**Breaking** Boebert declares victory and Frisch concedes--but recount still required. (DAMN!)

[hlthe2b]

https://www.denverpost.com/2022/11/18/lauren-boebert-victory-adam-frisch-concedes-colorado/

Unofficial results show that Boebert beat Frisch 50.08% to 49.92%, among the slimmest of margins


mber 18, 2022 at 11:20 a.m. | UPDATED: November 18, 2022 at 11:22 a.m.

Unofficially, the race is over. Officially, a few things have to happen before incumbent U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert is certified as the winner of her first reelection bid in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District. --snip--

Election officials tallied the last few remaining ballots in the race Friday and only one county had yet to finish tabulating its final votes. As of 11:15 a.m., Boebert was ahead of Frisch by just 551 votes out of 326,965 cast, a margin of 50.08% to 49.92%, according to the Secretary of State’s Office.

The far-right congresswoman declared victory Thursday night, posting a video on Twitter.
“We have won this race,” Boebert said. “With this victory and with Republicans in control of the House of Representatives we can focus on the issues that actually matter most, including getting inflation under control, increasing our domestic energy supply, securing our southern border and being a strong check on the White House.”

During a news conference Friday morning, Frisch said he had called Boebert to concede the race. He also thanked those who worked on his behalf and called for the politically divided country to come together and work toward “normalcy.”

“We’ve shown the country what western and southern Colorado can do,” Frisch said. “We’ve shown that extremist politicians can be defeated.” --snip--
Because Boebert won by so few votes, Colorado’s election law requires an automatic recount. She had to win by at least 819 votes — a number equal to half of 1% of the top vote-getter’s tally — to avoid an automatic recount, but even then Frisch could have requested one himself.
--snip--

Here’s how the process works:

First, election officials in the 27 counties covered in Boebert’s district must audit and “canvass” their elections, a process in which bipartisan teams examine voter turnout and determine how many ballots were rejected, fixed or disqualified. The counties have until Nov. 29 and Nov. 30 to report their audit and canvassing reports to the Secretary of State’s Office, respectively.
Secretary of State Jena Griswold can’t officially order an automatic recount in the race until after those reports are in, and she has until Dec. 5 to make the call. Once a recount is ordered, a board of election officials must test the voting machines to be used to make sure they’re counting accurately before they start the process.

The recount process must be finished by Dec. 13 (that deadline extends to Dec. 15 for recounts requested by candidates). Only after that process is finished can the race’s results be certified.

Recounts are unlikely to change the outcome of a given race, though. A statewide recount this summer resulted in a change of 37 votes total, far from the hundreds of votes that split Boebert and Frisch.

In her victory speech, Boebert acknowledged the upcoming recount and said her campaign team and lawyers would watch the process closely. But she added that her win is unlikely to be reversed.

[republianmushroom]

1. and the funny farm just got larger.

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. Hell.

I doubt that winning by a hair will dampen her smugness.

[FoxNewsSucks]

4. It will make it worse

She will now declare herself to be invincible

[Wingus Dingus]

6. What, you don't think she'll have gained a little humility from very nearly losing

a very red district? Oh wait...what am I thinking...

[joshcryer]

8. I just feel sorry for the residents of Pueblo.

She does not represent them at all.

[catrose]

3. That makes no sense--why concede if there's a recount?

[Pinback]

7. Agreed. (nt)

[joshcryer]

9. Under Colorado law the recount does not happen until *after* certification.

So she will be certified the winner. Unless somehow the recount finds some nefarious stuff (in which case people will go to jail) it will not change by much.

[Amishman]

11. because the margin is still large enough that a difference large enough is near impossible

especially with modern electronic tabulation methods. The days of 'hanging chads' are over.

Plus the recount happens regardless.

[claudette]

5. Goddess help us

[joshcryer]

10. I take solace in the fact Kari Lake lost.

I would do the same as she would have been 100x worse and in the national spotlight all the damn time. This woman will just get in the news when she tweets out shit.

[Catherine Vincent]

12. Damn!

I really thought we'd be rid of one of those assclowns. Sigh!