Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Virginia Election Results: Counting The Conditional Votes

For those carefully following the Virginia Senate race on the Virginia Board of Elections website, you will note that there are suddenly another 156 precincts, many of which haven't yet reported.

Don't worry--the VBE is now tallying "conditional votes" from the various counties, classifying them as separate precincts (similar to the way absentee ballots are classified). The numbers will be small and won't change Webb's margin significantly--may boost it a bit.

There are also some minor changes coming in as county election boards conduct their routine canvasses to correct mistakes made in election night reporting. This process also should not significantly change Webb's current 7000 vote margin.

For more info on why Webb has already won this, see the post BELOW, as well as its updates.

The media should call this one for Webb, just as they called Tester's 2000 vote margin in Montana.

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