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    Doug Hoffman Says ACORN, Labor Unions Stole Election in NY-23

    Posted:
    11/19/09
    Filed Under:Conservatives, Campaigns
    Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, who lost the race for Congress in New York's 23rd District to Democrat Bill Owens, is alleging that ACORN and labor unions helped Owens steal the election, Politico reports. On Wednesday, Hoffman retracted his election night concession statement and asked supporters for donations to help fund a legal challenge to the results.

    "As evidence surfaces, we find out that reported results from election night were far from accurate. ACORN and the unions did their best to try and sway the results to Obamacare supporter Bill Owens," Hoffman wrote on his campaign site. "Rest assured, they will not succeed, and I am therefore revoking my statement of concession."

    A Republican elections commissioner has called the allegations of fraud "absolutely false."

    Hoffman is believed to have next to no chance of pulling out a victory. According to numbers reported in the Watertown Daily Times, he would need to win 80 percent of still-uncounted absentee ballots, many of which come from Democratic strongholds in the district.
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