Reply #19: Would you be surprised if they had cheated again? [View All]

[katinmn]

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T H E E L E C T I O N
Heavy vote for Schmidt in
Clermont County gets her elected
After a night of neck and neck vote counting, Republican Jean Schmidt has won the 2nd District Congressional election. But it took her home county to do it. Schmidt got 58% percent of the vote in Clermont, while Paul Hackett got 42%.

Clermont was last to complete its vote tally. There were reports that county equipment had broken down and that some votes were tallied by hand. Other counties finished counting by 10:20 pm, and at that time Schmidt and Hackett were nearly splitting the vote, 50.5-49.5 percent. It was a nail biter until the Clermont County results came in near 11 pm.
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I wonder if the Hackett campaign had watchers on hand during the hand vote counting after the machines in Schmidt's home county miraculously broke down. I hope they look at the tabulation of all the votes in the entire district.