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Liberal delegate returns: Trickling in...very, very, slowly
Saturday, September 30, 2006 at 11:03 AM

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I've been idly updating the Liberal Party webpage reporting on delegate results:

Ignatieff: 27.6% (239 delegates)
Dion: 18.5% (160 delegates)
Rae: 18.1% (157 delegates)
Kennedy: 14.3% (124 delegates)
Brison: 7.5% (65 delegates)
Dryden: 5.8% (50 delegates)
Volpe: 3.8% (33 delegates)
Hall Findlay: 1.8% (16 delegates)
Undeclared: 2.7% (23 delegates)

As only 96 of 465 meetings have reported, it's too early to make too many generalizations. But these numbers haven't changed since 6am Eastern, when I first checked them. Given that the Atlantic provinces would be farther along in the day, it would explain Brison's strength and Volpe's apparent weakness. The numbers are likely to shift around as Ontario delegates are selected.

Which gets me back to the fact that these results haven't change in nearly six hours. Given that this is not a election for public office, the Liberal Party is not actually required to report on anything. But clearly they have set up the website with the intention of keeping everyone informed. So why have six hours passed without any updates? Is there a problem? Something about the numbers that they don't like? Just curious.

Update: Maybe Ontario won't help Volpe. Bob Rae is trailing Stephane Dion, while Volpe is getting one third the support of Martha Hall Findlay.

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