(12-21-2017 01:06 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(12-21-2017 12:50 PM)dawgitall Wrote:  

(12-21-2017 12:38 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(12-21-2017 12:27 PM)dawgitall Wrote:  They threw out a ballot that had both candidates filled in with a mark threw one of the candidates name. Then a judge ruled that the ballot should be counted, thus the tie. The judge evidently can read minds.

It was sort of a "make-up call" for the 11 votes the other candidate made somewhat similarly. They were also tallied on a whiteboard for the hand count (some 23k total votes) and there is really no guarantee there is no human error in that process (even a single vote error would have swung it). Frankly, if another vote cannot be conducted, the coin-flip is probably appropriate.

Was all the 10 vote swing from contested ballots or was some / all of it from an incorrect count? Also what is the ratio on the county election board?

He challenged multiple ballots that were ruled votes for her as well as this one that was thrown out. The judges decided to count all of them. No idea what the ratio is or how that works, but the city itself generally votes about 60/40 democrat. This district is a reddish enclave in a blue city. I have no idea who was on the 3-judge panel and cannot find that info on any story. If I can find out who was on the panel, I can probably tell you their political leanings. My dad is an attorney in town and knows all of them.

I don't know Virginia law but often this is a County Board of Elections with three appointed members. Here in NC whichever party the governor is has 2 and the other party 1. More often than not the members of the board take a lot of criticism, but from their own party not the opposition party. Their party always wants them to favor them when they have taken an oath to be nonpartisan.