Thursday, June 7, 2012

Uncounted ballots: Could Clendenen and/or Solomon Still Win?

Clif Clendenen and Norman Solomon are not ready to admit defeat. - the Journal

Local election night results (pdf) showed Estelle Fennell edging out incumbent Clif Clendenen for the 2nd District Board of Supervisors seat by a margin of about four percent — 47.76 percent for Clendenen to 51.81 percent for Fennell. The gap between the two stands at 202 votes.

Nearly 6,500 votes have yet to be counted, according to Carolyn Crnich, the county’s registrar of voters, and Clendenen reportedly told the Times-Standard that he’s still hopeful that he could overtake Fennell and hold onto his supervisor seat.

Meanwhile, anti-war activist Norman Solomon ended election night in third place behind frontrunner Jared Huffman and Republican investment broker Dan Roberts. In California’s new open primary system, the top two vote-getters, regardless of party, advance to a November runoff. Solomon ended election night with 14.2 percent of the vote, not far behind Roberts’ 15.3 percent. In a press release sent earlier today, Solomon’s political consultant said this thing ain’t over:

“We are confident once all of the votes cast in this race are actually counted that Norman Solomon will have earned a top-two finish and advance to the general election.”

Do either of them have a shot? Analysis at the link

Hold Up There, Dan Roberts — Stormin’ Norman Solomon Is Still In This Thing - Hank Sims/Lost Coast Outpost