Hoffman: Voter Fraud In NY-23

Townhall Staff | November 19, 2009 9:06 AM

After "unconceding" the race, he issued a statement alleging voter fraud:

...recanvassing in the 11-county district shows Owens' lead has narrowed to 3,026. In Oswego County, I was reported to lead by only 500 votes with 93 percent of the vote counted election night, but inspectors found I actually won by 1,748 votes

...The district's second biggest voter turnout was in Jefferson County, where I had also benefited from a turnaround since election night, gaining another 700 votes. Owens led by 300 votes on the final election night tally, but after recanvassing, I'm now leading by 424 votes.

Jerry Eaton, the Republican elections commissioner for Jefferson County, said inspectors found a problem in four districts where my vote total was mistakenly entered as zero.

Hoffman has admitted victory would be a long shot. But he spoke about the fraud as a "chapter out of the ACORN playbook," and if true, it deserves to be investigated.