Pryce declared winner in OH - 20th district, automatic recount triggered

[OzarkDem]

The margin of victory, 1,054 votes, is small enough to trigger an automatic recount, though Blackwell has not ordered one.

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Republican Deborah Pryce was declared the winner this morning of a central Ohio congressional race that remained too close to call until 20 days after the Nov. 7 election.

The four-member Franklin County Board of Elections certified final vote totals that gave Pryce the victory over Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy by 1,054 votes, a net loss of 2,482 from Pryce's unofficial election-night count.

The tighter margin is within the half-percent required to trigger an automatic recount, director Matthew Damschroder said.

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/news-story.php?story=229481

[LynneSin]

1. I'm so glad that bastard lost OVERWHELMINGLY as govenror

There is a special place in hell for people like him!

[WCGreen]

2. Too damn close....

I thought Mary Jo had this one in the bag....

[OzarkDem]

5. There were a lot of provisional ballots

It will be interesting to see how many of those were counted, among other things. A recount may be very interesting.

[WCGreen]

8. I thought they only found about 450-500 of the 30k that were

invalid... That people were no longer registered....

[Jack Rabbit]

3. If the recount is automatic, then why wait for Blackwell to say "go"?

Just get ready and do it.

Is Blackwell afraid it's going to change something?

[OzarkDem]

6. He controls the budget

to pay for a recount. He'll have to approve it, not sure what he thinks he will gain from trying to ignore it.

[Stinky The Clown]

4. I thought Ohio was 100% BBV

What will they be counting? Electrons? Bits and bytes? Fingerprints on the screens?

[OzarkDem]

7. A lot of provisional ballots

plus a large number of absentees, also. As for electronic voting, hopefully this district had VVPAT.