NY-20: Tedisco (R) has officially lost his marbles

[djg21]

Source: The Albany Project

Just when you thought the Tedisco campaign's tactics couldn't get any more absurd here in the 20th Congressional District, they just got utterly ridiculous.

According to late Thursday night report in the Hudson Register-Star, the Tedisco legal team filed suit in Dutchess County court demanding to be declared the winner in the special election race with Scott Murphy.

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Tedisco's down by 178 votes, according to the official New York State Board of Elections tally. Yet he's asking a judge to declare him the winner.

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Yes, folks, we have officially entered Bizarroland in the 20th CD, with the GOP candidate arguing that (as the guy whose lead has evaporated, from a high of up 25 votes on Election Night to a deficit of down 178 votes today) he should be declared the winner by a hand-picked judge.



Read more: http://thealbanyproject.com/diary/6281/#21416

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Chutzpah!

[LynneSin]

1. Oh come on - that's just NOT fair

How can one lose their marbles if they never had them in the first place

:D

[Stevenmarc]

2. Another victim of Coleman Disease

[LeftishBrit]

3. I thought (R) WAS the official symbol for 'lost your marbles'

[hedgehog]

4. Do you have any idea how the military ballots went? Everyone

assumed the military vote would be for Tedesco, but I was betting it would be for the Democratic candidate. I don't think anyone wants the US out of Iraq more than the guys we keep sending back!

[cherish44]

5. God those people are desperate tools

Now we decide elections not on actual ballots but presumptions? Why did they even bother to let people vote then?

[tekisui]

6. Is this going to become the ....ahem...norm in every close election?

[Fluffdaddy]

8. YES: Unfortunately we are "almost" divided evenly.......Red & Blue

[KamaAina]

9. No

only the ones where the repuke loses. :eyes:

[Fluffdaddy]

7. RegisterStar: Tedisco asks to be declared winner

What the Heck is this Tedisco thinking?

http://www.registerstar.com/articles/2009/04/17/news/news02.txt

Tedisco asks to be declared winner




Murphy still holds lead

By Jamie Larson



COLUMBIA COUNTY — 20th Congressional District candidate Republican Jim Tedisco submitted a petition to the Dutchess County Supreme Court Thursday asking the judge to declare him the winner of the extremely close special election race, despite the numbers currently being in favor of his opponent, Democrat Scott Murphy.

According to The Associated Press, Murphy leads Tedisco by 178 votes district wide — 79,452 to 79,274. The only ballots that have not been counted are those challenged by each candidate’s lawyers, and while Tedisco’s office has said the challenges are roughly evenly split between the two camps, Columbia County lawyers for Murphy have only challenged 22 ballots, while Tedisco’s have challenged 258.

Tedisco is also asking the court to authorize recanvasing of all machine ballots to acquire the “proper” tallies. He would like them to reassess the validity of absentee votes already counted, and keep ballots challenged by Tedisco unopened. County Board of Elections Democratic Commissioner Virginia Martin said this new development could result in the election taking quite a bit more time to be decided. She would not venture a guess on how long it will be before the 20th District has a representative in congress.

Murphy’s office was not available for comment on the development before press time.

The last group of unchallenged Columbia County absentee ballots were counted Thursday as well. According to unofficial numbers provided Thursday by the BOE, Murphy accumulated 93 new votes and Tedisco gained another 49. This brings the total unchallenged absentee vote count to: Murphy 476, Tedisco 270.

The votes counted Thursday were military ballots, federal ballots from county residents overseas, affidavit votes from voters who experienced problems at the polls, and the 49 challenges overruled by the Dutchess County Supreme Court Wednesday.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s vote has now been counted.

[KamaAina]

10. Marbles?

I was thinking more like BB's, maybe. :P