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2 years, 7 months ago

Ky. official to back bill stopping ‘frivolous’ recount bids

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams says he will support legislation to only allow recount requests from candidates coming within 1 percentage point of the winner. Adams spoke out after at least six losing Republican candidates from Kentucky’s May primary election filed petitions requesting an official recount of the vote, including two who lost by 36 percentage …

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4 years, 10 months ago

Bernie Sanders’ campaign to request recount of Iowa caucuses

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign plans to ask for a partial recount of the Iowa caucus results after the state Democratic Party released results of its recanvass late Tuesday that show Sanders and Pete Buttigieg in an effective tie. In the new results, released by the Iowa Democratic Party, Buttigieg has 563.207 state delegate equivalents and Sanders has 563.127 …

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4 years, 10 months ago

Is technology consistent with electoral integrity? The hard lessons of Iowa

Salon

In the modern era, much of American greatness is derived from the conception that the United States maintains the integrity of its elections, thus ensuring the fair representation of its citizens in the halls of government. The faith of the American public in the integrity of the electoral process is paramount to the success of our democracy and national security …

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4 years, 10 months ago

Iowa Democratic Party chairman resigns after caucus chaos

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party announced his resignation Wednesday after a disastrous caucus process beset by technical glitches led to a dayslong delay in reporting the results, inconsistencies in the numbers and no clear winner. “While it is my desire to stay in this role and see this process through to completion, I do believe it …

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4 years, 11 months ago

Buttigieg, Sanders campaigns request Iowa caucus recanvass

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders’ and Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaigns filed requests Monday for a partial recanvass of the results of Iowa’s Democratic caucuses. On Sunday, the state party released updated caucus results that gave the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor a lead over Sanders of two state delegate equivalents out of 2,152 counted, or 0.09 percentage points. While the state …

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4 years, 11 months ago

Sanders to seek partial recanvass of Iowa caucus results

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign plans to ask for a “partial recanvass” of the results of last week’s Iowa caucuses. A campaign aide confirmed the plans Sunday night, ahead of a Monday deadline for candidates to ask the Iowa Democratic Party to recanvass the results. To confirm the validity of the data they received, Iowa Democratic Party officials spent …

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4 years, 11 months ago

Buttigieg and Sanders campaigns request Iowa caucuses recanvass

LA Times

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ and Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaigns filed requests Monday for a partial recanvass of the results of Iowa’s Democratic caucuses. And the Iowa Democratic Party said the Buttigieg campaign requested the party check the results in 66 precincts. On Sunday, the state party released updated caucus results that gave the former South Bend, Ind., mayor a lead over …

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4 years, 11 months ago

Tom Perez says he is 'absolutely not' considering stepping down

Daily Mail

Tom Perez said Sunday that he is 'absolutely not' considering resigning from his post as Democratic National Committee chairman among criticism over the chaos surrounding the Iowa caucuses. DNC Chairman Tom Perez said Sunday that he is 'absolutely not' considering stepping down from his post amid questions over his leadership The suggestions came after the Iowa caucuses were thrust into …

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4 years, 11 months ago

Democratic race in turmoil as Iowa results are questioned; party's bid to challenge Donald Trump in further disarray

Firstpost

The head of the Democratic National Committee on Thursday demanded a recanvass of the results in the troubled Iowa caucuses, plunging the party’s presidential race into further disarray and raising the possibility that the outcome won’t be known until after Democrats vote in the New Hampshire primary next week Manchester, New Hampshire: The head of the Democratic National Committee on …

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4 years, 11 months ago

‘Enough is enough’: Democrats call for Iowa caucus recanvass

Al Jazeera

No winner has been declared four days after the Iowa Democratic caucuses took place. Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez on Thursday called for a recanvass of the Iowa caucuses after an array of problems delayed results from the party’s first 2020 presidential nominating contest and created uncertainty about their accuracy. In light of the problems that have emerged in …

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4 years, 11 months ago

Democratic Party chairman calls for Iowa recount as vote tally meltdown continues

LA Times

Pete Buttigieg, left, was a whisker ahead of Bernie Sanders in the Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses as the Associated Press announced it was unable to declare a winner, in part because of “irregularities” in the vote tally. “Because of a tight margin between former Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Bernie Sanders and the irregularities in this year’s caucus process, it …

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5 years, 1 month ago

Kentucky's GOP Governor Embraces Outlandish Conspiracies As He Refuses To Concede

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Only hours after he appeared to lose his re-election bid last week, Kentucky Gov. On Wednesday, eight days after Bevin refused to concede defeat to Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear — and the day before the state will begin the official recanvass of election results to recheck vote totals, something Bevin formally requested — the governor tweeted …

Fraud Election Office Claims Kentucky Democrats State

5 years, 2 months ago

Bevin seeks vote recanvass while Beshear starts transition

Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Republican Gov. Bevin said any information turned up won’t be “followed through on” until after the recanvass — an indication he could seek further review of the election results. Asked about Bevin’s remark, Beshear said Wednesday: “I don’t know what information he’s working off of.” While Bevin wasn’t conceding, some prominent Kentucky Republicans acknowledged that Beshear won. …

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Buttigieg and Sanders campaigns request Iowa caucuses recanvass

Tom Perez says he is 'absolutely not' considering stepping down

Democratic race in turmoil as Iowa results are questioned; party's bid to challenge Donald Trump in further disarray

‘Enough is enough’: Democrats call for Iowa caucus recanvass

Democratic Party chairman calls for Iowa recount as vote tally meltdown continues

Kentucky's GOP Governor Embraces Outlandish Conspiracies As He Refuses To Concede

Bevin seeks vote recanvass while Beshear starts transition