GOPer Ernst Appears To Be Gearing Up For A Recount In Senate Race

Iowa Republican Senatorial candidate Joni Ernst speaks during a meeting with supporters, Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in Waukee, Iowa. Some Iowa Republicans are quietly anxious that issues addressed during the U.S. Senat... Iowa Republican Senatorial candidate Joni Ernst speaks during a meeting with supporters, Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in Waukee, Iowa. Some Iowa Republicans are quietly anxious that issues addressed during the U.S. Senate primary campaign will haunt the party come November, despite chipper talk that the five-way race is a healthy way to ignite the GOP. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) MORE LESS
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Iowa state Sen. Joni Ernst (R) this week requested materials on recount procedures, signaling that she might be gearing up for a recount request in the Iowa Senate race against Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA).

Ernst filed open records requests in multiple counties for training materials, satellite voting locations, names of ballot counters, recount procedures and any thing also sent to Braley, The Gazette reported.

Such a large record request so close to an election is unusual for candidates, multiple Iowa auditors told The Gazette.

“I think they’re gearing up for a recount,” Johnson County Auditor Travis Weipert said.

Ernst has been leading Braley in the polls, but by a very narrow margin. In a Quinnipiac Poll released Thursday, Ernst led Braley among likely voters by two points, but a couple polls released recently showed Ernst leading by just one point.

According to TPM’s Polltracker average, Ernst has a 2.2 point lead over Braley.

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  1. Probably one of the questions she wanted to avoid during those editorial board meetings.

  2. names of ballot counters

    !!!
    The same day she brags about having a gun for the purposes of using it against anyone in government who disagrees with her personal interpretation of the Constitution? Scary.

  3. Dear Iowa, there’s still time to save yourselves from this lunatic.

    kaithxbai

  4. Ioway … please, no!!! You’ve given us more than enough.

  5. Joni Ernst, Election Day Prepper

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