Any update on Obama's vote count in NYC?

[RiverStone]

I'm really surprised this story is NOT in the national spotlight!

New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg yesterday alleged "fraud" in the unofficial count of New York City's votes, which left Obama with zero votes in 80 election districts.

"If you want to call it significant undercounting, I guess that's a euphemism for fraud," he said.

This contradicts what some familiar with the system thought, which was that it's within the range of error for the sloppy, unofficial count.

Bloomberg's spokesman, Stu Loeser, reiterated the charge in an e-mail, in which he also made clear that the charge was part of the mayor's local campaign to take the Board of Elections out of the control of the local political parties.

more:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/Bloombergs_allegation.html

Ummmm. Obama got ZERO votes in 80 election districts!

Have any of the NYC official recounts come back in and what have election officials said regarding how such a HUGE error could occur? :shrug:

[NashVegas]

1. You Mean The Recount No One's Demanding?

Yeah, that's weird, huh?

[yourguide]

2. Sorry my friend

I live in NY. There is NO way he could have gotten 0 votes in any of those districts.

No one is demanding a recount because it's unlikely to net him any more delegates but it is shady business none the less.

Good for Bloomberg though, it's time NY got some new voting machines.

[NashVegas]

3. *coughs*

City election officials said they were convinced that there was nothing sinister to account for the inaccurate initial counts, and The Times’s review found a handful of election districts in the city where Mrs. Clinton received zero votes in the initial results.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/16/nyregion/16vote.html

[yourguide]

4. Hmmm

3 or 4 districts or 80 districts...which side of that would you rather be on?

[ORDagnabbit]

5. why vote when somebody else actually makes the decisions?

[juajen]

6. Clinton also got 0 votes in some districts. It appears to be

a snag somewhere. I do not know how comparable the districts are. The article I read did not say.