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Honeycombe8

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23. MSNBC guy said absentee ballots usu. favor Republicans 'cause of military.
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 08:37 PM
Aug 2018

And my guess is they also include more seniors.

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Interesting. honest.abe Aug 2018 #1
Yep, that would have been nice. LisaL Aug 2018 #8
Source? Thx irisblue Aug 2018 #2
I just heard on MSNBC RandySF Aug 2018 #4
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Aug 2018 #3
Dang! R B Garr Aug 2018 #5
Holy cow! blue neen Aug 2018 #6
Gee, I wonder how that happened. C_U_L8R Aug 2018 #7
There's nothing like working in an election office during a high-profile race RandySF Aug 2018 #9
One of the precincts hadn't been added in. shraby Aug 2018 #12
But he had more votes than he should have. C_U_L8R Aug 2018 #15
I think OP meant Balderson's lead is decreased by 190 votes. O'Connor did get extra 190 votes. LisaL Aug 2018 #19
kornacki is just reporting this on msnbc spanone Aug 2018 #10
Looks like recount territory. RandySF Aug 2018 #11
Provisional ballots would have to swing strongly for O'Connor for that. bearsfootball516 Aug 2018 #14
There is more than 8,000 provisional and absentee ballots still to be counted. LisaL Aug 2018 #16
This is true. bearsfootball516 Aug 2018 #17
8435 provisional and mail in ballots yet to be counted, not unti 11 days after Election Day, by law. Fred Sanders Aug 2018 #18
that's a lot of ballots AlexSFCA Aug 2018 #35
So O'Connor would need to gain about 500 more votes out of over 8000. Doable. triron Aug 2018 #43
Danny O'Conner tweeted too + Franklin County Press release BumRushDaShow Aug 2018 #13
the numbers.......... Takket Aug 2018 #20
Provisional ballots do favor democrats. Not sure about absentee, I guess it depends from LisaL Aug 2018 #21
Ballots Cast By County Make7 Aug 2018 #22
My guess is those provisionals are mostly people that where purged from voter rolls. lancelyons Aug 2018 #42
MSNBC guy said absentee ballots usu. favor Republicans 'cause of military. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #23
Unfortunately, you're correct. VOX Aug 2018 #31
and include lots of Russians BamaRefugee Aug 2018 #38
I think whether a provisional ballot is allowed is up to local election officers... Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #24
Yes, but backed up by judges FBaggins Aug 2018 #28
The issues are usually easily resolved Boomer Aug 2018 #41
Often that's because he moved, so his address is wrong on his registration. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #44
OK I hope he gets the 1 vote win just to see Trump lose his mind. grantcart Aug 2018 #26
It seems highly unlikely unless more counting errors come out in our favor FBaggins Aug 2018 #32
It would be great if the provisional ballots turned the election. gulliver Aug 2018 #39
Except that there is no surge of provisionals FBaggins Aug 2018 #40
It was 3,435 provisonal ballots as of yesterday. gulliver Aug 2018 #34
will every provisional ballot be verified and counted? AlexSFCA Aug 2018 #36
I don't know. gulliver Aug 2018 #37
So they're still making "counting errors." dchill Aug 2018 #25
Keep in mind that counties run elections FBaggins Aug 2018 #27
The county is very blue. nt Blue_true Aug 2018 #29
We need to make voting in this country sacrosanct. That is if we want a Democracy. YOHABLO Aug 2018 #30
+1, but you know ... its better to own 41234234 guns per person cause the 2nd uponit7771 Aug 2018 #33
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