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Nikki Haley certainly screwed up but hard for me to think her comments are even close to the outrageous comments coming from dictator Trump. Truth be told, Republicans want books removed from libraries because they don't want to make white people feel badly about how they treated slaves.

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Hi, Ed,

The PV School board race just gets curiosier and curioser,...

Now the Iowa Secretary of State is blaming the recount board and upholding the Supervisors rejection of their documented report.. The Secretary cites IA Code Chapter 49.99 as the basis of his notice of technical infraction. The section says that the oval must be filled in adjacent to the write in vote to count when using optical scan equipment to count votes. The section also refers to IA Code Section 52.1 that defines voting systems used to count votes.

The race for PV School board was so close (6 votes), that a hand recount was initiated, The hand recount DID NOT use optical scan equipment, but rather relied on the visual inspection and hand tabulation of votes cast. Ergo, the recount board is NOT governed by Secion 52.1 in its deliberations and Secretaary of State Paul Pate has erroneously misinterpreted the Intent, Spirit and Letter of Iowa Law. Read the Sections cited.

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Hi, Karl. All I've seen is the QCT story, but I don't think SOS upheld the supervisors' rejection of the recount board report. They issued a technical infraction.

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Not in so many words,... The technical foul had the same effect. My point was that the basis of the call (optical scan rules) no longer applied as the recount board was hand / visual counting.

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I have difficulties with the broad stroke painting of one party or another and especially the individuals thereof.

With regard to the Scott Cty Board's action...wowsa! A hand-slap is on the way...

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