HANDCOUNT DENIED IN PB FOR REPUBLICAN BEHIND BY 14 VOTES!!!!
Palm Beach Denied Hand Recount for Republican
Can candidates have a manual recount in a close election in Palm Beach County? Only if you're a Democrat, apparently.
In a September Republican primary for the Florida House, Beverly Green of West Palm Beach was judged the loser by 14 votes, the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel reported Sept. 8. When she requested a manual recount, the three-person county canvassing board unanimously decided to use a computer.
"It wasn't that close. The manual count is historically when it's single digits," said Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore, who joined County Commissioner Carol Roberts and County Judge James Burton on the board, the Sun Sentinel reported.
These three, of course, are familiar to anyone following the presidential vote recount in Democrat-dominated Palm Beach County.
In a CNN interview tonight, Green accused the canvassing board of hypocrisy, CNSNews.com reported.
"There seems to be a double standard," she said. "I find it so strange."
The automatic recount, by the way, gained Green three votes, CNSNews.com said. |
