Election 2006...It's Not Over Until All the Votes Are Counted (and Verified!)

[BradBlog]

After at least two years on this beat, nine hours of LIVE radio last night with my erstwhile co-anchor Peter B. Collins, and my blog knocked out for a couple of hours this morning, I'm a bit ragged, but won't be getting too much rest for the moment. Here's a couple of important posts, with more -- perhaps much more -- to come later today... -- Brad

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A Few Candidates We Hope Do Not Concede, a Few Who Shouldn't Have and Several Who Have Vowed to Not Do So…
Tester Announced 'Winner' in Montana, But We Say What's the Hurry?

We'll have much post-mortem to come today, and likely for the next several. Now that the media has announced John Tester (D) the "winner" in Montana, the balance of the Senate all comes down to Virginia. Will it get ugly? We hope so.

For now, here's a far-from-complete list of folks that The BRAD BLOG feels shouldn't concede or shouldn't have conceded and a few whom we congratulate for announcing they don't plan to do so. More soon on these races specifically and why we feel this:

SHOULDN'T CONCEDE:
George Allen (R-VA) U.S. Senate
Conrad Burns (R-MT) U.S. Senate
Bruce McPherson (R-CA) Secretary of State

SHOULDN'T HAVE CONCEDED:
Jim Talent (R-MO) U.S. Senate
Rick Santorum (R-PA) U.S. Senate
Harold Ford (D-TN) U.S. Senate

ANNOUNCED THEY WON'T BE CONCEDING UNTIL EVERY VOTE IS COUNTED:
Francine Busby (D-CA) U.S. House, CA-50
Bob Fitrakis (G-OH) Governor, Ohio
Clint Curtis (D-FL) U.S. House, FL-24

URL: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3760

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DEBRA BOWEN ANNOUNCED WINNER OVER LYING, DEMOCRACY-HATING CALIFORNIA SEC. OF STATE BRUCE MCPHERSON!
(Not that we have any particularly strong feelings about the race)

AP is now reporting that Debra Bowen has won the Secretary of State's race in California! This is a huge win for those of us who care of Election Integrity in America! Perhaps the most important race in the nation on that front! More on this later today!



URL: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3759

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CLINT CURTIS VOWS TO VERIFY TOM FEENEY ELECTION RESULTS
Says Will Do 'Forensic Reconstruction' to Determine 'If Election is Supported by Actual Voters'

URL: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3755

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E-Voting Toon of the Moment…




(Here's a good place to start: http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2054004,00.asp Though, NOTE TO CIO Insight: they weren't "glitches", they were failures.)

URL: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3763

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Brad Friedman
THE BRAD BLOG - The uprising continues...
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