State Board of Election Numbers

By: Barbara
Published On: 11/8/2006 5:41:15 PM

Does anyone know why the SBE numbers indicate 94.57% of precincts reporting, although at 2:00pm is said 99.88%?

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Follow-Up Question (dustyinmemphis - 11/8/2006 6:02:34 PM)
When the SBE site showed 99.88%, it also showed 2440 of 2443 precincts reporting.

Now that the SBE site shows 94.57%, it's also showing 2458 of 2559 precincts reporting.

How could the total number of precincts have changed between 4:00 and 4:30??????



Good that some others noticed this (Matt in VA - 11/8/2006 6:04:12 PM)
I wonder too... also, the margin for webb went from 7297 to 7349.


and (Matt in VA - 11/8/2006 6:05:50 PM)
the percentages remained exactly the same somehow, 49.55% to 49.24%.


I do hope someone knows the answer (Barbara - 11/8/2006 6:06:10 PM)
It makes me nervous.


this person on DK (Matt in VA - 11/8/2006 6:44:34 PM)
did the grunt work to count the conditional votes and see if they'll have any effect... link here


If Kos Poster is Correct . . . (dustyinmemphis - 11/8/2006 6:10:49 PM)
"Each county has been assigned an additional precinct called 'Conditional Votes,' causing the % of reporting precincts to drop."

See:  http://www.dailykos....

and more discussion here:

http://www.dailykos....



what (Matt in VA - 11/8/2006 6:15:43 PM)
are conditional votes or ballots? how are they different from absentee ballots?


See Here for SBE's Explanation (dustyinmemphis - 11/8/2006 6:28:05 PM)
http://www.sbe.virgi...

Provisional Ballots:

A Provisional Ballot is a paper ballot which is cast separately and sealed in a green envelope.  An officer of election will assist the voter in completing the information on both sides of the envelope.  The voter must provide the information requested and sign the Statement of Voter. 

Provisional Ballots are not counted on Election Day.  Your local Electoral Board will meet the day after the election to determine whether each provisional voter was qualified to vote.  The votes of qualified voters will then be counted and included in the results for your locality. 

Provisional voters are allowed to be present when the Electoral Board meets to determine if their vote was valid.  The election officials will tell each provisional voter when and where the Electoral Board will meet, and provide a phone number to call to find out if their Provisional Ballot was counted. 

Provisional Ballots are used:

When the voter’s name is not on the pollbook, the voter believes he is registered in that precinct, and the registrar’s office cannot be contacted to verify that the voter is registered. [Note: If a voter choose to vote a Provisional Ballot because they are at the wrong polling place and are unable or unwilling to go to the correct polling place, their vote will not be counted.] 

When a voter who registered by mail on or after January 1, 2003, and did not mail in a copy of their ID at that time, fails to show one of the federally-required forms of ID when voting for the first time in a federal election.

When the normal voting hours are extended by court order.



well done, (Matt in VA - 11/8/2006 6:32:32 PM)
thanks!


Check out this post (Matt in VA - 11/8/2006 6:14:10 PM)
from the Daily Kos

Movement on Virginia SBE website

I've been watching it all day and it looks like they are now counting and posting conditional ballots. As a result, there are now over one hundred new unreported precincts. There should be few votes from each but this is a significant development. Nothing below the fold, just want to put it out there.