Posted on 11/04/2004 7:27:03 PM PST by Clintonfatigued
Has Dan Rather Conceded Ohio yet?
And dan rather won't call it until march 2005.
PING!
As of 11:06 AM Today:
Kerry - 732,416
Bush - 746,461
Iowa has 15264 Provisional ballots - with a spread of 14045 for Bush - so 100% of the provisionals would have to be allowed, and Kerry would have to get 92% of them to beat the spread. And I don't know if all of Iowa's Absentee ballots are counted yet. My W-A-G is that there are not enough absentee ballots out there to add to the provisionals for Kerry to take Iowa.
These are the same numbers as yesterday. There are maybe 40,000 absentee and provisional ballots yet to count. Your headline is silly, and the vanity is silly.
Will Dan Blather EVER concede?
Des Moines Register
He's (Bush is) nowhere near winning, according to Baghdad DAN.
heh..heh...Rather better not mess with Texas.
Keith, according to the Sec of State's web page, absentees received by Nov. 7 can still be counted, and as of election night there were still 50K that had not been returned. It would be statistically unlikely for them give Kerry enough votes (if they ALL came in -- which they wouldn't -- they would need to break about 63-37 in Kerry's favor).
I was wondering what in the hell was taking so long.
Here's the official timeline of events:
Thursday, November 4
POST NUMBER OF PROVISIONAL BALLOTS.
Number of provisional ballots cast must be posted by 9 a.m.
SPECIAL PRECINCT BOARD MAY CONVENE.
Special precinct board may convene no earlier than noon to consider provisional
ballots and absentee ballots postmarked before Tuesday November 2nd.
50.20, 50.21, 50.22, 50.24
Monday, November 8
ABSENTEE BALLOT DEADLINE - NOON.
Absentee ballots that were postmarked before election day (Monday, November
1st or earlier) and are received by noon today are considered to be on time to be
counted.
53.17(2)
Mon. or Tues., November 8 or 9
COUNTY CANVASS OF VOTES.
County Canvass of votes convenes.
Special precinct board reconvenes to canvass absentee ballots postmarked
before Tuesday November 2 and received by noon on Monday November 8th.
50.24, 50.22
Thursday Nov. 11
VETERANS DAY OBSERVED - HOLIDAY STATE OFFICES CLOSED.
Friday, November 12
COUNTY ABSTRACTS OF VOTES DUE.
Deadline for County Auditors to forward abstracts of votes to the Office of the
Secretary of State.
50.30
Friday, November 12
RECOUNT DEADLINE.
The deadline for recount requests to be filed is 3 days following the county
canvass of votes. The request shall be filed with the election commissioner of
that county.
50.48(1)
Monday, November 29
STATE’S CANVASS of VOTES COMPLETE.
State canvass of votes must be finished.
50.38
need to change my tagline
Iowa still wouldn't do it for Kerry. The only way he could win is if he gets Ohio from Bush. Bush already has NV which put him over the 270 mark. Kerry can't even tie it anymore. He would have to take away a state already called for Bush.
http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2004/general/CanvassSchedule.pdf
That's the schedule each county has announced to canvas their votes - so sometme in the afternoon of Nov 9 - the vote should be finalized.
I'll go by the Secretary of State's numbers,thanks.
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