BREAKING: Carteret County in NC to hold NEW ELECTIONS.

[blm]

No link. Just came into the newsroom.

Update:
Damn....it's only for state agriculture commission.

http://newsobserver.com/news/ncwire_news/story/1887246p-8218779c.html

[bush_is_wacko]

1. Keep us updated!

[Inland]

2. We can DO that? nt

[Pacifist Patriot]

3. Wow, can't wait to see the full story.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

4. I cannot wait to see...

What the reason is. This will be a very interesting control in the larger experiment. No way can they deploy the infrastructure to manipulate this, if indeed, such infrastructure existed. If it did, all involved have gone to ground.

[BR_Parkway]

7. They had machines that they KNOW erased over 4,000 votes

it was posted here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=170x2696

Who knows, maybe this will set a precedent.

[bemis12]

5. I believe it will be local only

If I remember the story, there was some glitch that affected a local election. There won't be a presidential vote.

[New Earth]

6. that is one thing i don't get, and it's not fair

local elections can have revotes, but not presidential!?!>!?!?!?? i don't think it's fair at all. just in general.

[Garbo 2004]

8. Federal law and the Constitution govern presidential elections.

Which is why the states are limited in what they can do in regard to the Pres election.

NC previously said it didn't have jurisdictional authority regarding the Presidential vote. Hence the revote is for NC state candidates, issues.

[New Earth]

10. but from what i gather, there is nothing in the US constitution

that determines if a Presidential revote is legal, possible, etc.

and there should be.

[Garbo 2004]

16. That's because the power of election is really with the electoral college

as certified by the Congress. The Constitution's framers did not want the masses to directly decide the Presidency. The US is not a "popular democracy" in any sense. ;) So if there are issues or disputes within states either they are decided by the state judiciary prior to the seating of the electors and as the last "remedy" Congress decides. The system was set up to avoid the unwashed masses from really deciding things so given that view, no reason to have a revote. Our "betters" will decide for us.

That's why for many the Supreme's decision in 2000 was such a controversial act beyond just the outcome, the Supremes intervened in a process that arguably should have been decided by the State court, the electors and Congress.

[dzika]

9. Link

NC board votes to hold new ag commissioner race in one county

http://newsobserver.com/news/ncwire_news/story/1887246p-8218779c.html

[blm]

11. Damn. Well...at least it's proof that EVoting STINKS.

I have a feeling this is going to come to a head in the upcoming year.

[Pacifist Patriot]

20. Whoa!

In a decision that likely will bring more court appeals, the board voted 4-1 Tuesday to let 4,438 Carteret County voters whose ballots weren't counted due to a computer mistake try again to vote in a special election Jan. 11.

But what's more, Carteret residents who were registered to vote Nov. 2, but didn't, also will be eligible to vote during that election.

Those votes will be added to the ballots that have been counted properly in Carteret, and the county's new total will be added to the other 99 counties to determine the next commissioner.

I actually do not like this. If all 4,438 voters can be assembled and their complete ballots recast that is one thing. But adding the non-voters to the mix doesn't seem right. What if some of the 4,438 cannot be found or are not able to vote due to death, illness, travel, etc? I don't know what the fairest solution would be and I'm thankful I'm not in the position of having to decide, but it seems as everyone is damned if they do and damned if they don't. That is why it is so vital we get this right the first time. Agh!

[Straight Shooter]

12. Maybe enough "irregularity" will be shown to cast a long shadow of doubt

Is it just me, or did everybody seem okay with election results until bush showed up on the national scene?

[mirandapriestly]

15. It's not just you, I noticed that too!

2000, the year when voting became suspect

[paula777]

13. OMG I hope you are serious

[paula777]

14. AG commissioner ???? Headlines always get me .....

[ncrainbowgrrl]

17. agriculture commissioner.

n/t

[ayree be liberal]

21. F*** !!!. It is only for the Agriculture Commissioner

[BamaBecky]

18. Somebody go stand at the door and cout the heads that pass inside to vote

n/t

[BamaBecky]

19. count

[keepthemhonest]

22. that is good they caught the error and they are correcting it

but they are only doing the commissioners race not the presidential(why is that?)