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To: Lmo56

Do the math.

The average change in the margin of victory as a result of a statewide recount was a mere 296 votes in a 10-year study of 2,884 elections.


154 posted on 02/01/2012 11:11:06 AM PST by mvymvy
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To: mvymvy
The average change in the margin of victory as a result of a statewide recount was a mere 296 votes in a 10-year study of 2,884 elections.

You OBVIOUSLY DO NOT know election law ...

In EVERY state, a challenger has a LEGAL right to a recount at taxpayer expense, as long as the margin of victory DOES NOT exceed a specified threshold [usually up to 2%] ...

With the NPV, the election is at the NATIONAL level [as you like to say "each and every vote counts"] - THEREFORE ANY recount would have to be done at a NATIONAL level AND under UNIFORM standards, so as NOT to violate the 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause [as the Court has PREVIOUSLY ruled] ...

No matter that a recount might not change the outcome - the right of the challenger to one [under certain conditions] STILL prevails ...

BUT, I suppose you will keep on rationalizing an untenable postion ...

161 posted on 02/01/2012 3:21:06 PM PST by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
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