: CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP) — Democrat Dennis Kucinich, who won less than 2 percent of the vote in the New Hampshire primary, said Thursday he wants a recount to ensure that all ballots in his party's contest were counted.
The Ohio congressman cited "serious and credible reports, allegations and rumors" about the integrity of Tuesday results.
Deputy Secretary of State David Scanlan said Kucinich is entitled to a statewide recount. But, under New Hampshire law, Kucinich will have to pay for it. Scanlan said he had "every confidence" the results are accurate.
In a letter dated Thursday, Kucinich said he does not expect significant changes in his vote total, but wants assurance that "100 percent of the voters had 100 percent of their votes counted."
Kucinich alluded to online reports alleging disparities around the state between hand-counted ballots, which tended to favor Sen. Barack Obama, and machine-counted ones that tended to favor Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. He also noted the difference between pre-election polls, which indicated Obama would win, and Clinton's triumph by a 39 percent to 37 percent margin.
Candidates who lose by 3 percentage or less are entitled to a recount for a $2,000 fee. Candidates who lose by more must pay for the full cost. Kucinich's campaign said it was sending the $2,000 fee to start the recount.
Scanlon said his office had received several phone calls since Tuesday, mostly from outside the state, questioning the results. New Hampshire's voting machines are not linked in any way, which
Scanlon says reduce the likelihood of tampering with results on a statewide level. Also, the results can be checked against paper ballots.
"I think people from out of state don't completely understand how our process works and they compare it to the system that might exist in Florida or Ohio, where they have had serious problems," he said. "Perhaps the best thing that could happen for us is to have a recount to show the people that … the votes that were cast on election day were accurately reflected in the results. And I have every confidence that will be the case."
I'm glad someone other than Obama wants a recount in NH. There's just something not right about all polls predicting that Obama would win, and Hillary actually winning. I slept the day away, and woke up about 10:45 pm just to see Obama give his victory speech, and see Hillary winning. It surprised the mess out of me. But you know it's gonna come out that the ballots were counted correctly, even if they weren't.
HUEmanbro! YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RITE!!! AND, THE PART THAT PISSES ME OFF IS THAT IN 2058 THE HISTORY BOOKS AREN'T GONNA TELL IT RITE!!! THINK ABOUT ALL THE BULLSHIT THEY LIED TO US ABOUT IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS!... THAT'S WHY WE GOTTA TAKE IN ALL THIS [EXPLETIVE] AND REMEMBER IT BECAUSE IN THE FUTURE IT'S GONNA BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TELL OUR GRANDKIDS THE TRUE STORY ABOUT ALL THIS [EXPLETIVE] WHEN THEY COME HOME FROM SCHOOL 1 DAY ASKING US WHY DID WE VOTE FOR A MAN WHO DID NOTHING BUT START A LOT OF WARS!
IT'LL BE UP TO US TO TELL 'EM , "NO! THAT [EXPLETIVE] WASN'T FAIR... HE BULLIED HIS WAY INTO THE WHITE HOUSE, WE DIDN'T VOTE HIM IN!"
I'M JUST SCARED TO SEE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER AGAIN! IS IT THAT THE GOVERNMENT DON'T TRUE THE AMERICA PUBLICS JUDGMENT AND ABILITY TO CHOOSE A LEADER... OR IS IT THAT THE POWERS THAT BE HAVE A BIGGER PLAN THAT WE'RE ALL JUST NOT A PART OF?!
I'M HAPPY THAT THIS TIME AROUND I'M OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE (IN 2000 I WAS ONLY 15) BUT, I WONDER DO I REALLY EVEN HAVE A REASON TO BE HAPPY IF MY VOTE DOESN'T EVEN COUNT AND THE "ELECTORAL COLLEGE" (FAT, WHITE, OLD MEN WITH MONEY!) IS THE 1 WHO GETS THE FINAL SAY IN WHO WINS (YES, Y'ALL ONCE YOU VOTE A GROUP OF PEOPLE CALLED THE "ELECTORAL COLLEGE" GETS THE FINAL SAY AND LITERALLY CHOOSES THE PRESIDENT)!
THIS WHOLE GOVERNMENT IS CROOKED! I'M MOVING TO CUBA! LOL!
Wait...do they think we're stupid? How is it there exists technology that maintains and controls the banking and investment securities system, and tracks a microchip as it crosses the border, but they can't [EXPLETIVE] implement this in the voting system? What is the purpose for having hand-counted ballots and machine ballots? Why the inconsistency?
There is always going to be voting irregularities....especially with these fools using Diebold's AccuVote technology. All electronic voting is fugged up cause the final result can be manipulated. They just going through the motions. Period dot.
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Well atleast with Hillary we know that is she gets upset in a debate with other world leaders...she will cry and get her way...lol
Poor lil guy.....he is such a tike...he needs a rattle and pacifier instead of tatoos and jewels....
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Even if they have a recount I think the results are going to be the same. They are not going to admit any wrong doing just like Florida in 2000. I am happy that another canidate came forward and ask for a recount and not Obama. The media would make it seem like sour grapes if he did. When the news media should have been the first to raise a red flag.
You know what's funny about this story??? All you clowns would be in favor of Hillary if Obama weren't running!! And you wonder why they group ALL blacks when something happens! We want it one way one this hand but not on the other. Futhermore, how many of you can quote just one of Sen. Obama's initiatives? We make ourselves look so trivial and very meniscual in the big scheme of things with our ignorant attitudes! I'm just waiting for the I never liked Bill anyway post to start up... LOL!
I like how Bama didn't ask for the recount....Even if she did tamper, she beat him by 2%....She has already lost like 2 or 3 other states to him and she is going to lose more....She can't fix them all and that's proof by Bama winning the others and winning CONVINCINGLY....The votes are in on the Presidency in my eye....Bama is going to win out the Democratic side and face who ever emerges from the Republican side....Then Bama is going to win because the world is TIRED of the republicans running things....End of story!!!!!!.....
I truly the the results are a fraud, and thankfully Obama is not involved in gtting the recount. I seriously think Obama won New Hampshire but, anyways I think he'll win Nevada and South Carolina.:-)
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Seriously though..Dennis Kucinich is the best candidate you probably haven't heard of. I like Obama, and i love my peeps, but he flip-flopped on a certain issue to make sure he wouldn't lose votes, and that was very disturbing to me. If you flip once, it's easier to flip again. Kucinich's politics match my own more closely than any of the other candidates. He's the only one who's saying anything fresh and different from the other candidates. Obama and Hillary seem like they're saying the same damn thing most of the time.
First whats the deal with the Ron Paul supporters on this site?
bgdre12 & YusefX....do you guys really support a person who stated right after the LA riots, that "order was only restored in L.A. when it came time for the blacks to pick up their welfare checks."
Another says, "The criminals who terrorize our cities -- in riots and on every non-riot day -- are not exclusively young black males, but they largely are. As children, they are trained to hate whites, to believe that white oppression is responsible for all black ills, to 'fight the power,' to steal and loot as much money from the white enemy as possible."
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