(12-25-2020 11:14 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(12-25-2020 10:49 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(12-25-2020 09:38 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Nothing new under the sun

I don't remember this race or the controversy, but I remember the name McCloskey.

Woh, that is a really crazy outcome. 6 vote margin in a race where more than 394,000 votes cast.

I hope that the person who won more votes gets seated. I don’t know why the losing candidate is petitioning Congress. Do the recounts or whatever else needs to be done to confirm the small margin, but accept the results.

Edit: actually, kept reading a bit further. I see Hart’s rationale - she is arguing that 22 ballots were incorrectly excluded, which would have caused her to win. Not clear why the Iowa election org isn’t counting those. May have missed that.

Apparently Hart is bypassing Iowa election org and going directly to the Democrat- controlled House.

https://apnews.com/article/election-2020...c116e3eb76

“Democrats, meanwhile, cited state certification of vote results among many reasons why Trump should concede.

Iowa’s canvassing board certified Miller-Meeks as the winner...”

My edit touches on that - apparently Hart is arguing that the 22 ballots thrown out shouldn’t have been. But I didn’t see any discussion of why they were thrown out and why exactly they should be included.

A petition to the House seems far too political. My guess is the House will side with the election board.