County clerks prepare for Kentucky recanvass

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By WBKO News Staff | Posted: Fri 7:05 AM, Nov 08, 2019

... Clark County Clerk Michelle Turner said the process could take as little as an hour ...

"There shouldn't be any discrepancy of 5000 in the votes," <Bourbon County Clerk Richard Still> Eads said. "Of course he may prove me wrong, but I don't see that, and I've been clerk for 25 years."

Warren County Clerk Lynette Yates also said she does not expect the recanvass to change the winner.

Clerks said they are not aware of any statewide irregularities in voting like the ones Bevin referenced at a Wednesday press conference.

https://www.wbko.com/content/news/Kentucky-county-clerks-prepare-for-recanvass-564652771.html

[redstatebluegirl]

1. Unless he has a county clerk in his back pocket who will fudge the numbers.

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2. What officials, experts say about Bevin's voter fraud claims

Ben Tobin and Billy Kobin, Louisville Courier Journal
Published 3:56 p.m. ET Nov. 7, 2019 | Updated 6:40 p.m. ET Nov. 7, 2019

... In a Wednesday statement to reporters, <Bevin> alleged that absentee ballots were illegally counted, people were turned away at the polls, voting machines malfunctioned and ballots were stored in open boxes ...

University of Kentucky election law professor Joshua A. Douglas said ... Bevin should "put up or shut up" ...

Nore Ghibaudy, spokesman for the Jefferson County Clerk's Office and Board of Elections, said ... Bevin’s claims are “the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard” ...

Before Gov. Bevin's request for a recanvass, <Secretary of State Alison Lundergan> Grimes told The Courier Journal she hopes Bevin will "honor" the results and that she has never seen a recanvass change the outcome of an election during her tenure in office ...

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/elections/kentucky/2019/11/07/kentucky-governor-election-fact-check-matt-bevins-voter-fraud-claims/2516391001/

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3. Republican lawmakers: Bevin can't turn election dispute into 'fishing expedition'

Joe Sonka, Louisville Courier Journal
Published 3:11 p.m. ET Nov. 7, 2019 | Updated 9:19 a.m. ET Nov. 8, 2019

... "If there is evidence of fraud or illegalities, as was alluded to last night, Governor Bevin should state his claim immediately and let the evidence be reviewed," Rep. Jason Nemes, R-Louisville, wrote in a Facebook post on Wednesday. "But this is not an opportunity for a fishing expedition or a chance to overturn the election result."

"For all the Republicans who scream and yell that we shouldn't overturn an election with impeachment and removal of the president, they should feel exactly the same way about overturning an election for the governor's race," <Rep. Adam Koenig of Erlanger> said ...

Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Taylor Mill, told The Courier Journal ... there was no chance of Bevin picking up anywhere near the 5,190 votes he would need to defeat Beshear ...

"It appears to me that Andy Beshear was the democratically elected governor of the commonwealth, and we get our marching orders from the voters," McDaniel said. "We've been told to find a way to run Kentucky with him at the head and Republicans in the House in the Senate, and we'll do it ...

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2019/11/07/kentucky-governor-race-bevin-should-stop-recanvass-lawmakers-say/2517278001/

[Bayard]

4. "the process could take as little as an hour ..."

So sit down, and shut up, Bevin. I will say, I am quite surprised rethuglicans are being so magnanimous here.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. buck up and bow out, buttkisser Bevin

OT -- a bit surprised that WBKO isn't inserting a little help for Bevin into their reporting.