OBAMA 'ROBBED' IN NY

by gonzo | February 19, 2008 at 02:24 am | 728 views | 3 comments

February 16, 2008 -- Barack Obama's primary-night results were strikingly underrecorded in several districts around the city - in some cases leaving him with zero votes when, in fact, he had pulled in hundreds, the Board of Elections said yesterday.

Unofficial primary results gave Obama no votes in nearly 80 districts, including Harlem's 94th and other historically black areas - but many of those initial tallies proved to be wildly off the mark, the board said.

In some districts getting a recount, the senator from Illinois is even closer to defeating Hillary Clinton.

Initial results in the 94th, for example, showed a 141-0 sweep for Hillary Clinton, but the recount changed the tally to 261-136.

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ryan

at 02:42 on February 19th, 2008

This will be very significant if New York distributes it delegates proportionally as apposed to winner takes all.

BigT

at 02:48 on February 19th, 2008

good stuff:

I wonder what the reaction is going to be if Obama loses the nomination (through superdelegates going to Hillary or Florida and Michigan's delegates getting counted or some other way) and many feel he was "robbed." Will that give McCain the advantage he needs to win in November?

Brian A Kennedy

at 08:05 on February 19th, 2008

good stuff:

There's an in-depth story about it here. Basically, it was purely due to human error (and there were some districts in which votes for Clinton were heavily under-reported) but yes, Obama probably got a lot more votes in NY than was first reported.