Italy potentially faces their own 2000 election recount fiasco

[MODU]

"Prodi Wins; Berlusconi Not Conceding Yet"

Challenger Romano Prodi's center-left coalition won the Italian parliamentary election, official results showed Tuesday, but Conservative Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi refused to concede defeat.

The Interior Ministry assigned Prodi's coalition four Senate seats chosen by Italians voting abroad, giving him the margin he needs to win both houses of Italy's parliament. But shortly afterward, Berlusconi said: "Nobody now can say they have won."

Final returns had already given Prodi's coalition — an unwieldy alliance ranging from Catholics to communists — the lower Chamber of Deputies, although Berlusconi's forces had already contested that result.

The ministry stressed the results must still be confirmed by Italy's highest court, and that parliament's election committees would have to rule on any challenges.

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[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Berlusconi, the 2006 Gore!

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Berlusconi, the 2006 Gore!

Except Gore had a hell of a lot better case. There are no voting irregularities here, and the margin is much larger. As Lewis pointed out in the thread, there is almost no chance whatsoever of Berlusconi overturning the results. For that to happen more than half the invalid ballots would have to be found valid, and they would all have to be cast for him.

[Bono]

No, they face their 2006 election recount fiasco.

[Democratic Hawk]

Am I to understand Berlusconi is crying foul play? Haha, it just gets better and better

Dave

[minionofmidas]

The best thing is that Berlusconi has also alleged irregularities with the counting of the abroad vote ... which was counted in the embassies... stuffed with his appointees.

[Middle-aged Europe]

The best thing is that Berlusconi has also alleged irregularities with the counting of the abroad vote ... which was counted in the embassies... stuffed with his appointees.

Those were replaced by communist doppelgangers before the election!!!