Kissell gets even closer, website says that he's now 122 votes closer

[Seen the light]

By my count, Hayes has a lead of only 224 votes now.

[wildeyed]

1. link?

Which website? Thanks!

[Seen the light]

2. It was on Larry Kissell's official site earlier, but they've removed it.

I'm not sure what that means. :shrug:

It says that they're still counting the provisionals now though.

[SaveAmerica]

3. This link from the Charlotte Observer says it's more, now.

This is driving me nuts.
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/politics/15966259.htm

Hayes, a four-term Republican incumbent from Concord, leads Kissell by 450 votes out of more than 120,000 cast, according to unofficial results from each of the 10 counties in the 8th Congressional District.

The State Board of Elections Web site showed a tighter margin of 346 votes Wednesday, but that still includes some Richmond County results that were accidentally double-counted, said county elections director Connie Kelly.

Both sides began gathering the fuel they will need for the weeks ahead -- lawyers and money.

"The one thing that is crystal clear is that the best election lawyers in America are on their way to join our local legal team to assist the fight in making sure that all the votes are counted," Kissell said in a statement.

[KatieB]

4. Unofficial counts do not include absentee or provisional

The "unofficial" counts the media taps into exclude the provisional and absentee voters. It's an outrage they are so quick to list this as if it's final.
I know this because I was a pollworker

[wildeyed]

5. Found an update.

http://www.wsoctv.com/politics/10284155/detail.html

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- There are still 1,492 provisional ballots to be counted in the undecided race for the 8th District U.S. House seat between Robin Hayes and Larry Kissell, state elections officials said Thursday.

Democratic challenger Kissell expressed optimism that he would be able to make up a 465-vote deficit in the unofficial count.

snip.....

Provisional ballot results are to be reported to the State Board of Elections on Nov. 17, along with final, official vote totals for the race.

If the margin of victory is less than 1 percentage point, the trailing candidate will then have one business day to request a recount, which would be completed within 48 hours, according to election officials.

In the unlikely scenario in which all 1,492 provisional ballots were upheld and contained votes in the congressional race, Kissell would have to win 979, or 66 percent, of the ballots to overcome his current disadvantage.

The provisional ballots are divided by county: Anson, 107; Cabarrus, 311; Cumberland, 281; Hoke, 103; Mecklenburg, 195; Montgomery, 69; Richmond, 100; Scotland, 186; Stanly, 99; Union, 41.

Hayes took 60 percent of the vote in Cabarrus, his home county, and 54 percent in Cumberland, which is home to Fayetteville.

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So it looks like a recount is almost guaranteed. Also, even though provisionals tend to go for the dems, there are a lot of provisionals from the red counties. One thing for sure, it's going to be *really* close.

And I will add, this is why I love doing GOTV in Mecklenburg. Races tend to be close, so I feel like my efforts on behalf of the dems make a difference, sometimes THE difference. If Kissell wins, everyone who worked for him can think, gee, those X number of voters I persuaded to show up made the difference. I WON this race for him. Same with the Mecklenburg County Commissioners at-large race which has a 78 vote difference and will most likely be recounted, too.

[SaveAmerica]

6. Thanks for that, that's the best break-down of what's going to happen

that I've seen yet. I agree with you that we should see a recount. And I also agree with you about working to GOTV. Every single vote counts, I hope no one ever doubts that. Just 20 more votes for Kissell per county would be the difference he'd need.