Ronn Blankenship wrote, about the Alabama governor's race:

> > With any luck, sometime before the end of January I'll
> > find out who was elected governor.

Julia Thompson wrote:

> So what's the holdup?  I know what it was in Tarrant
> County, TX and I can go back and see what it was in Bexar
> County. (All the counties considered to be in the Austin
> paper's "area" had reasonably smooth vote-counting. *My*
> county had full results on the internet when I checked 45
> minutes after the polls closed, so no problem *there*....)

In one county, the incumbent Democratic governor was about
3K votes ahead of the Republican challenger, then the results
suddenly and mysteriously switched so that the Republican was
3K ahead. Now, the Democrat wants a state-wide recount,
apparently counter to state law, and of course the Republican
doesn't want to bend the rules to help the other guy. Basically,
it's like two years ago in Florida all over again.

I personally hate them both, so I checked out the Libertarian
candidate's web page to make sure he wasn't a total nut, then
voted for him instead. I actually voted for the incumbent, Don
Siegelman, in 1998, since he seemed less embarrassing to the
state than his mumbly, slightly crooked Fundie Republican
opponent, Fob James. Unfortunately, Siegelman went on to
embarrass the state anyway, with an insane homophobic rant
about teenage boys wearing earrings. With all the mud-slinging
this year, the new Republican candidate, Bob Riley, proved to
me that he isn't any better than Siegelman.
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