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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBREAKING: Santorum WON Iowa!!! Vote Miscount Discovered ---->
Iowa Caucus 2012 Results: Vote-Counter Says Mistake Gave Mitt Romney 20 Extra VotesSam Stein
WINDHAM, N.H. -- Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum said he was "not surprised to hear" that the vote total for ex-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney may have been overcounted by 20 in the final tally of Iowa caucus-goers, but both he and his campaign were declining to weigh in on the story that broke Thursday night.
Speaking to a large gathering of New Hampshire voters at Windham High School, the Pennsylvania Republican said he was unaware that a local television station in Iowa had aired a report on a potential vote count discrepancy that would alter the winner of the caucus two days ago.
The station, KCCI, reported that in Appanoose County, a vote-counter had discovered an inconsistency between the number of the 50 votes he had monitored and what the Republican Party of Iowa had recorded.
"When Mitt Romney won Iowa by eight votes and I've got a 20-vote discrepancy here, that right there says Rick Santorum won Iowa," said the vote-counter, Edward True, 28. "Not Mitt Romney."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/05/iowa-caucus-2012-results_n_1188074.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D125283
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BREAKING: Santorum WON Iowa!!! Vote Miscount Discovered ----> (Original Post)
napkinz
Jan 2012
OP
napkinz
(17,199 posts)1. and with that news, this oldie from Swamp Rat ...
Survivoreesta
(221 posts)15. Loved that movie!>
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)2. I won! No you didn't, I won! We demand more maturity from 5 year olds.
JHB
(37,158 posts)12. Maybe you and me, but the county? Didn't a guy who acted like "I Won! Gimme gimme gimme!"...
...get made president?
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)3. Reading the USA Today article on this
makes it seem like Santorum still lost but possibly by only one vote now instead of 8. There was an error to Romney's benefit too.
Saving Hawaii
(441 posts)5. Had to guess there was gonna be an error to Romney's benefit.
Sure there'll be a few more if anything else pops up in Santorum's favor.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)4. Republicans, undercounting votes? N-o-o-o-o, n-e-v-e-r . . .
Romney just showing how they get things done. He's got what it takes to be the GOP candidate for President, all right!
napkinz
(17,199 posts)9. After years doing it to us, they're now doing it to each other
nt
HipChick
(25,485 posts)6. Where are the Voter Fraud claims?
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)7. It was a photo finish
napkinz
(17,199 posts)14. Santorum is SUPER BAD! : )
MilesColtrane
(18,678 posts)20. McFrothy!
CanonRay
(14,101 posts)8. Can't these idiots add to 50
or are they all home schooled?
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)10. And Karl Rove had nothing to do with that...
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)11. I blame Edith and Carolyn
Edith and Carolyn seemed so sweet...
Edith and Carolyn call Iowa caucus
CNN|Added on January 4, 2012
Iowa GOP officials Edith Pfeffer and Carolyn Tallett break the final Iowa caucus results live on CNN.
http://cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/politics/2012/01/04/bts-iowa-caucus-edith-carolyn-highlights.cnn.html
I guess it was all just a cover for their nefarious plot!
napkinz
(17,199 posts)16. Rachel Is Reporting On This Right Now on MSNBC
The Rachel Maddow Show tonight.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)17. And she showed the Edith and Carolyn clip!
LuvNewcastle
(16,844 posts)18. Santorum Lands on Top
I couldn't resist.
or
Santorum Squeezes Out
DeathToTheOil
(1,124 posts)19. I checked websites: CNN, MSNBC, FOX, ABC, WaPo, NYT.....
Nuthin.'