Virginia: Safer for the Trees?

November 8th

Tags: Miscellaneous.

I’m being cautiously optimistic about the Senate race here in Virginia. According to the numbers, Jim Webb finally has a narrow lead over Allen, but there’s already murmurs about a recount. If Allen finishes more than 0.5 of a percentage point but less than 1 percentage point behind Webb, he can call for a recount. If the results remain the same, Allen will have to pay the costs of the recount. However, “if the final margin is less than 0.5 of a percentage point, local governments cover the cost of a recount” according to the Examiner.

I’d be more than happy to see Allen go—in addition to all of his well-publicized flaws, his environmental voting record just plains sucks.

In other news, unfortunately the marriage amendment passed in Virginia and almost every other state where it was on the ballot.

2 Responses to “Virginia: Safer for the Trees?”


  1. I was telling my wife I felt simultaneously empowered and ineffectual this morning. I felt like my vote really mattered in the Senate race, but that it drowned in a sea of hate & fear on the Amendment.

    I did a light-hearted post about it on my blog today.

    extrapolater November 8th, 2006 at 11:30 am

  2. I know how you feel. I was so wrapped up in the campaign against the amendment, I actually began to have a sense of hope. It looks like Arizona might be the only state with enough sense to vote against the amendment.

    I like your comment on your blog about the second ballot measure making room for the marriage amendment. I hadn’t heard anything about that ballot measure, but it seemed like an easy one to figure out. Still, 35% of the voters decided they wanted to keep the obsolete, unconstitutional language. What the hell is going on in Virginia?

    Heidi November 8th, 2006 at 12:32 pm

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