tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post115902021831422764..comments2023-10-02T04:41:34.722-04:00Comments on Marry in Massachusetts: Okay Recount Response from Bill and Tommassmarrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358207247771711952noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post-1159064826638505112006-09-23T22:27:00.000-04:002006-09-23T22:27:00.000-04:00I'm very glad Sonia's campaign chose to pursue a "...I'm very glad Sonia's campaign chose to pursue a "recount", because we never had a full count of the votes in the first place, and this "recount" will actually be the first count for many precincts. I'm disturbed, on the other hand, that it seems we had to depend on one of the candidate's campaigns going to a lot of effort, or we might never have gotten a full count of the votes. Very disturbed.<BR/><BR/>Who looks out for the voters' interests?<BR/><BR/>We obviously can't leave this sort of thing to the discretion of elections departments or the Secretary of State. They may do the right thing, but they may not. The right thing, in this case, would be to require a full count of the votes - and if that doesn't happen on Tuesday night, it needs to happen afterward. We need new election law, mandating that.Coshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07229487616905375771noreply@blogger.com