Recount

Reposting of Screwy's locked up entry . . .

I thought we could use a separate thread for the NC-08 nail biter. RANT got front-paged at dKos for his diary, so go leave a comment there as well.

Donate here to help Larry with legal costs.

The State Board of Elections page is here.

At 3:46 pm it was Robin Hayes - 60,855 & Larry Kissell 60,453.

The Kissell/Hayes contest for US Congress may end up in
a recount situation.

The New York Times says that if there is a recount, it would take place
November 20 or 21.

Volunteers to help out - anyone?

Here's the NY Times article:

"November 8, 2006 New York Times. Undecided Houses Races Roundup.

North Carolina’s 8th District: The final count of the extremely
close race in the south-central part of the state will determine
if Democrat Larry Kissell succeeded in his bid to defeat four-term
Republican Rep. Robin Hayes — which would be one of the year’s
biggest upsets — or fell just short. With all precincts reporting
in official returns, Hayes led Kissell by 456 votes out of more
than 120,000 counted, a margin of two-tenths of 1 percent...

Kissell, a social studies teacher, overcame huge disadvantages