Christine Jennings was robbed
May 17, 2007 at 9:50 am by Wayne GarciaMy column in CL this weeks looks at the status of Democrat Christine Jennings’ attempts to get to the bottom of the missing 18,000 votes in her “loss” to Republican Vern Buchanan in the Sarasota-based Congressional 13 race in 2006. More and more evidence and studies have surfaced showing just how the undervote occurred. More importantly, scientific studies show she should have won if all the votes had counted.
My column ends:
One last thing: Dr. Herron’s study went further and looked at how those 18,000 votes might have gone if they had been registered. Its conclusion:
“We estimate that, had Sarasota used a ballot format akin to those in neighboring counties, Jennings would have beaten Buchanan. Indeed, our ballot-level analysis leaves virtually no doubt that the excess undervote would have broken in Jennings favor in a manner that would have easily reversed the certified election outcome.”
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