Archive for Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Jenkins still 2nd District primary winner after vote review in Shawnee County
In a press conference in her office Wednesday afternoon, Shawnee County Election Commissioner Elizabeth Ensley said the new results from Shawnee County did not change the winners of Tuesday's primary election.
August 6, 2008, 10:15 a.m. Updated August 6, 2008, 5:03 p.m.
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A review of votes in Shawnee County Wednesday did not change the result of the 2nd Congressional District Republican Party primary: Lynn Jenkins won.
Shawnee County Election Commissioner Elizabeth Ensley discovered a data entry error had thrown off the vote totals in about 40 of the county's 198 precincts.
With Jenkins and former Congressman Jim Ryun locked in a tight contest, the outcome of the contest was up in the air for a few hours.
But after a re-examination of the votes, Jenkins increased her lead in Shawnee County.
"We're moving on," Jenkins said.
She will now face U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda, D-Topeka, in the November general election.
In unofficial results posted by the Kansas Secretary of State's office early Wednesday, Jenkins defeated Ryun 32,240 to 31,233, a difference of 1,007 votes.
But Ensley found out Wednesday morning that in precincts where ballots were cast by soldiers serving overseas, their numbers were put in the wrong column, which kept more than 4,400 votes of those using optical scanner ballots from being counted.
After those were counted, Jenkins' 8,873 votes in Shawnee County increased to 10,535 votes, and Ryun's 7,005 votes increased to 8,293 votes.
Statewide, the final tally was 33,907 for Jenkins and 32,528 for Ryun.
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6 August 2008
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hail2oldku (Anonymous) says…
I won't believe any of it until Kathryn Harris gives us a full report.
6 August 2008
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irishdevil99 (Anonymous) says…
I eagerly await the SCOTUS ruling.
6 August 2008
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beobachter (Anonymous) says…
Was the election supervisor a former resident of Florida? Sure sounds like their technique. And where have the ballots been stored all night? Ryun's house?
6 August 2008
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bearded_gnome (Anonymous) says…
being topeka, I wonder if this official is a demorat???***hey Jim Ryun, come on down! this is great news. why is it so often in demorat districts there's more election abnormalities: palm beach fl; king co. wash; topeka ks?”
6 August 2008
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vega (Anonymous) says…
beobachter :)
6 August 2008
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Fort_Aubrey (Anonymous) says…
gnome: She is a Republican, and a former employee of the Secretary of States office. She is a forward thinking and good election official.Being a good official, she got on top of this problem instantly, unlike our Previous DG County Clerk, who was nearly the state slowest with releasing unofficial results which still contained huge errors.Our hunger for “instant results” feeds a climate that allows for mistakes. NO, not like Florida. But mistakes can and will happen. The first objective will be to assure the integrity of the election, and Ms. Ensley will do that.
6 August 2008
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Fort_Aubrey (Anonymous) says…
I would like to see a current picture of Kathyrn Harris, just to see if the cosmetics are still holding up.
6 August 2008
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XEPCT (Anonymous) says…
bearded_gnome …”demorat districts” … “topeka ks” … laughable!Welcome to Kansas! Douglas and Wyandotte are where your “rats” live. Everyone else is on your side!
6 August 2008
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heysoos (Anonymous) says…
Does Ryun's late-night concession come into play?
6 August 2008
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mike_blur (Mike Blur) says…
Ensley is an appointee of Republican Gov. Bill Graves. Bearded Groan, keep cashing those welfare checks while you bray against them damn liberals.Tune into 580 Radio, they are all over the event. Apparently, votes that were kicked out by the optical scanner were hand-tabulated—and those hand tabulations were no counted.
6 August 2008
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BigDog (Anonymous) says…
XEPCTlike it or not … Topeka's represented in the Kansas Senate with 2 of 3 being Democrat at the moment …. and State Representatives are about 50/50Shawnee County overall is more Republican leaning
6 August 2008
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BigPrune (Anonymous) says…
Ryun wins! Ryun wins! Ryun wins!ha, ha!
6 August 2008
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twaldaisy (Anonymous) says…
Voting mistakes seem to be the only way republicans can win.
6 August 2008
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merrill (Anonymous) says…
Ryun working behind the scenes for he cannot accept NO!
6 August 2008
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BigDog (Anonymous) says…
I don't see this changing anything unless optical scanner kicked only Jim Ryun votes out. Jenkins carried Shawnee County by a decent margin.
6 August 2008
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topekadem1 (Anonymous) says…
The Shawnee county election officer, as are all in Kansas, is appointed by the Secretary of State, a Republican. Elizabeth Ensley, a Republican, is the election officer and has always been fair and forthcoming in all matters. As a local Democrat, I am confident Ms. Ensley will get this corrected and a final result published. The Shawnee County voting system is one of the best, but human error can make things frustrating.
6 August 2008
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beobachter (Anonymous) says…
Ryun wants the results he paid for.
6 August 2008
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toe (Anonymous) says…
Ryun must have prayed for a miracle.
6 August 2008
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ronwell_dobbs (Anonymous) says…
Ryun and Kline to form supergroup? They've got nothing but time on their hands. Details at 11.
6 August 2008
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Fort_Aubrey (Anonymous) says…
Unrelated but worthy of sharing–—I thought I would go look to see if I could find a current photo of Kathryn Harris's big huge head. I had no luck. But I did find a couple of youtubes that are pretty darn entertaining:An interview on Fox:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQOC2cl3slIWatch her lobby a fellow congressperson.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIYOmhMMtjc
6 August 2008
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mcontrary (Anonymous) says…
Democrats have so many problems in Florida because Repubicans run the polling sites.
6 August 2008
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63BC (Anonymous) says…
Actually, noThe Florida counties with the biggest problems in 2000 were all controlled by Democratic County Commissions and election officers: Palm Beach, Miami/Dade and Broward.The infamous “butterfly ballot” was designed by a Democratic Election Commissioner, approved by a majority Democratic County Commission and unchallenged by either campaign when printed in the county paper of record prior to the election.Further, the decisions not to switch from outdated punch card voting systems were made by these same Democratic county officials who viewed other things as higher priorities.Thems the facts…
6 August 2008
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stuckinthemiddle (Anonymous) says…
Republicans need Jenkins… she has a good chance at beating Boyda… on the other hand, Ryun has no chance… he will do worse than he did in 2006…
6 August 2008
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4chewnut (Anonymous) says…
Go Boyda!
6 August 2008
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BigDog (Anonymous) says…
In Topeka, they have press conferences for everything. I wouldn't breathe too much life into it.There are other smaller races that it may impact because vote totals were 100 votes or less difference but I doubt it has any impact on Jenkins/Ryun race.
6 August 2008
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ksyellowdog (Anonymous) says…
Elizabeth Ensley is an appointed official. She is a Republican, as are all county election officials. They are appointed by the Secretary of State, who is a republic. The office of SOS matters people, wake up!
6 August 2008
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penguin (Anonymous) says…
I am hoping that someone is breaking out a calculator at this news conference with the sheets she has handed out. It is clear from the news conference that she will not give totals in the changes of votes in Shawnee Co for 2nd Congressional District. She said it does not change the results in Shawnee Co for county offices…but couldn't someone just have given the raw totals for SHCO for 2nd Congressional District?
6 August 2008
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inatux (Anonymous) says…
CJOnline.com has it. http://cjonline.com/stories/080608/br…
6 August 2008
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bearded_gnome (Anonymous) says…
well,as I wrote the post below, there's an update: no new winners. —>thanks FA, 63BC et al. glad to know the elections officer in Shawnee co is so reliable. and yes, where the trouble was in florida, the demorats were in charge of those counties! that's why I wondered, and topeka certainly has lots of dems, many of whom do not work for profit entities, but rather work for the state, nonprofits, schools/colleges, etc. yes, big dog.it seemed a long shot. now, remember, Boyda stormed out on the generals, disrespecting them, while they reported *good news* from iraq. good news from iraq is apparently bad news for dems. that should tell you a lot about her, and the democrats.i do have to give her credit on one thing: fighting mexican trucks/truckers driving freely on our roads. but this is far from enough to recommend her for reelection! and, remember, she protested the attack on afghanistan just after 9-11!
6 August 2008
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penguin (Anonymous) says…
I just checked the Secretary of State's website and the totals are updated:Jenkins 33907Ryun 32528http://www.kssos.org/ent/kssos_ent.htmlSo it appears the lead even grew a bit.
6 August 2008
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toe (Anonymous) says…
Topeka.
6 August 2008
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Fort_Aubrey (Anonymous) says…
And the election officer did not try to sweep anything under the rug, or blame the equipment or some poor poll worker. She deserves credit for getting on top of this quickly.
6 August 2008
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TheSychophant (Anonymous) says…
In the words of Tricky Dick, looks like we won't be having Jim Ryun to kick around anymore.
6 August 2008
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BigPrune (Anonymous) says…
My previous post declaring Ryun the winner was just a joke. ha, ha!Glad to fire some of you up this afternoon.
7 August 2008
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stuckinthemiddle (Anonymous) says…
TheSychophantof course… Nixon won two presidential elections after saying that…