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Thursday, November 07, 2019

Of Course He Did

Several states had elections this week, with some good results -- Democrats flipped the entire Virginia legislature, which means they control gerrymandering -- uh, redistricting -- for the 2020 election, and had notable successes in other areas. And in Kentucky, Republican Dominionist governor Matt Bevin lost -- and of course, is calling "foul!":

Alleging "a number of significant irregularities," Gov. Matt Bevin is formally requesting an official recanvass of the results of Kentucky's election for governor.

Bevin came up about 5,000 votes short in Tuesday's race against Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear.

"Significant irregularities" means that votes for Beshear actually got counted.

This is choice:

Speaking at a 5 p.m. press conference at the Governor's Mansion in Frankfort, Bevin said he'll be "entirely comfortable" with whatever the recanvass shows as long as he's confident the results are an accurate reflection of Kentuckians' votes.

To borrow a recurring phrase from any number of comment threads:

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I have a feeling a recanvass won't be the end of it. Bevin may also be able to call for a recount. I wouldn't be surprised.

Via Joe.My.God.

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