SHAMEFUL: NY DEM Election Lawyer says recount should NOT be allowed!

[Bill Bored]

The Repubs do the same thing when their candidates are ahead in the count. Remember Bush v. Gore? But NY Democrats LIED. They said there would be recounts here, just like we saw in Minnesota. Remember Al Franken? Now see what this NY Dem election lawyer says:

Hull attorneys want recount; no ballots to be opened today
Decision on Schenectady mayor could take two weeks
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
By Kathleen Moore
Gazette Reporter

http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2011/nov/29/1129_mayorcout/

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McCarthy’s attorney, Kathleen O’Keefe, is staunchly opposed to the recount. She said McCarthy’s 62-vote lead is large enough that a recount won’t change the result of the election, and argued that it would be a waste of time and money for the county.

“It will be very costly and time-consuming,” she said. “We’re hesitant to burden the county with a full paper recount if it’s not necessary.”

She said election law allows just two reasons for a recount: tests must show the ballot-reading machines didn’t work correctly or that there was a substantial number of missing ballots.

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However, Hull’s attorneys are analyzing the number of machine-reported “under-votes” in the mayor’s race. The machine records an under-vote if it cannot discern any marks in the ovals for any of the candidates in the race.

Out of more than 9,000 ballots cast, 157 people did not record a vote for the mayor’s race, according to the machines. Walsh, one of Hull’s attorneys, told Reilly that the “discrepancies” might indicate a machine failure.

“It might be the machines didn’t read it,” he said. “If someone circled a candidate, that’s a pretty good intention, but the machine isn’t going to read that.”

The machine can only read marks in the ovals next to each candidate’s name.

[elleng]

1. Clarify, please.

You're saying she 'lied' because she's advocating for her client against need for recall?

[Bill Bored]

2. Party officials lied when they said recounts would happen and we would NOT trust computers.

As to how the Democratic clients are being represented, see this from last year's elections (same lawyers):
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x517292

And what about the interests of the VOTERS, who have a constitutional right to know that their votes are counted as cast? Party hackery is no substitute for that right and historically, Dems have tried to protect that right. Not anymore -- at least not in New York. And NY is not unique.

[Bill Bored]

3. Another post about the dismal situation in New York (from 2010 elections):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x516897