Recount keeps Romney on top, but new results likely to prolong controversy

[bcreps85]

Yeah, and we get called conspiracy theorists for saying the results aren't accurate. Also, what recount? Webster said there wouldn't be a recount because the ballots were thrown away.

The media called it a "recount", but nothing was "recounted". Rather, they supposedly went through and "corrected" clerical errors and added in some missing data. Of course they added an entirely new precinct of South Paris, which voted exactly the same as Paris in Romney's favor too...who knows what else is lurking in there. With all the gaming they have done with these numbers, the only thing I am sure of is that they were doing everything they could to help Romney.

Some things to note: Every candidate had votes "added" to them in clerical corrections - except Paul, who lost votes that way. Undecided/Other gained TONS of votes compared to everyone else. I suspect this is how the majority were siphoned off of Ron. Of course they were told not to make results public, so we'll probably never know for sure.

 

[RickyJ]

Can an individual citizen do this or does it have to be the campaign?

I don't know I am not a lawyer. If this can't be resolved legally then there is nothing to stop them from fixing all the votes in every state. If our votes aren't counted and we can't do anything about it peacefully within the law then our choices are limited to leaving the USA, accepting it, or fighting them. I think fighting them should be the last option and not worth it if we don't have a lot of support. One thing I won't do is accept it.

 

[sailingaway]

Yeah, the article made me feel better that media weren't really accepting the count either, it is just so untransparent it is hard to dispute concretely.

 

[pauliticalfan]

This whole thing was set up from the beginning. Just think back to the night Webster announced the results from the envelope to the GOP cocktail party. They all cheered and chanted "Mitt, Mitt!" Can you imagine the hell that would have broke loose if he had announced that Ron Paul had actually won? Lots of big $ donors in that room that would have been upset with Webster.

 

[TIMB0B]

with today's numbers and if swann's numbers were right we are down 36, but then if it is true that s. paris was a copy of pairs, we gain four more votes, so we would be down 32...in the best case scenario at this point.

Not to mention the 30 vote swing with RP being stripped of 20 in Limington and Romney picking up 10 extra votes mysteriously.

 

[Michael1928]

I think it's obvious we won the state. If this keeps up, and Paul doesn't gain the nomination due to this, it would make my day to see the GOP's plans go to hell and back, by watching them lose to Obama because Ron Paul supporters refused to support their nominee.