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Monday, November 11, 2013

11-11-13 teacherken at Daily Kos

teacherken at Daily Kos:




The country is doing better than you think
so opines Eugene Robinson in this op ed for Tuesday's Washington Post. It is crammed full of data to make the argument.  He begins like this:   The economy is growing much more quickly than expected. Inflation is basically nonexistent. The federal budget deficit has been slashed dramatically. The stock market is reaching all-time highs. One of our long-running wars is over, and the other is windin

VA AG - the math is simple, and devastating
as many of you probably know, Democrat Mark Herring went ahead today (although not yet on the state website) as a result of actions in Richmond. Going in to today, Obenshain led by 17. As expected the missing machine with a net of 116 for Herring was accepted. There were net 16 other additions for Herring. As of earlier today, Herring has, at least theoretically, a 115 vote lead (I am going to use


Update on VA-AG race
State Board of Elections website this evening changed from Obenshain by 55 to Obenshain by 17.  People have been digging through to account for the 38 vote change.  We knew that 11 was from Richmond City provisionals, H 15 O 4 = +11H The rest came from Precinct 606, which had corrections of Herring +30 and Obenshain +3 for a net of +27. 55 - 11- 38 = 17. Still NOT in state is Richmond Precinct 501

11-10-13 teacherken at Daily Kos
teacherken at Daily Kos: An explanation of dispute on Fairfax County provisionals in AG raceFairfax County Virginia has had a practice that allowed those casting provisional ballots on election day to sign documentation allowing party or candidate organizations to allow them to represent the voter when the provisional was being considered.  The state election board decided that this was in violati