I trust you don’t need any help from me to understand the injustice of deciding this Virginia House seat by a drawing.
A Virginia elections official reached into an artsy stoneware bowl, pulled out a name and declared Republican David Yancey the winner of a House of Delegates race that could determine which political party controls the chamber.
Virginia staged a dramatic, rare election lottery, livestreamed across the country, to settle a tie between Yancey, an incumbent from Newport News, and Democrat Shelly Simonds.
The spectacle drew national attention as an odd way to decide a highly consequential contest. But it might not be the last word in a saga that’s taken more turns than the clay that went into that wheel-thrown bowl, borrowed for the occasion from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts .
Simonds and a crowd of about 100 state officials, journalists and politicos crowded into the West Reading Room of the Patrick Henry Building for the event. Yancey was not present, although he sent a representative.
The Democrat sat in the first row, between her husband, Paul, and her 15-year-old daughter, Georgia, holding both of their hands.
As the loser of the drawing, Simonds is entitled by law to request a second recount, likely leaving the race in limbo when the General Assembly reconvenes Wednesday.
Moments after the drawing, she said, “This is a sad conclusion for me.” But she did not rule out a request for another recount. “All options are on the table,” she said…
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Shelly should declare a recount because, after the elections commission outlawed one ballot to call it a draw, she did not get to examine her opponent’s ballots for defects, the way Yancey had.
RESIST THE REPUBLICAN REICH!!
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Recount!! Recount!!I hope she wins!!
It certainly was utterly unfair. I also hope she pursues this. It’s far bigger than this one race.
At least the orange spill on aisle 1600 dissolved his phone “Voter Fraud Commission,” albeit claiming it was all the Democrats’ fault (translation: some Secretaries of State have at least rudimentary integrity.)
Resist! Recount! Resist!
Recount! What else?
My first 3 words: Typical Republican bullshit!!!
Is it any wonder why people become disillusioned with politics! . . . and voting!
‘Mickey Mouse’ pseudo democracy in Virginia is alive and well. I hope she does not concede and demands a recount big time!!! And for those that have the audacity to try and put Democrat Shelly Simonds on the same level as Alabama Republican Roy Moore, there is NO correlation between the two . . . Moore had, deservedly, his butt whooped! Simonds is the victim of undemocratic Republican bullshit (Is there any other kind?)!
Thanks, hugs and amen to all!
I believe this election, like so many things that republicans are involved in, was a sham.