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November 03, 2004
Maine | Maine Republican Nonsense

Sorry, but I don’t support Chris’ conclusion of what’s going on in Maine. If BD is right and the candidates won there by more than 6,000 votes. There’s no reason for the Republican Party to challenge it. Also if those college students are from out-of-state, they have to vote in their home-state elections for the Presidency and the local elections in their home-state.

I’m currently a student at Brigham Young University-Idaho which is in Rexburg, Idaho. I talked to the election board which is just downtown a few streets from where I lived and they said I cannot vote unless my permanent status was in Idaho. They told me to basically request an absentee ballot from Washington State which is my home-state. So I did and I voted for the President in the election as well as the local elections for example my district US Representative, Washington State Governorship, etc the list goes on.

This is nonsense if the Democrats won by more than 6,000 votes as it will change nothing. Nonetheless, those college students should not be voting in the Maine Elections. It is voter fraud if they had voted for the Presidency regardless of Kerry or Bush in both their home-states via absentee ballots and Maine.

Update: It seems that I was right about the number of votes in Maine. Chris was arguing about 6,000 votes by college students being challenged by Republicans and it still won’t change the fate of the Democrat winners.

Fox News has the results

I’m doing the math for Chris on District 2
District 2: Michael Michaud’s 188,278 votes to Brian Hamel’s 128,834 votes
Subtract 6,000 votes from Michael Michaud’s votes which will make it 182,278 votes. Chances of Michael Michaud losing his spot? 0%



Posted by ViriiK at November 3, 2004 07:28 PM | TrackBack
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Actually this would be a great time to challenge it. Since it is meaningless, you can use it to set voter fraud precedent without anyone being able to accuse Republicans of trying to steal the election (well, credibly, I suppose).

Posted by: toxicroach [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 3, 2004 09:13 PM

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