All signs sure point to a good outcome.  And that much of a buffer going into the recount really IS almost insurmountable!  Recounts don't change things markedly in Virginia.  If this lead is certified, Goode really is going down!

On this year's ballot I got to vote for 3 candidates who I truly admire and trust: Barack Obama, Mark Warner, and Tom Perriello.  Now all three are heading to Washington, and the two legislators are going to be immediately in the majority and in perfect position to get things done.  

just a retabulation of the votes. aka creigh deeds a few years ago.

We call it a recount, but it's not actually a recount in the traditional sense of the word.  

Congratulations, Congressman-elect Perriello!

it would have been stupid to not be able to recount the new optical scanner ballots where they were used so it was my understanding they changed the law a little to actually recount those at least.... but I'm not sure it affects the VREs (Touch Screen Machines)

They are two different things, but given a 600-vote lead, I don't think Virgil could prevail on either.

Standards for a protest are:

i) objections to the eligibility of the contestee based on specific allegations,
(ii) objections to the conduct or results of the election accompanied by specific allegations which, if proven true, would have a probable impact on the outcome of the election, or
(iii) both.

In other words, you can't just say, "Oh, they messed up on provisional ballots," or make a general allegation.

Virgil would have to find 600 ballots for Tom that he could make specific allegations about. He has, I believe, until Dec. 4. I can't see it.

Or, if he has some specific claim about some wrong-doing, he can bring that forward. But we know that didn't occur. You can agree with Tom Perriello on the issues or not, but he is as honest as they come.

I hope Nancy Pelosi gives Tom a nice office.

Glad to see that this election is finally going to get rid of Virgil.  Goode Riddance!  Make sure to get everybody out again in 2 years when he tries to take that seat back!  There won't be as many voters at the polls then, so Dems need to make sure to snuff out the voters from the rural districts.  
Hopefully now ThatGrrl can get back to work.  What must Lexis be thinking?

Ha, I like that one!

"Goode bye," too!

Tom will need to work his tail off for these first two years, to avoid being taken out in 2010. He'll be vulnerable, coming from a conservative district, swept in during a wave election, etc.

If I'm him, the first thing I do is hire a very strong constituent services team in the district offices and a very strong communications director in DC. He's going to need to connect with the people, and tell his story back in the district.

Check this out for an advance view of the Albemarle results:
http://democraticcentral.com/s...

it is Lloyd.

we shall see what is up. maybe he will concede??

is that he's going to announce that he's not going to go down without a fight, even with all of the mounting evidence to the contrary.

It's unfortunate if that happens, because, in essence, the SBE just did a recount, retabulation, whatever you want to call it. The odds of doing an actual "recount" and finding something different are minimal, at best.

Congrats to Congressman-elect Perriello!!

Why does the AP feed from Daily Kos have Virgil up by 98 votes right now?

If they are correct, Tom would have to lose about 1000 votes and Virgil would have to lose about 500 votes from the canvassing today and next week.

AP numbers have been pretty untrustworthy this entire process.

I feel better now....let's hope that means there's hope for Mary Jo Kilroy in Columbus, Darcy Burner in Seattle, and Charlie Brown out in California as well!  Mary Jo was down only by about 130 or so, and Charlie by 700 or so as well, and Darcy was down by 5,000 but only 71% of the vote was counted!

If the AP numbers are off by enough in those contests maybe we'll pull a few out too!

In our State Board of Elections website. Not all states are so lucky.  

According to the Va. SBE website available at this link; https://www.voterinfo.sbe.virg...
- as of 1:40 P.M. today (Friday, November 7) Tom Perriello's margin of victory has now expanded to 751 votes.

Come on, Virgil; admit defeat and start cleaning out your offices...

Thanks!

Steve

how much a recount or re-tabulation will cost the state?

Creigh Deeds couldn't pull 350 votes statewide.  Virgil can't pull 750 out of one district.