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Ore. GOP funding partial re-count in governor race
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| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Dec 09, 2010 11:10am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Thursday, December 9, 2010 05:10:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Oregon Republicans are funding a test re-count of the votes for governor in three Multnomah County precincts, aiming to see whether major irregularities turn up that would warrant a broader re-count.
The Republicans are putting up "a few thousand dollars" for the re-count, to take place Monday. It will involve a token number of ballots - 8,347 in a county that Democrat John Kitzhaber carried by 121,000 on his way to defeating Republican Chris Dudley statewide by 22,000 votes.
Republican State Chairman Bob Tiernan said Wednesday the re-count is a "cheap form of insurance," and if it does turn up major irregularities, the party could seek a wider re-count.
Tiernan said that on election night, his Multnomah County observers saw elections workers carrying in ballot boxes without seals and spotted an open door to a computer room - raising the possibility of someone hacking into the tally.
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