Democrat Vote Totals Off in New York

Democracy in action.

February 16, 2008—Barack Obama’s primary-night results were strikingly under recorded in several congressional districts around the city - in some cases leaving him with zero votes when, in fact, he had pulled in hundreds, the Board of Elections said today

Unofficial primary results gave Obama no votes in nearly 80 districts, including Harlem’s 94th and other historically black areas - but many of those initial tallies proved to be wildly off the mark, the Board of Elections confirmed.

Truth is, in some districts getting a recount, the senator from Illinois is even close to defeating Hillary Clinton.

Initial results in the 94th District, for example, showed a 141-0 sweep for the New York senator, but Board of Elections spokeswoman Valerie Vazquez said today that the ongoing recount had changed the tally to 261-136.

Is Bill Clinton’s office still in Harlem?

1. I hate to say it, but… “if we can put a man on the moon,” why on earth can’t we build a sturdy and reliable and secure and easy-to-total voting machine?

   Posted by Leisureguy on February 17, 2008 at 1410 hrs




2. Hey, if HRC is (or was) the inevitable candidate, why would they have bothered counting the ballots?

   Team-HRC is already making noise about getting the invalid Michigan/Florida primary results into the delegate mix, because “every vote should count”.

   including Harlem’s 94th and other historically black areas

   I guess there the assumption was that they are all “downscale” Democrats, which is Clinton’s turf - that is why she is counting on Ohio & Pennsylvania to “deliver”.  Wonder how your average Joe-Blow Democrat feels about being labled “downscale” by their own party?

   Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 17, 2008 at 1411 hrs




3. Did you misspeak?  Maybe you meant Democrats in action.

   Posted by (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 18, 2008 at 0459 hrs




4. I’ll be happy if Obama makes it. He’s absolutely putting a good fight.

   Posted by gina on February 18, 2008 at 2241 hrs