Lepore now LOSING! 49.6 to 50.1

[Must_B_Free]

SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS
Completed Precincts: 407 of 693 (58.73%)
Vote Count Percent
Arthur 'Art' ANDERSON 62,548 49.41%
Theresa LEPORE 63,709 50.33%
WRITE-IN 337 0.27%
Total 126,594 100.00%

http://www.pbcelections.org/ElectionResults/2004/PRIMARY/pri0804_dtl.htm


Update! ANDERSON TAKES LEAD!

SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS
Completed Precincts: 433 of 693 (62.48%)
Vote Count Percent
Arthur 'Art' ANDERSON 68,316 50.11%
Theresa LEPORE 67,665 49.64%
WRITE-IN 344 0.25%
Total 136,325 100.00%

[ramblin_dave]

1. What's taking so long?

I thought these touchscreen systems were supposed to give quick results.

[Vickers]

2. Anderson got my vote...of course, I voted on a black box

so who knows WHERE it ended up.

I posted in another thread (that sank): you can see the little printer inside of the black box. Would anybody in the building know how to change the paper roll? I don't think so.

[Dudley_DUright]

3. It would be sweet to see

"madam butterfly" go down the tubes tonight. I hope incompetence (or worse) will find its just rewards.

[Cha]

4. "Worse" ..afraid, Dudley!

I thought madam butterfly had already won and now this little ray of hope.

[Ducks In A Row]

5. now at 9pst/12est

SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS
Completed Precincts: 433 of 693 (62.48%)
Vote Count Percent
Arthur 'Art' ANDERSON 68,316 50.11%
Theresa LEPORE 67,665 49.64%
WRITE-IN 344 0.25%
Total 136,325 100.00%

[SW FL Dem]

9. I'm waiting up for the next hurricane update

At least this news makes it interesting. Please keep us posted!!

[ParanoidPat]

6. Wanna bet she claims the machines.......

......were HACKED! :evilgrin:

Think she'll ask for a recount? BWAAAHAHAHAHAHA! :toast:

[madfloridian]

8. And want to count them by herself. LOL

:evilgrin:

[madfloridian]

7. Lordy! Fingers crossed.

Hillsborough's touchscreen voting is very slow tonight as well. Our Polk county results were in quickly.

Dean made LePore mad when he was in Florida.

[Tatiana]

10. OMG this is GREAT news!!!!!!!!!!!

I had thought LePore had already won. This is FANTASTIC!!!!! I hope Teresa "Turncoat" LePore goes DOWN! Anderson deserves to win and kudos to Howard Dean and (cough, cough) Lieberman for getting down there and helping to support Anderson.

[Must_B_Free]

11. ANDERSON Lead widens slightly 50.3 to 49.4

SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS
Completed Precincts: 518 of 693 (74.75%)
Vote Count Percent
Arthur 'Art' ANDERSON 78,704 50.31%
Theresa LEPORE 77,359 49.45%
WRITE-IN 373 0.24%
Total 156,436 100.00%

[Ducks In A Row]

13. not going to be able to sleep until this is done

[librechik]

12. WTF is up with Florida?

hope this sticks--paper ballots could be near!

[ochazuke]

14. Link to background story

http://gregpalast.com/

This is the apparat-chick who devised the butterfly ballot that cost Gore a few thousand votes in 2000. I wonder how many of LePore's votes are fraudulent? How could anyone vote for someone who so blatently tries to turn the USA into the USSR of Joseph Stalin?

[Tatiana]

17. I believe the Republicans are helping her.

She lost the support of the Dem party, and if I'm not mistaken, she's running as an independent now.

[Awsi Dooger]

15. She is a big underdog now

Down 3300 votes and every update has been against her for over an hour

[Zo Zig]

16. Anderson lead grows!!!!!!

SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS
Completed Precincts: 534 of 693 (77.06%)
Vote Count Percent
Arthur 'Art' ANDERSON 82,773 50.89%
Theresa LEPORE 79,489 48.87%
WRITE-IN 383 0.24%
Total 162,645 100.00%

Look at the DEM/REP turnout totals

Registration and Turnout
(DEM)
Completed Precincts: 534 of 695 (76.83%)

Reg/Turnout Percent
(DEM) Registration 318,085
Total Turnout 99,598 31.31%
Election Day Turnout 75,217 23.65%
Absentee Turnout 24,381 7.66%
Provisional Turnout 0 0.00%


Registration and Turnout
(REP)
Completed Precincts: 534 of 695 (76.83%)

Reg/Turnout Percent
(REP) Registration 228,250
Total Turnout 51,706 22.65%
Election Day Turnout 40,949 17.94%
Absentee Turnout 10,757 4.71%
Provisional Turnout 0 0.00%

Does anyone else think this interesting?
On Edit- 100k DEMS vote, Andersons lead is 3500? WTF

[Awsi Dooger]

20. Even more

He leads by 3500+ votes

[Awsi Dooger]

22. Make it 5000

Damn, couldn't Nov. 2 be like this, a comfy Bush lead then slowly take it from them with one agonizing and justified jab of the election knife after another?

[madfloridian]

18. Anderson is a Dean Dozen.. Fingers crossed.

We can't handle LePore again.

[SW FL Dem]

19. even better

50.95% Anderson
48.82 Le Pore
78.64% reporting!

[Norquist Nemesis]

21. THIS is really interesting in the US Senate race

US SENATE ((REP))
Completed Precincts: 545 of 695 (78.42%)
Vote Count Percent
(REP) - Johnnie BYRD 2,236 4.39%
(REP) - Doug GALLAGHER 9,172 17.99%
(REP) - Larry KLAYMAN 939 1.84%
(REP) - William Billy KOGUT 213 0.42%
(REP) - Sonya MARCH 887 1.74%
(REP) - Mel MARTINEZ 19,834 38.90%
(REP) - Bill MCCOLLUM 15,793 30.97%
(REP) - Karen SAULL 1,914 3.75%
Total 50,988 100.00%

US SENATE ((DEM))
Completed Precincts: 545 of 695 (78.42%)
Vote Count Percent
(DEM) - Betty CASTOR 49,734 50.20%
(DEM) - Peter DEUTSCH 38,101 38.45%
(DEM) - Bernard E. KLEIN 4,467 4.51%
(DEM) - Alex PENELAS 6,778 6.84%
Total 99,080 100.00%

[Awsi Dooger]

24. Especially since our senate race was an obvious walkover

And Martinez/McCollum very competitive. Dem turnout has been terrific nationwide all year, but our opponents will show up on Nov. 2.

[Norquist Nemesis]

26. That's almost a 2:1 ratio!

Does FL have crossover voting?

[Robbien]

27. So Dems are voting 2/1 over GOP, but the SOE election has

it much much closer for the LePore/Anderson vote count.

[ramblin_dave]

23. Do the vote totals include any absentee ballots?

Greg Palast said there were 37000 absentee ballots sent out.

[Awsi Dooger]

28. Wow, that's more than I estimated

Based on the number of votes in this county. Still, if Anderson maintains a 6000 vote lead, even if every absentee ballot were returned she would need a 21,000 - 14,000 split, or 60%, to overtake him. Mathematically, that's severely unlikely given the precinct percentages.

[Awsi Dooger]

30. I just looked at the absentee specifics, and it's good news

The top of the election results page lists 37,839 absentee participation. Then when it is broken down by party affiliation, 10,700+ of those are Republican and 24,000+ are Democratic. I think we can assume Democrats did not swarm in overwhelming numbers in the cause of retaining and rewarding Theresa LePore. Also, since the precise numbers are known, the absentee ballots may have already been included in the raw total.

[Must_B_Free]

25. New totals 51.5 to 48.2

SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS
Completed Precincts: 564 of 693 (81.39%)
Vote Count Percent
Arthur 'Art' ANDERSON 89,450 51.57%
Theresa LEPORE 83,610 48.20%
WRITE-IN 398 0.23%
Total 173,458 100.00%

[Ducks In A Row]

29. I'm afraid to hope

[ParanoidPat]

31. Never fear, HOPE IS ON THE WAY!

.......heh heh heh! :evilgrin:

SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS
Completed Precincts: 642 of 693 (92.64%)
Vote Count Percent
Arthur 'Art' ANDERSON..90,866 51.47%
Theresa LEPORE.........85,290 48.31%
WRITE-IN 402 0.23%
Total 176,558 100.00%

Madame Butterfly's Swan Song! :)

[Norquist Nemesis]

32. 95.96% in now!!!

SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS
Completed Precincts: 665 of 693 (95.96%)
Vote Count Percent
Arthur 'Art' ANDERSON 91,052 51.45%
Theresa LEPORE 85,522 48.32%
WRITE-IN 402 0.23%
Total 176,976 100.00%

[BurtWorm]

33. It's all over! It's all over!

God I hope there are no unpostmarked military ballots that come in over the next week.

[Norquist Nemesis]

34. Yes! It is!!! 99.28% update

SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS
Completed Precincts: 688 of 693 (99.28%)
Vote Count Percent
Arthur 'Art' ANDERSON 91,129 51.45%
Theresa LEPORE 85,589 48.32%
WRITE-IN 402 0.23%
Total 177,120 100.00%

[SW FL Dem]

35. with 99.28 of the precincts reporting

it's 91,122 for Anderson 51.45%
85,587 for LEPORE 48.32%

There is hope, even for Florida. And now I am headed to bed, so I can deal with Hurricane Frances.

[Norquist Nemesis]

36. Please stay safe!

If I could swing it, I'd be down there in a heartbeat helping you guys. Just please, please, please, stay safe and GET OUT if it's even close to you.

[Ducks In A Row]

37. I'm so glad it's done... I hopeit's really done

and lapore doesn't pull something out of jeb's ass to help her.


so does this mean Art will be able to remake the ballots for Nov, to something clear and meaningful. Or that he can get the black boxes fixed or removed?

[yellowcanine]

38. Does Anderson take over right away or are we stuck with Theresa

"Butterfly" Lepore for November?

[LisaL]

39. Nope, she will only be gone in January.

She still will be a supervisor for a general election in Nov.