Virgil Asks For Recount

Here's the interesting part of the statement:

"Virginia law provides for a recount in any election where the vote difference between the candidates is one percent or less.  Here, the difference between the candidates is 0.23 percent.  In an election this close -- with less than one-quarter of one percent separating the two candidates, and with literally thousands of vote changes taking place during the post-election canvass process -- a recount is an important protection for voters.  It ensures that each ballot that was lawfully cast in the Election is counted, and that the votes are accurately tallied.  It also gives us a chance to ensure that each candidate's tally is comprised only of votes that were properly and lawfully cast. "

There have been rumors that Virgil Goode's campaign found UVA students who voted absentee in their home states, and also voted here in Virginia.  I doubt he found enough to change the results, but this recount could put these students in some serious hot water.

What Virgil is probably doing is to demand these kids get charged with a crime (which they should) and try to get them some minor jail time.  They would also probably be expelled from UVA for an honor code violation. 

Why would Virgil do this?

It would have a chilling effect on students registering on campus in the future- giving Virgil an edge looking towards a 2010 rematch with Tom before redistricting.

Comments

[Ghost of Henry Howell]

To quote Rocky Balboa, "ain't gonna be no rematch."

Robert Hurt will be the Repub candidate in 2010. You heard it here first.

[Bubby Hussein, Hillbilly Sheikh]

Goode lost, get over it.

Why do Republicans hate democracy? After the suppression thrown at Virginia college students attempting to register to vote in their college towns it would be prudent for every student to keep an absentee ballot application, AND apply for local registration - pending the SBE getting their shit together.

[Sam]

This is a joke. Good luck with Virgil getting UVA students to convict one of their own in a political game.

[t]

Way to go Virgil!!!

Let's teach those college misfits a lesson they will never, ever forget.

[t]

t is fightin' mad over liberals who steal elections.

[SE VA MWC Alum]

Virgil is entitled to a recount-same as Creigh, Al Franken and many others. Doubt the results are going to change. As far as the college students its good that they are voting but IF they are voting twice they should be busted. And if the fact that they cant vote twice discourages them from voting at all, well thats unfortunate-but necessary

[Sam]

SE VA MWC Alum,

I agree that if, keyword IF, anyone voted twice they should be busted, but the entirety of the evidence that anyone voted twice is that a couple students here changed their registration to Charlottesville after they'd already requested an absentee ballot from home. There was a big warning sent out about not voting twice BEFORE the election. I have not heard one OUNCE of evidence that any students who had actually sent in their absentee ballots changed registration and/or voted here. Requesting an absentee ballot, then not sending it in, is not voting, and it is legal in those circumstances to then register here and vote here.

chilling effect on voter registration or election fraud? If students vote ONCE, that would be fine- as was the case with hundreds/thousands of students in the 5th alone. Plus, isn't the law supposed to put a chilling effect on crime?

[bubba]

virgil will run again. hurt isn't ready for primetime, yet. clarke hogan is much more likely though in the event virgil doesn't run.

in the end, it's tucker watkins' pick to make.

[t]

t agrees that green jobs are the ideal.

What's wrong with you Eric? Quit drinking the cool-aid.

t speeeeeeeeaks

[sad but not suprised]

30 years after 900 people died at Jonestown---would be a great year for us to give up the "drink the cool-aid" phrase.

[Grapes]

Thanks for popping in Mr. Klinge (aka "sad")

[sad but not suprised]

Grapes your reference went over my head.

[SE VA MWC Alum]

sam we are at least partially in agreement. Did I not capitalize the "IF" in my prior comment

[Not Hussein (formerly Not Ben)]

"in the end, it's tucker watkins' pick to make."

Bubba, I hope you're right. After the magic he worked with George Allen, Jeff Evans, and Virgil Goode, I am almost as fond of Watkins as I am of Jeff Frederick. If I didn't know better, I'd swear both of those douchebags were Democratic plants.

[Not Russ Moulton]

Watkins should immediately quit or be ousted. He was not only 5th District Chair for years and years, he was Campaign Manager for Goode and single-handedly destroyed an all but safe re-elect. Idiot.

Frederick is debatable; Watkins is obvious.

Cheers.

[NotLynwoodDuncan]

Is there any real possibility of ousting Watkins? I doubt it. It looks like Virgil's crony will be in a strong position to influence the 2010 nominee. Run Virgil run! Hurt's the only other candidate out there, Hogan needs to worry about his reelection.

[Dan]

30 years after 900 people died at Jonestown---would be a great year for us to give up the "drink the cool-aid" phrase.

Posted by: sad but not suprised | November 25, 2008 at 07:16 AM

Thank you! That phrase should have been retired to the Cliche Hall of Fame long ago. It is beyond lame. A campaign of ridicule should be directed at any and all who employ it from here on.

[laura]

there is no "recount" just a retabulation of the tallys.
the creigh deeds retabulation moved the numbers very little.
but goode has the right to ask for one.
but there is no "recount" of all the ballots.

[Grapes]

Still angry about the passage of Prop 8 Dan?

It shows.

Get over it boy.

[Dan]

Grapes,

I'm not sure what point you are trying to make about Prop 8. I will admit that I fail to understand the deep reservoir of hatred and bigotry directed at homosexuals.

I have no problem with you or any other homosexual. You are an American citizen and that is all that matters. You are entitled to the same rights as any other citizen.

The fact that you are a homosexual is irrelevant. I couldn't care less who you prefer to sleep with. It has no bearing on a political discussion. Or a discussion of lame and hackneyed phrases either.

[Not Hussein (formerly Not Ben)]

gRapes, why do you bother pretending to be straight and someone other than "t" when it's plainly obvious you're both?

[Doug]

Grapes and t don't like gay marriage because then they might have to be monogamous to one another. Better to live outside their laws and get to play 300 ever weekend in their fabulous cod pieces.

I, however, am angry about the passage of proposition H8. Shameful, as was the law here in VA and so many other places. It was wonderful to have some old friends over the other weekend who have a wonderful large family and happen to be in a long term same sex relationship. The hoops they have had to go through to ensure adoption, benefits and every normal little day to day thing us "straight" get for a $2 license is just ridiculous.

Keep up the good work, closet bound bigots.

[wb]

Still angry about [unrelated wedge issue], Doug?

It shows.

Get over it boy-o.

The fact that the term "campus" is used proves that this is a bogus story. Anyone who knows anything about UVa knows they call it "Grounds."

[poplarforest]

Unlikely that Goode will run again. A significant number of influential Republican funders are furious with Goode for running a campaign that made the McCain-Palin and Gilmore efforts look like case studies of managerial excellence. Also, it has not yet been confirmed; but there is increasingly widespread speculation that Goode is in the early stages of Parkinson's disease (a neurologist who recently observed him confirms that he does manifest symptoms of a movement disorder, such as Parkinson's). Goode is a cretin, but I do hope that he is not facing such a serious health issue.

Tucker Watkins is a buffoon. It still infuriates me that we taxpayers paid his salary for the 6 years he was a member of George Allen's Senate staff, supposedly in charge of Southside economic development efforts. Needless to say, he performed that task as competently as he managed Goode’s campaign. Let's hope he has significant influence over the RPV for many years to come.

I know Golden Retrievers who are smarter than Robert Hurt, but I suppose he might be the GOP nominee in ’10. Hogan apparently is a bit smarter but is widely reviled by legislators of both parties as someone who cannot be trusted to keep his word, having reneged on legislative commitments on multiple occasions.