Headed to a recount in the 6th

by: Jason Springer

Mon Jun 14, 2010 at 06:25:14 PM EDT

Congressman Frank Pallone doesn't know who his opponent is for sure in November yet. It may be a little time before he knows as we're headed for a recount in the 6th district primary:

"A recount is the only legal mechanism we have to secure confidence in the result, ensuring that no errors in the tabulation of votes have taken place," said Gooch Campaign Manager Tony Sayegh. "There are also some specific concerns we have about the treatment of Vote By Mail ballot requests, the security and custody of election materials, and electronic data cartridges arriving with error messages that must be investigated further. This will be done as expeditiously as possible; we look forward to determining a winner in the near future."

Anna Little currently holds a 6,804 to 6,720 lead over Diane Gooch with all the provisional ballots counted. The Little campaign is confident they'll maintain their lead:

Little, a tea party-backed candidate who raised one-twentieth the amount of campaign funds Gooch did, doubted Gooch could overcome the 84 vote deficit when most were recorded on electronic machines.
"She has the right to do that," she said. "I don't believe it's going to change anything."

If you want to know how big of a surprise the election results were, Zach Fink noted today that the Governor was supposed to even be headed to Gooch headquarters on election night until the numbers started looking bad and he did a detour to Runyan headquarters. And so the primary continues.

Jason Springer :: Headed to a recount in the 6th

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Headed to a recount in the 6th | 4 comments

Yes (4.00 / 1)

Can we say 12th term for Pallone?

But in all seriousness, what's going to happen if this matter isn't settled soon. What Republican will appear on the ballot. Will we see two Republicans? No Republicans? Another election?

I'd love to see this turn into Coleman v. Franken

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by: IndependentNJ @ Tue Jun 15, 2010 at 00:02:02 AM UTC

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they have plenty of time (0.00 / 0)

They could spend all summer in court and still have the fall season to campaign. (Presumably the Republicans would start leaning on Gooch to give up eventually.)

Anyway, I don't see what hope Gooch has. The electronic counts aren't likely to change now that the provisional ballots have been counted. I suppose it's conceivable there was fraud in the mail votes but Gooch doesn't seem to have alleged that yet, and it's not going to help Republicans much to find that out.

Frank LoBiondo Record and Jon Runyan Watch

by: Hopeful @ Tue Jun 15, 2010 at 00:06:31 AM UTC

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This will be a fun one to watch (4.00 / 1)

Living in the 6th district, I can't say that I was surprised by Little's results. I saw by far more Little than Gooch signs.

I do know that Little was very pro offshore drilling. This is one piece of her that the coastal part of the district needs to be very well aware of (I am imagining a good mailing with a Little quote on offshore drilling and pictures of the gulf from Pallone's campaign HQ). I also hope that she keeps her "tea party approved" primary lawn signs.

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by: tabbycat31 @ Tue Jun 15, 2010 at 01:39:12 AM UTC

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The current voting devices used in New Jersey (4.00 / 1)

don't do recounts. That's why it's a good idea to take the current touch screen vote rigging machines and use them for a barrier reef about ten miles off the coast.

Restore democracy and the Constitution for which it stands.

by: The Wizard @ Tue Jun 15, 2010 at 11:53:11 AM UTC

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