As mentioned yesterday on Booker Rising, this battle could extend into 2013. From Politico, about the conservative Republican Congressman: "Florida Rep. Allen West, trailing narrowly in his still-uncalled race, notched a legal win late Friday, as election officials agreed to re-tabulate a batch of early ballots that the conservative congressman has pushed to have reexamined.
The St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections announced it would begin re-tallying all votes that were cast between Oct. 27 and Nov. 3. The office will begin re-tabulating at 9 a.m. Saturday."
The article continues: "West has argued that those votes had been accidentally double counted on election night and provided a winning margin to his Democratic opponent, 29-year-old construction company executive Patrick Murphy. Murphy’s lead of nearly 2,000 votes is just outside the 0.5 percent margin that would trigger an automatic district-wide recount under Florida law."
More about the Florida politician's ballot battle: "The decision capped a day of dramatic legal maneuverings, which began Friday afternoon when a judge turned down a request by West to prevent St. Lucie County, one of three counties in the 18th Congressional District, from certifying its election results. The battle then moved to the election office’s canvassing board, which convened hours later to determine whether to re-tabulate the votes in question."
Allen West Wins Round In Recount Fight
