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Allen West Demands Hand Recount

wulf73 Wrote: Nov 07, 2012 6:04 PM
It's Al Franken all over again. The election commissioner needs to be fired, today.
Fred_PA_2000 Wrote: Nov 07, 2012 7:26 PM
I think you have the wrong penalty. Stealing an election should be consider an attempt to overthrow the people's duly elected government -- an act of treason (a capital offense).

Rep. Allen West is demanding a hand recount be conducted in his race against Democrat Patrick Murphy who declared victory last night. This morning, West was down by 3,000 votes with many ballots still outstanding. Below is the statement from the West campaign.

Our race is far from decided and there is no rush to declare an outcome. Ensuring a fair and accurate counting off all ballots is of the utmost importance. There are still tens of thousands of absentee ballots to be counted in Palm Beach County and potential provisional ballots across the district. Late last...

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