Has there been any further word on the lack of Obama votes in Harlem?

[flor de jasmim]

I haven't seen anything more on it.

[elixir]

1. Hmmm, first time I've heard of it. I suspect it's because it's Bill Clinton country.

[Yossariant]

4. There was a NYT piece that some precincts recorded zero votes for Clinton

and some had zero for Obama.

Obamatons only want to talk about half of it, though.

:shrug:

[Fresh_Start]

2. Both Obama and Clinton recorded zero votes in some precincts

it wasn't a problem limited to Obama.

[flor de jasmim]

10. There were 80 precincts in Harlem with 0 votes for Obama (I don't know how many Clinton had 0 in)

[babylonsister]

3. Here's an article from DUer autorank but I've been waiting for him to

post it if he hasn't already:

http://atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/3524/81/

[flor de jasmim]

8. Thanks -

[rucky]

5. Doesn't Bill have an office in Harlem?

He's been tight with that community for years.

[hedgehog]

13. Define : " tight with that community". Just having an office in the area

makes him "tight with the community"?

[rucky]

14. Working in the community.

Having a presence in the community.

If he had an office in Troy, Ohio, he'd be tight with that community, too.

[hedgehog]

15. So, who is he tight with, besides the guy at the local sandwich shop?

The pizza delivery kid?

[jakem]

16. chubby interns?

oh no i didn't!

[rucky]

17. I give up...what's your point?

If a famous guy has ties to your town/city/state/community, it's a source of pride for the community. Hometown advantage. That's all I'm saying.

[NDambi]

6. The review of the records was supposed to take a few weeks..and that was mid Feb

this is what I found:

City election officials this week said that their formal review of the results, which will not be completed for weeks, had confirmed some major discrepancies between the vote totals reported publicly -- and unofficially -- on primary night and the actual tally on hundreds of voting machines across the city.:

[MonkeyFunk]

7. What further word do you need?

The votes were counted on election night.

Early reports showed some problems - those were never official tallies.

[Renew Deal]

11. I think you're missing info.

The counts were done election night. There were mistakes. The mistakes were discovered when the numbers were canvassed. Everything was corrected on the recount.

[MonkeyFunk]

12. the wrong numbers were NEVER part of any official tally

this is a bullshit attack.

[Renew Deal]

18. I agree

:shrug:

I don't see where the attack is? The OP just asked the question.

[MonkeyFunk]

19. I think you're being disingenuous

every time this topic is brought up, it's in the context of implying that the Clinton campaign was playing dirty tricks.

[Renew Deal]

20. I'm really not

Maybe others are, I personally have not been. I live in NY and have a good sense for the voting machines, counts, procedure, etc. I've been a poll watcher in NY for most elections since 2000. Now the person a few posts up talking about Harlem and Clinton's office is a different story.

[Renew Deal]

9. They finished counting the votes.

Overall, it didn't change the results.