Kucinich Wants Recount

What's this? Voter irregularities? Voter suppression?

It's the old mantra from 2000 -- Count every vote.

Only this time the concerns about the election results are being raised by a Democrat about Democrats.

Loser Dennis Kucinich is playing the Gore card.

CONCORD, N.H. -- Democrat Dennis Kucinich, who won less than 2 percent of the vote in the New Hampshire primary, said Thursday he wants a recount to ensure that all ballots in his party's contest were counted. The Ohio congressman cited "serious and credible reports, allegations and rumors" about the integrity of Tuesday results.

Deputy Secretary of State David Scanlan said Kucinich is entitled to a statewide recount. But, under New Hampshire law, Kucinich will have to pay for it. Scanlan said he had "every confidence" the results are accurate.

In a letter dated Thursday, Kucinich said he does not expect significant changes in his vote total, but wants assurance that "100 percent of the voters had 100 percent of their votes counted."

Kucinich alluded to online reports alleging disparities around the state between hand-counted ballots, which tended to favor Sen. Barack Obama, and machine-counted ones that tended to favor Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. He also noted the difference between pre-election polls, which indicated Obama would win, and Clinton's triumph by a 39 percent to 37 percent margin.

Candidates who lose by 3 percentage or less are entitled to a recount for a $2,000 fee. Candidates who lose by more must pay for the full cost. Kucinich's campaign said it was sending the $2,000 fee to start the recount.

Scanlon said his office had received several phone calls since Tuesday, mostly from outside the state, questioning the results. New Hampshire's voting machines are not linked in any way, which Scanlon says reduce the likelihood of tampering with results on a statewide level. Also, the results can be checked against paper ballots.

I thought Dem voters want change.

Here's a start: ENOUGH WITH THE RECOUNTS.

The fake Dem obsession with counting every vote is particularly annoying since they don't give a damn about trying to maintain the integrity of elections, through reasonable means like voter IDs.

I think Kucinich is just trying to get attention. He's trying to combat his irrelevancy.

Bill Richardson, a candidate far superior to Kucinich, dropped out; but Kucinich is still hanging on. That's crazier than his UFO close encounter.