#election2018 — Public Fediverse posts
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"Fontes said tabulation took longer because ballots that could not be read by machines were hand counted, which had not been done in the last two election cycles. There were about 130,000 of those ballots."
http://kjzz.org/content/729959/maricopa-county-official-vote-count-approved
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Christine Marsh nears AZ state senate incumbent Kate McGee w/in 267 as margin keeps dropping
Reports say AZ law requires recounts when separated by less than 200 votes or 0.5% with more than 25,000 votes
McGee has 47278 votes, Marsh 47011, so already down to 0.28% with reported 1000s more to count
Dems have gained Sec of State's featured races, with 5 taking the lead in 8 races since election night, including replacing Sec of State
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The Navajo Nation ran out of ballots for tribal elections and is now allowing voters another chance to cast a ballot
Voting machines were rejecting over-marked ballots leading to a large use of second ballots
http://kjzz.org/content/723900/navajo-nation-allowing-additional-voting-days-after-ballot-shortage
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Sinema declared winner in Arizona Senate race after her lead climbs to 38,000 in continued vote counting. She's up by 1.7%
Other Arizona Democrats are also gaining as all votes are counted
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/12/667214148/democrat-kyrsten-sinema-wins-arizona-senate-seat
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CW: USpol racist remarks
"We have updated the language in the article to more accurately describe Steve King's history of racist remarks"
Iowa's Grassley refuses to condemn King's racist comments
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/414734-nyt-updates-steve-king-story-to-call-his-remarks-racist
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Sen Flake supports Democrat over white nationalist allied Republican Steve King in Iowa
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AZ Republic endorses Kyrsten Sinema for Senate
In very rare endorsement of a Democrat Arizona's largest newspaper says she has shown she'll be better a collaborating after the election