Missouri

[big bad fab]

When will results in Missouri be officialized ?

I can't go to the website of Missouri' secretary of state.

Does anybody have some fresh, updated, precise information ? Thanks !

[Harry Hayfield]

When will results in Missouri be officialized ?

I can't go to the website of Missouri' secretary of state.

Does anybody have some fresh, updated, precise information ? Thanks !

Missouri (with 100% precinct) as reported on NYTimes

McCain 1,442,613 Obama 1,436,745

[CultureKing]

I think they are waiting for some absentee and provisional ballots to come in.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

This is what the SOS is currently reporting:

John McCain, Sarah Palin    REP    1,444,289     49.4%    
Barack Obama, Joe Biden    DEM    1,439,321     49.3%    
Bob Barr, Wayne A. Root    LIB    11,370     .4%    
Chuck Baldwin, Darrell Castle    CST    8,190     .3%    
Ralph Nader, Matt Gonzalez    IND    17,787     .6%    
Cynthia McKinney, Rosa Clemente    WI    983     .0%    
Total Votes      2,921,940   

[Verily]

Does that include all provisionals and absentees, or just some? I'm frankly surprised how much it shifted in Obama's favor.

[Ronnie]

This is what the SOS is currently reporting:

John McCain, Sarah Palin    REP    1,444,289     49.4%    
Barack Obama, Joe Biden    DEM    1,439,321     49.3%    
Bob Barr, Wayne A. Root    LIB    11,370     .4%    
Chuck Baldwin, Darrell Castle    CST    8,190     .3%    
Ralph Nader, Matt Gonzalez    IND    17,787     .6%    
Cynthia McKinney, Rosa Clemente    WI    983     .0%    
Total Votes      2,921,940   

Whoa, McCain can lose Missouri?

[Eraserhead]

lol. Missouri is an odd one.

[Sbane]

This is what the SOS is currently reporting:

John McCain, Sarah Palin    REP    1,444,289     49.4%    
Barack Obama, Joe Biden    DEM    1,439,321     49.3%    
Bob Barr, Wayne A. Root    LIB    11,370     .4%    
Chuck Baldwin, Darrell Castle    CST    8,190     .3%    
Ralph Nader, Matt Gonzalez    IND    17,787     .6%    
Cynthia McKinney, Rosa Clemente    WI    983     .0%    
Total Votes      2,921,940   

Wow it is closing fast. There might be an outside chance MO could vote for Obama, and keep their bellwether status.

[CultureKing]

another state lost thanks to Nader...

[Stranger in a strange land]

another state lost thanks to Nader...

I get the sense that anyone who's a Nader supporter now is either an 18 year old wannabe revolutionary or a 60 year old non-conformist Hippie who would never vote for a major party candidate.

[Eraserhead]

If we were to go by the exit poll that CNN still has on it's website, Obama should have won.

[big bad fab]

So, we don't know yet when all will be called OFFICIALLY (not by the MSM who are not at all reliable) in MO.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

I just heard on NPR that Missouri's vote totals won't be certified by the state for another three weeks. The counties have to certify their totals in a week, and then the state has to do it two weeks after that. They're still canvassing, and they still have about 7,000 provisional votes to go through.

[muon2]

I just heard on NPR that Missouri's vote totals won't be certified by the state for another three weeks. The counties have to certify their totals in a week, and then the state has to do it two weeks after that. They're still canvassing, and they still have about 7,000 provisional votes to go through.

The same report suggested that though there would likely be a continued closing of the gap, it was unlikely that Obama would make up the 5000 vote margin from the votes that remained.

[Verily]

I just heard on NPR that Missouri's vote totals won't be certified by the state for another three weeks. The counties have to certify their totals in a week, and then the state has to do it two weeks after that. They're still canvassing, and they still have about 7,000 provisional votes to go through.

The same report suggested that though there would likely be a continued closing of the gap, it was unlikely that Obama would make up the 5000 vote margin from the votes that remained.

With only 7,000 provisionals left, it would be basically impossible. Although, does Missouri have an automatic recount provision? We could be left hanging until December (although McCain would almost certainly still win in a recount).

[bhouston79]

I just heard on NPR that Missouri's vote totals won't be certified by the state for another three weeks. The counties have to certify their totals in a week, and then the state has to do it two weeks after that. They're still canvassing, and they still have about 7,000 provisional votes to go through.

The same report suggested that though there would likely be a continued closing of the gap, it was unlikely that Obama would make up the 5000 vote margin from the votes that remained.

With only 7,000 provisionals left, it would be basically impossible. Although, does Missouri have an automatic recount provision? We could be left hanging until December (although McCain would almost certainly still win in a recount).

Even if Missouri has an automatic recount, there is probably a provision that allows the candidate who would be entitled to such a recount to waive it.  I would assume Obama would waive such a recount since a win in Missouri would just be running up the score even more.  Maybe if he were like Steve Spurrier he would ask for a recount:)