[EL] Allen West recount

[Larry Levine]

This matter of deadlines for vote counting and certification of elections is
a ticking time bomb, particularly when I comes to the timing for Electoral
College balloting. Re-counts must wait until all the ballots are counted. In
California that means more than 3 million late absentees and provisional
after the election. I imagine other states had large numbers of similar
ballots to be counted. If the election is certified 30 days after Election
Day, that makes it the first week in December before a recount can be
requested. Imagine and election in which the final verdict depended on a
large state with a large number of  ballots to be processed and counted
after Election Day. Opps. That already happened Seriously, as the number of
late absentee ballots and provisional ballots continues to climb this
becomes a greater potential for disaster mounts.

Larry

 

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Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 10:04 AM
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Subject: [EL] Allen West recount

 


 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44482> "West seeks hearing after Murphy camp
declares victory when St. Lucie board misses noon deadline" 


Posted on  <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=44482> November 18, 2012 10:02 am
by Rick Hasen <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>  

 
<http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/recount
-resumes-as-noon-deadline-looms/nS9Dh/> Palm Beach Post: "The St. Lucie
County canvassing board has missed a noon deadline to file election results
to the Division of Elections, prompting campaign officials for Patrick
Murphy to declare the political newcomer the winner in the race for
congressional District 18 race."

This will be one of those instances in which Republicans call for counting
every vote and Democrats call for sticking to the rules as written.

See also St. Lucie Voting System Noted for Errors
<http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/st-lucie-voting-system-noted-for-err
ors/nS9CQ/> .

 
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