to “find” the votes necessary just when they need them?


31 posted on 11/12/2013 8:39:04 AM PST by mort56
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To: Qbert
"Democratic state Sen. Mark R. Herring took the lead in the extraordinarily tight Virginia attorney general race Monday evening, after he picked up more than 100 previously uncounted votes in Richmond."

Democrats cheat.

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

32 posted on 11/12/2013 8:39:58 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg (Some people meet their heroes. I raised mine. Go Army.)
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The larger populated counties is where Obenshian lost the election. The smaller
and more rural counties went mostly for Obenshian. But this race is definitely close
enough that a recount will most likely be held.

http://electionresults.virginia.gov/ShowMap.aspx?iframe&cat=CTY&rid=169&type=SWR&osn=6&pty=0&cty=0&map=CTY

33 posted on 11/12/2013 9:15:37 AM PST by deport
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To: Qbert

If the VA Secretary of State is a republican, this would be an opportunity for turnabout.

Just playing by democrat rules.


34 posted on 11/12/2013 10:29:19 AM PST by DPMD
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To: Qbert

It’s amazing how consistently this works out for the Dems. If they count the votes enough times, they always “find” more ballots and win the close ones.


35 posted on 11/12/2013 1:00:18 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: Pollster1

http://www.wtop.com/289/3503106/Fairfax-County-Herring-leads-in-AG-race

And the counting continues and more Rat votes are found...


36 posted on 11/13/2013 2:04:09 AM PST by Truth29
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To: henkster
Republicans need to gin up boxes of votes from dead relatives and family pets and have them handy to counter the democrat fraud machine. Fighting fair while the other guy is kicking you in the nuts is just plain stupid.

And when he starts bouncing your head off the sidewalk, that's what the CCW is for.

37 posted on 11/13/2013 6:46:59 AM PST by Dr.Deth
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To: Qbert

http://www.wtop.com/120/3504089/Va-candidates-for-attorney-general-dig-in

The GOP needs to find it in themselves to really fight this one.


38 posted on 11/13/2013 4:43:14 PM PST by Truth29
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To: Truth29

It’sin our face before Thanksgiving. Perfect time for Godless to take over.


39 posted on 11/26/2013 12:34:21 AM PST by noodler (!)
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