RECOUNT in Virginia Senate race? Winning margins within 0.5 percent

[ProgressiveEconomist]

result in automatic recounts, according to MSNBC.

The current margin is 0.28 percent!

BTW, who is the Green candidate, Parker, and from whom does he take more votes away?

From http://sbe.virginiainteractive.org/index.htm :

Commonwealth of Virginia
November 7, 2006 General Election
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Results last updated 09:46 PM Tuesday, November 7, 2006.
Office: U.S. Senate
Precincts Reporting: 2087 of 2443 (85.43%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,752 Total Voting: 1,930,347 Voter Turnout: 42.37 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
G F Allen Republican 956,216 49.54%
J H Webb Jr Democratic 950,981 49.26%
G G Parker Independent Green 21,345 1.11%
Write Ins 1,805 0.09%

[blitzen]

1. macaca just got a huge bump margin now 1.3%

[Gabi Hayes]

2. read this quote from the state law, according to swingstateproject:

http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:54j-Ecii_boJ:www.swingstateproject.com/2005/11/vagov_recount_w.php+virginia+recount+law&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=7

ｧ 24.2-800. Recounts in all elections.

A. The provisions of this article apply to all elections held in the Commonwealth.

B. When there is between any candidate apparently nominated or elected and any candidate apparently defeated a difference of not more than one percent of the total vote cast for the two such candidates as determined by the State Board or the electoral board, the defeated candidate may appeal from the determination of the State Board or the electoral board for a recount of the vote as set forth in this article. In an election of electors for the President and Vice President of the United States, the presidential candidate shall represent the vice-presidential candidate and slate of electors and be the party to the recount for purposes of this article.

C. When there is between the vote for a question and the vote against a question a difference of not more than fifty votes or one percent of the total vote cast for and against the question as determined by the State Board or the electoral board, whichever is greater, fifty or more voters qualified to vote on the question, by signing and filing their petition, may appeal from the determination of the State Board or the electoral board for a recount of the vote as set forth in this article.

(1979, c. 293, ｧ 24.1-249; 1981, c. 570; 1993, c. 641.)

[ProgressiveEconomist]

3. Are automatic recounts covered in another section of state law?

[katamaran]

4. Gail Parker....a woman...

Gail Parker....a woman. Her ENTIRE platform is based on wanting to build trains everywhere. Her slogan is something like "Get on the Rail with Gail!" or some nonsense.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

6. Oops! Do you know whether SHE is thought to draw more votes from Webb

or from Allen? I'd imagine she draws her 1.1 percentage points mainly from Webb if she's pushing taking government gasoline-tax revenues away from suburbanites' cars and awarding them to inter- and intra-city mass transit She could cost Democrats control of the Senate!

[ProgressiveEconomist]

5. With 95.66 percent of precincts in, it's Allen by 0.62 percent

The number of reporting entities with less than 100 percent of precincts in is down below 20 of 134 jurisdictions. Judging by the Allen/Webb split in precints that have already reported in each of the 19 outstanding jurisdictions a few minutes ago, it seems to me Webb still has a good chance of a narrow victory. In any case, this race appears headed for a recount and the courts, unless Webb rolls over like Kerry.

From http://sbe.virginiainteractive.org/nov2006/l_02.htm , the jurisdictions with fewer than 100 percent of precincts reporting were :

ARLINGTON COUNTY
CRAIG COUNTY
FAIRFAX COUNTY
HALIFAX COUNTY
HENRICO COUNTY
HIGHLAND COUNTY
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY
JAMES CITY COUNTY
LOUDOUN COUNTY
LOUISA COUNTY
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY
RICHMOND COUNTY
CHESAPEAKE CITY
NEWPORT NEWS CITY
NORFOLK CITY
PETERSBURG CITY
RICHMOND CITY
VIRGINIA BEACH CITY

[ProgressiveEconomist]

7. Allen by 0.62 percentage points, at 11:16 with 96.81 percent

of precincts reporting. The number of jurisdictions (out of 134) with precincts still outstanding was down to 13, still with more expected Webb margins than Allen margins:

Allen percentage among reporting precincts, jurisdiction, and outstanding precincts

77 PETERSBURG CITY - 1 of 8
73 ARLINGTON COUNTY - 1 of 50
72 RICHMOND CITY - 18 of 68
63 NORFOLK CITY - 4 of 59
59 FAIRFAX COUNTY - 3 of 229
56 FAIRFAX CITY - 1 of 7
55 NEWPORT NEWS CITY - 2 of 47
51 PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY - 39 of 67
50 LOUDOUN COUNTY - 5 of 58
46 JAMES CITY COUNTY - 2 of 16
46 VIRGINIA BEACH CITY 1 of 87
41 ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY - 1 of 13
40 HALIFAX COUNTY - 1 of 22