Whoa - Virginia just went from 99.88% of votes tallied to 94.54%!

[demobabe]

According to the Virginia website:

Precincts Reporting: 2457 of 2599 (94.54%)

Anybody know what's going on there?

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

(edit: link added)

[skooooo]

1. link?

[gfnrob]

2. Election theft attempt.

[LostinVA]

38. No it isn't -- it's conditional/provo ballots

People need to calm down -- there is NO WAY the VA election can be stolen. We won both houses -- enjoy it!

[struggle4progress]

53. To clarify #38, the conditional ballots are being treated as precincts.

If you go through the data, you'll see that each locality now has one or two conditional precincts, with zero totals.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

60. Yes. The OP is wrong to say "% of the vote". It's "% of PRECINCTS"

that appears next to vote totals. See the bottom of http://sbe.virginiainteractive.org/nov2006/l_02.htm .

Notice that there are now 2599 precincts in all for the 134 reporting jurisdicions in the file. The total number of precincts reporting as of this morning was 2439 out of 2443. When the extra precincts were added, the percentage must have jumped from 2439/2443 to 2439/2599.

[ck4829]

3. They're finding more votes?

[elehhhhna]

65. no, they're counting the paper provisonal ballots

[QC]

4. Old page in your cache?

Try clearing it and then viewing the page again.

[demobabe]

6. No. The count is going backwards...

But it's now up to 94.57%...

[flyingfysh]

7. it's not a cache issue

I get the same thing, and I've never viewed the page before. It's real.

[Clinton Crusader]

5. This may be old- MSNBC just said 1000 votes sent over to Waaaallen

[skooooo]

8. Allen gained 1,000 votes?

yikes

[Clinton Crusader]

21. Just caught it on MSNBC...

this is starting to look odd, ain't it?

[demobabe]

9. But less than an hour ago it said 99.88% were tallied

and it looked like they only had about 5 districts left to count. Now it's around 100...

[Tiggeroshii]

10. hmm...

Maybe recounting some close precincts?

:shrug:

[KittyWampus]

11. recounting electronic machines shouldn't change the total

[demobabe]

29. It looks like extra votes are being added

Really interesting: the total number of votes was not reduced, but the number of districts reporting has been!

The number of voters is increasing. Are these absentee ballots or something? I don't get this. Could be election theft.

[TahitiNut]

41. The greatest decreases in "% reporting" is in Allen-heavy districts.

Note the 1st district at http://sbe.virginiainteractive.org/nov2006/d_02.htm

[demobabe]

43. Good catch - something really smells a bit fishy here

Call it gut instinct

[elehhhhna]

GRAB SCREEN SHOTS & CHECK THE VA SOS SITE, as well

[elehhhhna]

66. GRAB SCREEN SHOTS & CHECK THE VA SOS SITE, as well

[onecent]

12. Damn, I pray we have competent watch dogs in Va. n/p

[Iwasthere]

13. There wasn't enough precincts to pull it off... now there is !!!!

OMG - Sure looks fishy to me.

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. ok screenues anybody took screen shots

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

15. Wait. Did They Just Find Like An Additional 100 Precincts Or Something?

Color me confused.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

16. Hmmm.. All of a sudden they came up with more precincts

From 11a this morning: 2439 of 2443 (99.84%)

[Firespirit]

17. The total number of precincts also went up

Are these the provisionals?

[Lex]

20. The number of PRECINCTS went up?

:wtf:

[Laura PourMeADrink]

26. 2439 of 2443 (99.84%) YES - What it was at 11am

[Firespirit]

28. Most counties have at least one precinct added

This is just the "canvass," correct? I bet they're provisionals. Don't know why they'd consider them a separate precinct though.

[struggle4progress]

54. They do treat them as special ("conditional") precincts.

[helderheid]

18. SCREEN SHOT IT!

[mom cat]

62. I love you! I was just about to ask if anyone got a screen shot!

You are the best!
:dem::toast::bounce::bounce::headbang::smoke::smoke::yourock::smoke::smoke::headbang::bounce::bounce::toast::kick:

[noahmijo]

19. We're going to win here's the real results

http://election.cbsnews.com/campaign2006/state.shtml?state=VA
Election Results - CBSNews.com

2410 of 2411 reporting Webb is nearly 7k votes ahead and I hear the last precinct to report in is a mostly blue area.



It's ours boys and girls it is ours.

[struggle4progress]

56. Does that include the Absentee ballots?

[helderheid]

22. CONTACT DEAN and KEITH

[Skwmom]

23. They opened up additional precincts for the "conditional votes." n/t

[onecent]

24. kicked and nominated....this needs to be seen

[MissWaverly]

25. I don't know but there's like 4% vote not counted in naval area

Portsmouth which is running heavily for Webb.

[MacGregor]

27. Look at the locality breakdowns.

They've added Conditional/Provisional ballots as their own precincts. They weren't there before.

[SaveElmer]

32. Right...

Nothing to worry about...simply the way they count them...

They do the same for Absentee ballots as well

[SaveElmer]

30. Before everyone freaks...

Perhaps one of us could simply call to find out what it is...

They could be adding precincts for conditional ballots for example..


The difference between them is still exactly the same 7350.

[Firespirit]

31. I think it's okay.

Webb's campaign has people watching this.

These are the provisionals.

[Skwmom]

35. Didn't they also say the conditional votes should increase

Webb's lead?

[Firespirit]

42. They were the ballots handed out to people who were challenged

Such things generally do break Dem.

Webb's campaign has observers watching this. So does Macaca's, but the point is, people are there. It isn't being done in a vacuum.

VA is in the bag.

[demobabe]

45. VA is in the bag for somebody

I really hope it's ours... but looking at the percentages for Allen where the votes are out does not look good.

[jaxhud]

49. I anticipate that these provisional ballot vote counts are going to be quite miniscule. n/t

[LostinVA]

40. Exactly -- and good advice

The VA election will NOT be stolen. Enjoy getting back both houses of Congress!

[BootinUp]

47. Stop throwin water on our paranoia dammit.

;)

[demobabe]

48. Being paranoid has been a way of life

...for the last 6 years... what will we do if we can't be paranoid anymore? ;)

[BootinUp]

52. I can think of better things to do.

:evilgrin:

[Ignis]

59. "I'm wet...I'm wet...and I'm still hysterical!!!"

:)

[lcordero2]

33. phantom precincts being created??????

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

50. Just for counting provisional ballots. They did the same thing for absentees

nm

[lpbk2713]

34. If Katherine Harris was Virginia's Secty of State

this would have been finished long ago. And you know which way it would have gone.

[demobabe]

37. Just saw Ed Gillespie on MSNBC

And he's talking about how important it is to count all the votes... of course he says that only when it suits Republicans...

[mom cat]

63. That wasn't the tune in 2000.

[Liberalator]

36. Added Conditional Votes Precincts for every Central Absentee Precinct

It appears Virginia is attempting to count the Conditional Votes by adding one Conditional Precinct for every Central Absentee Precinct (see example from Fairfax County below). This increased the number of precincts from 2411 to 2599.

Office: U.S. Senate
Precincts Reporting: 2458 of 2599 (94.57%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,533 Total Voting: 2,368,700 Voter Turnout: 52.00 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
J H Webb Jr Democratic 1,173,732 49.55%
G F Allen Republican 1,166,382 49.24%
G G Parker Independent Green 26,225 1.11%
Write Ins 2,361 0.10%
View Results by District Locality Total: 2,368,700

FAIRFAX COUNTY - U.S. Senate
Precinct Name (code) G F Allen
(R) J H Webb Jr
(D) G G Parker
(IG) Write Ins
Votes Cast
Central Absentee Precinct ( C008) 2,433
Central Absentee Precinct ( C010) 2,766
Central Absentee Precinct ( C011) 5,240
Conditional Votes ( C008) 0
Conditional Votes ( C010) 0
Conditional Votes ( C011) 0

[struggle4progress]

55. They haven't done so in all cases.

[Metta]

39. See/ imagine energy flowing as victory through Jim Webb. Theft alert.

I fully share the suspicion that this could be an attempted theft. Here's a quick way to cement Webb's victory.

Even a quick minute here and there until the election board counts all the precincts will be very helpful. Just see the energy of the recent changes flowing through him and feel that he's the next senator. Breathe normally. We can fill this bucket even a drop at a time.

[sebastianj333]

44. Not this time!

We've had enough of election thefts...you people have the proof of what the %s were at 11 am...
Everyone is watching this, it will not happen this time....should I be wrong...

Then I ask you:

WHAT ARE WE PREPARED TO DO ABOUT IT?

[demobabe]

46. What kinds of machines are being used in Virginia?

Electronic paperless? Optical scan? Something else?

[w4rma]

51. It appears to be only or mostly provisional ("conditional") ballots. (nt)

[Reciprocity]

57. Now it's 94.61%

Commonwealth of Virginia
November 7, 2006 General Election


These UNOFFICIAL RESULTS have not been certified and are subject
to change as data is corrected by the local electoral board.
This page will automatically refresh every two minutes.
Results last updated 05:31 PM Wednesday, November 8, 2006.

Office: U.S. Senate


Precincts Reporting: 2459 of 2599 (94.61%)
Registered Voters: 4,555,524 Total Voting: 2,368,749 Voter Turnout: 52.00 %
Candidates Party Vote Totals Percentage
J H Webb Jr Democratic 1,173,752 49.55%
G F Allen Republican 1,166,407 49.24%
G G Parker Independent Green 26,226 1.11%
Write Ins 2,364 0.10%
View Results by District Locality Total: 2,368,749

[Mr_Spock]

58. That's bizarre

The vote total seems the same though?

[ProgressiveEconomist]

61. See post #60 above. Virtual PRECINCTS were added for provisional

vote tallies (which should be negligible) in most of the 134 reporting jurisdictions.

[MacGregor]

64. Heh, the canvassing and provisional counts are only *extending* Webb's lead.

It's now up to 8,800 on the SBE site.
:toast:

[elehhhhna]

67. WELCOME MAC!

Cool heads who use the google are ALWAY welcome here. :patriot: