2016 Postmortem

denem

(11,045 posts) Thu Jan 19, 2012, 10:33 AM Jan 2012

There they go again. The votes from 8 precincts went missing in Iowa. (Wapo)

Santorum finished 34 votes ahead of Romney in new Iowa tally; votes from 8 precincts missing.

Republican front-runner Mitt Romney’s narrow lead in the Iowa caucuses disappeared when officials certified the vote count, a Republican involved in the process said Thursday, but former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum cannot be declared the winner because of irregularities in some precincts.

Instead of leading by eight votes, Romney ended up trailing former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum by 34 votes--29,839 to 29,805, the Republican said. The reversal was first reported by the Des Moines Register, which said results from eight Iowa precincts are missing “and will never be recovered and certified,.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/report-santorum-finished-34-votes-ahead-of-romney-in-new-iowa-tally-votes-from-8-precincts-missing/2012/01/19/gIQAJGuRAQ_story.html

The recount result is understandable - 42 votes isn't much in a close race. The votes of 8 precincts being plowed into the corn fields is not. It is more of a sign of things to come.

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There they go again. The votes from 8 precincts went missing in Iowa. (Wapo) (Original Post) denem Jan 2012 OP

Where's the right-wing outrage about it? Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2012 #1

Vaporizing votes is a revered tradition in today's GOP. denem Jan 2012 #2

wow sounds like we are a 3rd world country newfie11 Jan 2012 #3

Let's hear it for those electronic voting machines! sinkingfeeling Jan 2012 #4

They had a problem with the modem, denem Jan 2012 #5

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,414 posts)

1. Where's the right-wing outrage about it?

Reply to denem (Original post)

Thu Jan 19, 2012, 10:49 AM

Jan 2012

You know that they would be screaming bloody murder about this if "results" like this favored a Democrat in a close race in, say, Ohio.

denem

(11,045 posts)

2. Vaporizing votes is a revered tradition in today's GOP.

Reply to Proud Liberal Dem (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 19, 2012, 10:52 AM

Jan 2012

They are not going to renounce or denounce a sacred text from Mr Rove. Period.

newfie11

(8,159 posts)

3. wow sounds like we are a 3rd world country

Reply to denem (Original post)

Thu Jan 19, 2012, 11:23 AM

Jan 2012

Votes disappearing, people not allowed to vote. America where have you gone??

sinkingfeeling

(51,460 posts)

4. Let's hear it for those electronic voting machines!

Reply to denem (Original post)

Thu Jan 19, 2012, 11:26 AM

Jan 2012

denem

(11,045 posts)

5. They had a problem with the modem,

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 19, 2012, 11:33 AM

Jan 2012

the ISP phone number was engaged all night. Then they got the blue screen of precinct death. MS support told them to reformat the disk and reinstall Windows. Then the phone went down again and they could activate it. The Romney campaign sent in IT guys to recover the data, but thought it best to start with military grade hard disk securitization. The hard drives were sent back to Boston to replace some of those that went missing when the (former) Governor left..

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