As we told you last night, the special election in Ohio’s 12th congressional district is still too close to call with Republican Troy Balderson holding a 1754 vote lead over Democrat Danny O’Connor and celebs like Alyssa Milano already blaming the Green Party for the loss. Here’s the latest count via the New York Times:
There are about 3000 provisional ballots out there that still need to be counted in the coming days:
Update from NBC News on #OH12: Ohio special election race remains too close to call due to current vote count, and provisional ballots that still need to be counted. Provisional ballots will be counted within the next 10 days. The vote then must be certified by Aug. 24.
— Ken Rudin (@kenrudin) August 8, 2018
If Balderson’s margin of victory drops to .5%, then there will be a recount:
Not-crazy scenario:
— Provisional ballots lower Balderson's margin to a tick below 0.5%
— Which (if I'm reading the law right) will trigger an automatic recount in Ohio
— But Balderson wins the recount because recounts rarely reverse results unless it's really *really* close.— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) August 8, 2018
So, anything can still happen, but it’s looking OK for the GOP.
But blue-check libs, despite the math not proving their point, are furious at Green Party candidate Joe Manchik for his potential spoiler role. This guy ==>
this is Joe Manchik (Green Party) — aka the guy with 1100+ votes in #OH12 (0.6%) tonight — whose support is *nearly* the difference between Balderson & O'Connor.
here's the end of an disastrous interview he did in March where he can't quite remember his own campaign website: pic.twitter.com/7w3OgAnOvq
— J.D. Durkin (@jiveDurkey) August 8, 2018
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LOL. We HOPE he does become the difference after all the counting is done, because this is just too perfect. Imagine how great it will be if we can say undocumented aliens — real aliens from outer space –helped defeat the Dems? The screenshot below is from his Facebook page:
welp here’s his Facebook page. goodnight everyone. pic.twitter.com/ESH8GIHXFt
— J.D. Durkin (@jiveDurkey) August 8, 2018
Hey, if Manchik’s distant relatives stayed home in the Pleiades star cluster where they belonged, Dems could have won!
Oh, and thankfully we now have a Space Force to deal with Manchik and his ilk:
SCOOP! @VP to deliver a ? Space Force ? speech at the Pentagon on Thursday. He will specifically layout the need for a Space Force and the next steps for its creation.
— Kristin Fisher (@KristinFisher) August 7, 2018
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THERE it is! Alyssa Milano suspects 'Russian meddling' in #OH12 special election, and here's why https://t.co/jRNR9ps0dq
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 8, 2018
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