Posted on 11/07/2018 11:51:26 AM PST by Based Newsman
PHOENIX – For Democrat Kyrsten Sinema and Republican Martha McSally, Tuesday night was supposed to mark the end of a hard-fought battle that tested vastly different visions for the nation.
But as Election Day came to an end, the race for Arizona's open U.S. Senate seat ended exactly how it has played out over the past few weeks: too close to call with unofficial statewide results Wednesday morning at 49 percent for McSally, 48 percent for Sinema and 2 percent for Angela Green, the Green Party candidate.
An official victor may not be known for days – and maybe longer if the final tally triggers a recount or legal challenge, experts said. As Tuesday night ticked toward Wednesday morning, the lack of an outcome began to settle in.
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Absolutely!!!
I’m a veteran and have had to deal with people on the left who harp and harp about military benefits, base privileges, and military retirements, etc. and that this is why there is not enough money available for social programs, to include immigrants (legal or not).
Forgot to add last sentence and clicked...meant to add this at end:
Never used to hear people complain about military service like it was a burden on citizens.
Thanks too to both of you from another vet. :-)
Okay bet my spouse and I we are thinking there are 277,000 early voting ballots that the Maricopa Co Recorder hasn’t tallied. Maricopa does tend to run Republican and I thought it weird that Sinema was winning it at the AZ Secty of St website. There are also 100,000 and some provisional ballots in Maricopa County to be counted. But those will take longer. The 99.3 percent reported only represents, I believe, those who voted in person at the polls, not mail in ballots.
Great points.
At this rate, we won’t know who won until next year!!!
With the delays, and the nature of the opposition, I think you can safely bet it won’t be favorable to Republicans.
And there’s this:
We’re going to get screwed out of this seat. The delay is ridiculous.
Would not surprise me.
I heard they have lawyers and when doing the ballots today, they have 1 R, 1 D and 1 I who is overseeing each ballot and all have to be in agreement.
Can you imagine how long this will take? And how do we know ballots will not be counted multiple times?
I hope people are very happy for voting in Fontes two years ago.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 8, 2018
County Recorder Adrian Fontes to hold media briefing on 2018 General Election
PHOENIX—Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes plans to hold a media briefing on Thursday, November 8, 2018. He will be giving an elections update, and will be available for questions.
The event will take place at 1 p.m. The event will also be broadcast on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/AdrianFontesMCR/.
What: Media briefing with Recorder Adrian Fontes
When: Tuesday, November 8 at 1 p.m.
Where: Maricopa County Tabulation and Elections Center
510 S. 3rd Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85003
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Contact: Sophia Solis
480-387-4947
www.Maricopa.Vote
Please do not respond directly to this email. For more information, please email Sophia Solis at ssolis@risc.maricopa.gov, or call 480-387-4947.
Might be about the lawsuit. The man is worse than Helen Purcell. Idiot Maricopa County voters. I don’t FB. Wouldn’t give Mark Zuckerberg the time of day.
FR is really slow for me all of a sudden.
I will attempt to post any news about his conference.
All he really did was explain about the ballots and how they contact people regarding signature discrepancies.
He said they will continue to count ballots.
I tuned in a little late but that’s what I heard.
Fontes said a judge denied a request to stop counting ballots (provisional, I believe). Another hearing tomorrow.
Update at 5PM with updated numbers.
Someone said to Fontes, “Hey” and Fontes said to the reporter, “Don’t hey me!”
If someone else can add to this, I’d appreciate it.
There’s a signature check and you provide your phone number in case of any questions about the ballot.
I guess there’s a state law that says they have to verify the signature on the ballot on election day and no later. Well Maricopa County had two hundred thousand and some mail in ballots dropped off by voters at polls that day. How could you verify them all? I also heard that some County Recorders have already said they just do whatever what they want and that is what the lawsuit is about.
I vote via absentee and this was the first time I provided my phone number. Once I did that, I got non-stop phone and text messages from BOTH parties even though I am a registered Republican.
Take a look at these two sites, one is Fontes and the other is the AZ SOS. Numbers are different as are precincts reporting (MCPA County):
https://results.arizona.vote/#/featured/4/0
Sinema ahead by about 2,000 votes now and:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 8, 2018
About 345,000 ballots left to process in Maricopa County
PHOENIX—The Maricopa County Elections Department has approximately 345,000 ballots left to process for the 2018 General Election.
Election Officials estimate about 195,000 of these are early ballots, provisional and out-of-precinct ballots that voters cast or dropped off on Election Day. Additionally, about 150,000 early ballots that the Elections Department received before Nov. 6 must be tabulated.
Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes expects tabulation to continue for several days. Officials will update the results daily at 5 p.m.
Election results are available at www.Maricopa.Vote. Precinct-level data is available here: https://recorder.maricopa.gov/electionresults/.
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