Cincinnati Enquirer Says Race Too Close to Call at 9:11PM-Unprecedented!

[flpoljunkie]

Tuesday, August 2, 2005 Last updated: 9:11 pm

2nd district too close to call
The race for the 2nd Congressional District was too close to call at 9 p.m. today – an almost unprecedented situation in a congressional seat that Republicans have comfortably held for at least three decades.

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage

[GetTheRightVote]

1. That is probably how long they have been stealing the seat as well

:kick:

[flpoljunkie]

5. What is going on in Clermont County, only county to use opti-scan

Still on 52% of th vote counted!

[Halliburton]

7. it takes time to hack

it's not a five minute task, if you know what I mean!

[flpoljunkie]

22. Found this about irregularities in Clermont County in 2004

Larisa Alexandrovna: Ohio recount volunteers allege electoral tampering, legal violations and possible fraud, The Raw Story, January 26, 2005

"Serious new election tampering allegations have emerged from an Ohio county, where witnesses allege that stickers were placed on presidential election ballots, RAW STORY has learned. Several volunteer workers in the Ohio recount in Clermont County, Ohio have prepared affidavits alleging serious tampering, violations of state and federal law and possible fraud. They name the Republican chief of Clermont's Board of Elections Daniel Bare and the head of the Clermont Democratic Party Priscilla O'Donnell as complicit in these acts. These volunteers, observing the recount on behalf of the Greens, Libertarians and Democrats, assert that during the Dec. 14, 2004 hand recount they noticed stickers covering the Kerry/Edwards oval, whereas the Bush/Cheney oval seemed to be 'colored in.' Some witnesses state that beneath the stickers, the Kerry/Edwards oval was selected. The opti-scan ballots were then fed into the machines after the hand recount." (2/8)

http://www.crisispapers.org/topics/election-fraud.htm

[RoyGBiv]

10. Humidity ...

So says a (R) County Commissioner, according to someone in another thread.

Humidity. It was RAINING the last time I voted, and my precinct reported within 30 minutes.

Fucking humidity. I went and threw things when I read that. It didn't help.

[FrenchieCat]

2. Now that's a good story....

Fucking repugs can't make up their minds whether they support the troops or not.

[BamaLefty]

18. Oh The Hypocrisy!

Ya gotta love it!

[Synnical]

3. Hack-Job

Will be more appropriate tomorrow when, I'm guessing, the re-count starts.

[Pryderi]

8. There will be a recount no matter who "wins".

[Eurobabe]

12. Maybe a do over?

Good, then in 28 days I can VOTE for Hackett.

[Synnical]

21. That is,

That is what the Freepers are going to say. Tried to post this in an earlier thread, but it had been locked.

-Cindy in Fort Lauderdale

[Pithy Cherub]

4. A Democratic Message has been sent into the heart of

Red Ohio! Go HACKETT!

[cloud75]

9. this race will be big news tomorrow watch the morning shows( msm)

[FrenchieCat]

11. Now don't get your hopes up on that one...

Corporate media buries these kind of stories......were they reporting on it today? I didn't see a peep. It was the Air France Crash the whole time I was tuned in.

[wli]

16. not quite, the rethugs own the MSM

They'll be full-fledged, active participants in the coverup of the neocons rigging it for Schmidt.

[lancdem]

6. Excellent!

[Rose Siding]

13. This is a win, no matter WHO goes to DC

Dems will see the power of laying it on the line. Maybe EVERYONE is just fed up with being spoken down to- fed up with platitudes. Let it fly!

I'm giddy.

[Ksec]

15. ditto

[wli]

14. they're busy rigging the opti-scan count

Probably busy shredding pro-Hackett ballots and purging Democrats from voter rolls as we speak.

[Rose Siding]

17. Newsnight just reported Hackett slightly ahead

the last update...(PST)

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» Schmidt? Hackett? A Nail-Biter from The Broad View
At about 7:25 PDT, CNN's NewsNight reported Paul Hackett squeaking ahead of Jean Schmidt. I'm not getting this from the blog leaders on the ground, who are showing Schmidt ahead by a smidgeon...with a handful of precincts still to be

http://www.swingstateproject.com/2005/08/oh-2_its_gonna.php#comments

[BamaLefty]

20. Frickin A!

Seriously? I turned on CNN and FOX tonight and all they wanted to talk about was missing white girls. So you're serious! WORD!

[Ksec]

23. woo hoo!@!

cmon Hack !!

[brettdale]

19. isnt the last county

70% repug though?

[BamaLefty]

24. Yeah but it really doesn't matter

the whole damn district is 70% Repug and look at what is happening...

Clermont County, Ohio:

Kerry 29.1% 25,887

Bush 70.7% 62,949


http://uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT/

[DeepModem Mom]

25. kick