'Funds Ran Out': Kucinich Hand Count Stops in NH

[99th_Monkey]

Source: BradBlog via OpEdNews.com

'Funds Ran Out': Kucinich Hand Count Stops in NH; Republican Albert Howard's NH Hand Count Set to Begin Thursday

On the New Hampshire Sec. of State's website this morning, the top of the Election Contest hand-count results page says:

"THE KUCINICH RECOUNT STOPPED THIS MORNING (JAN. 23, 2008) BECAUSE FUNDS RAN OUT."

We've confirmed with Kucinich campaign rep David Bright, who was in Concord this morning, that they have indeed stopped counting as of today, after only a single county, and not even fully at that. We're trying to learn more, and will reserve full comment until we do. Suffice it to say that given the many miscounts being discovered, the horrendous shape of NH's "chain of custody", the refusal of the SoS to allow for the counting/reconciliation of unvoted (blank) ballots, the Diebold memory cards which seem to be missing and/or destroyed since the election (in violation of federal law), it would be disappointing, at best, if Kucinich failed to finish what he so appropriately began.

In the meantime, the halt to the Kucinich count means that the Republican hand count, requested by candidate Albert Howard, will begin tomorrow. If his letter --- containing very thorough and appropriate Public Records Requests, submitted with his original request for a count to the Sec. of State (see his full letter at bottom of this article) --- is any indication, it would seem Howard and his team may be taking on this hand count with the seriousness that it and the voters of NH and America deserve.



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[Party Line]

1. Maybe he could

get some Grey's to volunteer for the rest of the count...?

[grytpype]

2. Well, at least he got some attention. That was the whole point anyway.

[ima_sinnic]

12. what a moronic comment

but I'm not surprised, having seen your other BS. A real "Democrat" ... :eyes:

[Stewie]

13. He could get attention by pulling down his pants and waving his gentials at traffic.

It's not a good thing to get attention by claiming massive conspiracies that are easily disproven. Ross Perot got lots of attention by claiming the Republicans were conspiring to ruin his daughter's wedding and have ninjas run across his lawn. Didn't work out so well for him.

[zbdent]

3. so ... since they found numerous instances of fraud ...

they are abandoning the recount (not Kucinich, the election officials ...)???

[onenote]

6. can you cite to these numerous examples of "fraud"

I've seen reports of instances of human error, but nothing that could remotely be considered fraudulent. Please elaborate.

[Tarc]

8. "Numerous instances" No, they didn't

What was found was a small sampling of human error. The adjusted vote tallies did not give the slightest bumb to any candidate.

[bdamomma]

4. should we donate to send NH more funds????

or maybe they do not want to continue the count.

[Stewie]

11. There's no need to continue the count.

40 percent of all votes cast have been recounted. The initial count was only off by fractions of tenths of a percent. There's no need to drag it out.

Don't send money. I'm pretty sure BradBlog's hysterical, about-to-be-proven-at-any-minute conspiracy theories have a lot to do with that "Donate" button at the bottom of the page.

[TheWatcher]

14. Please go back to sleep.

Then at least we won't have to hear you talk.

[patrioticintellect]

5. The Media's Exclusion of Dennis

Has succeeded in making the campaign a disorganized mess that the people supporting him are understandably frustrated with.

The strategy for winning is non-existent now although there are still ways to win. We could be dogmatic and steadfast like Giuliani and make claims like he is making.

We need to figure out as a campaign if funding more of the NH recount is good for this election since the one good thing to come out of this is that Kucinich is doing everything for the future of America and not to get elected. That is why his candidacy is so much better than the others.

His exclusion will spawn media reform that he will fight for.

The questionable results at the polls will lead Dennis to fight hard for election reform which we desperately need.

And the ignorance of the Democratic Party will just make him fight even harder for impeachment.

So, is continuing the recount necessary to advance election reform in America or has the point been made?

Kucinich also has to worry about his congressional seat. He's tried to entrust his re-election to some unions that support him but the corporations are targeting him. So, all the money he wants to go to him now is for his congressional re-election.

I support that move because I don't want him to lose the race for president and his seat in Congress.

I want Dennis to be the next Speaker of the House.

[onenote]

7. I'm sorry, but DK's campaign was disorganized from the beginning

as was his campaign in 2004. With one campaign under his belt, you'd think he'd be able to run a better organized race. Yes, he's never had the money, but the problems with his campaign's lack of organization run deeper than money.

[patrioticintellect]

9. It'd be organized

If the people of America weren't all talk.

We all like to talk about what needs to and what should be done. When it comes time to organize for that opportunity for serious change, we buckle.

It's our own fault the Democratic Party's in disarray. It's our own fault true patriots like Dennis fail at what they are fighting for.

[Stewie]

10. "Suffice it to say that given the many miscounts being discovered"

40 percent of all ballots cast were recounted. Only 32 votes out of around 100,000 were miscounted. Hardly "massive election fraud."

I wonder if his hysterical claims that the election was stolen but there isn't the money to prove it have anything to do with that "Donate to BradBlog" button at the bottom of the story. Fundraising scam.

[ima_sinnic]

15. who said anything about "massive election fraud"?

so it's not the voters' right to have a recount when the results are dubious?

oh, let me guess--a Hillary supporter. You seem to think duplicating your dumbass, disparaging comments about the recount and about Kucinich will somehow make your point better. All they do is show you do not understand what democracy is about, nor do you care. And that's not all they say about you.

And by the way, what evidence do you have for the "facts" you cite? 32 votes miscounted? What kind of "Democrat" denigrates the efforts of the only blog on the Internet that has managed to stay on top of election fraud across the country? Why, when the evidence that it exists (if not in NH, in numerous other places, well documented), would you ridicule it? Gee, I can't imagine why. :eyes: Like a junior high schooler, keep making fun of efforts that threaten you, in your own petty little insecure junior high school way . . .