Cooper’s lead in NC governor’s race surpasses recount threshold
Roy Cooper’s lead has surpassed 10,000 votes, meaning there is no mandated recount.
Click here for reuse options!The state board of elections website shows Cooper leading McCrory by 10,329 votes, and candidates in North Carolina are permitted to ask for a recount when the margin in the race is 10,000 votes or fewer.
In a tweet noting the latest vote total, Marc Elias, a lawyer working with Cooper’s campaign, declared, “Game over.”
Seven counties had yet to certify their votes as of Wednesday afternoon, according to the state board’s website, so the margin may change and drop below 10,000 votes again. After Election Day, Cooper led McCrory by about 5,000 votes, and his lead in the race has doubled since then.
McCrory filed for a recount when the margin was below 10,000 votes, before the election results were certified. He has refused to concede the race until the results are final, using a flurry of ballot complaints to allege widespread voter fraud in the state.
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14 responses to Cooper’s lead in NC governor’s race surpasses recount threshold
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Carla Akins November 30th, 2016 at 16:24
teehee
amersham1046 November 30th, 2016 at 18:10
voter fraud again , that line is getting a bit passe
Jimmy Fleck November 30th, 2016 at 18:26
This race goes to show how bad of a candidate Clinton was. The democrat is winning the governor’s race but Trump won the state in the Presidential race.
Darksnark November 30th, 2016 at 20:59
Clinton beat Trump by over 2.3 million votes in the national popular election and did better than President Obama did in urban areas and in the most populous counties in the country.
If you want to find a reason for Trump winning the Electoral count, look to GOP voter-suppression efforts, political sabotage by a Republican FBI director, Russian hacking to promote Trump’s campaign, and the growing likelihood of election fraud in Rust Belt states….
bpollen December 1st, 2016 at 04:41
And that quintessential GOP operative, Jerry Mander!
Jimmy Fleck December 1st, 2016 at 15:50
Jerry Mander has an effect on statewide elections?
bpollen December 1st, 2016 at 16:28
Obviously, yes. If Jerry Mander redraws your districts with partisan intent, he self-evidently can.
Really surprising that such a simple fact eludes you… well, in your case, maybe not.
Jimmy Fleck December 1st, 2016 at 16:35
So when I vote for governor it matters what district I live in as to how that vote is counted for governor? And when I cast a vote for president it matters which congressional district I live in (Maine and Nebraska excluded since they do split their electoral votes) when they tally the state’s results?
bpollen December 2nd, 2016 at 02:30
Yes.
If you find yourself in a district where the majority of your like-minded voters have been moved by Mr. Mander into ONE district, it does a hell of a lot to dilute the impact of YOUR vote. Want proof?
Two words:
Word #1 NORTH
Word #2 CAROLINA
Jimmy Fleck December 2nd, 2016 at 10:11
That makes no sense at all. Votes for governor are not counted by district where each district only gets one vote for governor. All of the votes cast for governor are totaled across the state and the winner is chosen. The same goes for the presidential election. All of the votes are counted across the state and the total votes determine who that state awards their electoral votes. It doesn’t matter that I live in one of the two Democratic congressional districts in TN – TN overall voted for Trump as president. So while I have no chance to elect a Republican as my Congressman, I still get to vote for a Republican governor and in years where the Republicans nominate someone worthwhile I can vote for him or her as president as well (I did not vote for Trump.) My point in the North Carolina contests is that the Democrat won the governor’s election, but Clinton lost the Presidential election. That to me says a significant amount of people that voted for the Dem as governor did not vote for Clinton as president. It has nothing to do with the districts of the state.
bpollen December 3rd, 2016 at 04:28
One possible decider of the election is the House. Gerrymandering directly impacts the House. Ergo, should the court of last resort, so to speak, be the House, gerrymandering would self-evidently have an effect on who is IN the House.
Maine and Nebraska allocate their electoral votes by House District. While they are only 5 votes between them, diluting the vote of one party from a majority in one district to the minority in a couple of others would impact how those districts went. Now imagine that the Dems in California had successfully gerrymandered ALL their districts such that Republican votes were diluted across the state and so they held NO majorities in ANY district. Those 55 votes could obviously be a significant factor.
As far as Governor, I repeat: NORTH CAROLINA. Gerrymandering can have great influence on the makeup of the legislature, the very same legislature that could stop the recount and just decide to put the incumbent back into the Governors Mansion. According to state law, the courts are denied any review of that decision.
I’ve just given examples of how gerrymandering can affect both Presidential and Gubernatorial races. You’re welcome.
Jimmy Fleck December 1st, 2016 at 15:52
Are Dems really going to claim election fraud after screaming at Trump for saying he may contest the election results? I thought Repubs were the only ones that claimed the election was rigged going into it.
Alan doesn’t seem to think voter fraud is to blame – http://www.alan.com/2016/12/01/number-of-cases-of-voter-fraud-in-2016-election-4/#disqus_thread
bpollen December 1st, 2016 at 04:41
Bye bye, Governor McCornhoolio!
Snick1946 December 1st, 2016 at 09:52
Don’t celebrate yet- they will still be looking to steal this thing. It’s who they are.