I'm not sure where these votes came from given that Raynor has still not reported (maybe the provisionals are coming in), but Sen.-Elect Webb's lead just increased again with 99.88% reporting: 7297 votes.(UPDATE: The state's canvassing is making Allen's decision on asking for a recount even tougher as Sen.-Elect Webb's lead grows - 7352 votes.)
(UPDATE at 5:35 pm: The "Precincts Reporting" percentage has dropped to 94.6%. But don't fret - this is because the website has added one or more "Conditional Votes" precincts in each county. These votes traditional max out in the double digits in the largest districts (e.g., Fairfax County had 48 conditional ballots cast compared to 272,100 total in 2005) and so won't effect the outcome much at all. As of right now, Sen.-Elect Webb's lead holds steady at - 7346 votes.)
Also, are they ever going to fix the incorrect 3rd district page? I'm really looking forward to seeing "100% reporting"!
Jensen said a computer malfunction in Isle of Wight has delayed a final vote count for that county.
“The votes are fine,” she said. “It’s just the machines are locked up. The votes are in there.”
The precinct in limbo has 383 registered voters, said William Bell, secretary of the county’s electoral board. He said turnout for the county was about 57 percent, meaning the number of uncounted votes should be around 200.
Bell said a technician from Sequoia Voting Systems is expected to arrive Thursday to retrieve the votes from the jammed computer.
Final glitches in Loudoun, Rockingham and Fairfax city were ironed out Wednesday morning as registrars scrambled to double-check their vote totals.
And my vote estimate was right on the money it would seem so that's pretty cool too. :-)
All morning I've been getting elated messages from PA and NJ and Ohio and all of them were saying "well, what's with you guys? We've done our bit and you're still dithering around with the macaca"
We're cool.
2004 for President - 266
2005 for Gov. - 177
Tiny. I figure Webb will get 1/3 of all the votes cast in Raynor anyway. Allen is done! Dems take the Senate and Congress!!!
I don't know what the holdup is with the remaining three precincts. They aren't enough to make a difference, but how hard could it be to count these things anyways?
You can see vote totals for the missing precincts from 2004 here:
Raynor: http://sbe.virginiai...
and Roberts B:
http://sbe.virginiai...
In 2004, Raynor had 260 votes, Roberts B had 1628, and Central Absentee Precinct had 0. These are Kerry+Bush, so I don't see how Allen has a prayer.
Bobbi in Roanoke
But if you look at precints - I looked at Fairfax County - the 100% reporting is now 90 something in all the precints.
Anybody have an idea of how many provisional ballots there are?
Rob, have you done any analyses on who is more likely to need a provisional?
I believe it was hypothetical or a rumor.
I think we're cool :)
Webb 1,173,755 49.55%
Allen 1,166,408 49.24%
November 08, 2006
Republicans Will Pressure Allen... Soon
Top Republicans in Washington will give Sen. George Allen a few days to take stock of his legal and political options before beginning to pressure him to concede to James Webb. Senior Republican officials and White House aides believe that Webb won the race. Several outside advisers to Allen want him to make the decision quickly; others in his campaign want to make sure that there's no chance a cache of new votes will turn up. One question: when will (will?) the AP call the race? [MARC AMBINDER]
Let's Not Re-Do Florida in 2000
A Message for Senator Allen
By Leon H WolfAs we sit now, James Webb has a lead of approximately 8,000 votes over George Allen in Virginia, with votes yet to be counted. Insofar as there are outstanding absentee ballots, they should of course all be counted before Allen throws in the towel. If the final margin of victory is small enough that it triggers some sort of automatic recount, then I am all for the automatic recount. There's merit to doing a once-over and making sure that the thing was done right.
But there's also merit to the notion of finality when it comes to the electoral process.
Read on.
At some point, there must ultimately be a winner and a loser - the stability of Democracy depends upon it. Which is why, when I hear that the RNC is mobilizing lawyers and publicists and whatnot to fight a protracted battle down in Virginia, I have to cringe.
No one understands the potential consequences of losing Virginia (which will probably mean losing the Senate) more acutely than I do. But that doesn't mean that throwing a hissy over the way things turned out is either (a) going to do any good, or (b) make us look any better than the Democrats did in 2000 (How did Florida work out for them in the 2004 Presidential election, by the way?).
Senator Allen, you ran a truly horrendous campaign for which you are largely responsible. If you lose, this will be the reason for your loss. Please accept it graciously.
When I went to bed when Webb was around 12,000 votes down, and when I got up he was 8000 votes up. So thanks to Arlington County, Alexandria City, and Fairfax County, for coming through in a big way.
Also, I saw on the news last night a story about how voters in Prince William County had to wait three or more hours to vote in some polling places. Thanks for hanging tough there.
I have to ask!!!!!
who took pictures any links?!?!?!?! please!