Bi-Polar Bear wrote:Va. will go into recount mode automatically. History shows that usually means an automatic win for the repubs.
That's all I know right now for sure.
Last year, for Attorney General, a Republican at first won by some 300 votes. A statewide recount only gave him 40 more votes.
True, the end result is the Republican won. But the fact that a recount only increased his total by 40 votes means
A) whatever the current setup, the recount tends to reinforce the initial vote almost exactly
B) this time, with a "practice run" behind them, the recount should take a lot less time-they're going over the same ground they did last year.