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Voting News: Election hangover,Bush V Gore legacy. N.Carolina still counting IRV contest

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NJ: Court to decide if Manasquan ballots get recount
http://www.app.com/article/20101202/NEWS/12030321/Court-to-decide-if-Manasquan-ballots-get-recount A Superior Court judge will decide today whether ballots in the still undecided Manasquan municipal election should be subject to a second recount.
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In the motion filed by the Attorney General's Office, Dinan certified that the recount led to a change in the mail-in ballot numbers. Ferrante's count grew from 78 to 79; McCarthy's dropped from 55 to 54. That puzzled her, Dinan said in the motion.
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"I could not understand how a vote counted by the optical scanner would not be counted by a hand recount," Dinan said in the motion.

NJ: Atlantic City Councilman Marty Small called phone card giveaways wrong
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/communities/atlantic-city_pleasantville_ brigantine/article_006455f0-fe93-11df-a50e-001cc4c03286.html 

NJ: Outcome of Gloucester County freeholder race unchanged by recount
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/nj/20101203_Outcome_of_Gloucester_
County_freeholder_race_unchanged_by_recount.html http://tinyurl.com/2e5wewg 
The outcome of the Gloucester County freeholder race was unchanged by a recount that required checking all paper ballots and voting machines, officials announced Thursday

NV: Lawsuit Filed to Stop Card Drawing to Determine Identity of Next Eureka County, Nevada Clerk http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/12/03/lawsuit-filed-to-stop-card-drawing-to-determine-identity-of-next-eureka-county-nevada-clerk/ 

NY: Difficulties with absentee ballots contribute to lower turnout
http://www.bupipedream.com/Articles/Difficulties-with-absentee-ballots-contribute-to-lower-turnout/16759 

NY: Senate Democrats lack cash, time
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Senate-Democrats-lack-cash-time-852302.php 
"Whatever the cost, we're going to raise the resources necessary to pay it off," said Austin Shafran, a spokesman for Senate Democrats. "We're going to exhaust every resource possible to ensure every vote is counted."

NY: 7th Senate Race to be Certified Saturday Morning
2 Supreme Court rules on disputed absentee, affidavit ballots in race. http://portwashington.patch.com/articles/7th-senate-race-to-be-certified-saturday-morning-
...Judge Ira Warshawsky called for the weekend court date after hearing further arguments in his fourth floor courtroom late Thursday afternoon and evening and issuing rulings on affidavit and absentee ballots which had originally been declared invalid. (Craig Johnson,D vs Jack Martins R)

NY: 200k Votes 'Found' a Month After Election in NYC
WTF?! 200,000 votes?! http://www.bradblog.com/?p=8226 Of course, this is just one of the reasons why we always encourage candidates to not concede on Election Night..

NY: Recount Finds 195,000 Votes Were Missed on Election Night
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/nyregion/03votes.html?_r=1 
"It's absurd and disturbing that one in six votes in New York City went uncounted in the election night returns," said Dan Cantor, executive director of the Working Families Party.

NY: Report: Barriers to Voting Access at 3 out of 4 NY Polling Sites
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96/WAMC.New.York.News/Report.Barriers.to.Voting.Access.at.3.out.of.4.NY.Polling.Sites 
http://tinyurl.com/29ywpjr ALBANY, NY (WAMC) - Despite the new electronic voting machines, one advocacy group has found New Yorkers with disabilities continued to have problems casting their ballots in the November election. Capital District Bureau Chief Dave Lucas reports.

OH: Portage County Raises Concerns about Voting Machine Problems
http://www.ohiofreepress.com/voting/2010/portage-county-tea-party-raises-concerns-about-voting-machine-problems/ Multiple incidents of touchscreen vote flipping 

OH: Hamilton Co. vote recounts delayed
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20101202/NEWS0108/12030343/Hamilton-Co-vote-recounts-delayed Hunter filed a federal lawsuit contending that many of the 849 provisional ballots that were thrown out should have counted.

On Nov. 22, U. S. District Judge Susan Dlott ruled that the board must investigate the provisional ballots. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld her ruling.

OR: Oregon: State says GOP claim of missing ballots unfounded
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101202/NEWS/12020312 

SC: South Carolina: Voter ID, illegal immigration up for debate
http://www.live5news.com/Global/story.asp?S=13600366 

TX: Just 12 votes decided HD 48
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/politics/just-12-votes-decided-hd-48 

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