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In Minnesota Recount, Both Candidates are Losers
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... The Minnesota recount has started, with the results being updated in semi-real time on the Star Tribune's webpage. Thus far, with about 4 percent of the ballots recounted, Coleman has lost 30 votes and Franken has lost 39. ...
Minnesota Recount Begins, Both Coleman And Franken Have Lost Votes
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... for any reason, even if it had been counted as legal originally. When a vote is challenged, it is deducted from the opposing candidate's total. These challenged votes will go before the state canvassing board in December and be debated (and debated and debated) one by one (by one by one). Thus far, Coleman has issued 79 challenges and Franken 61, a rate that puts us on pace for about 2,800 challenges statewide.
You can monitor the recount numbers yourself here.
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Minnesota Recount Begins, Both Coleman And Franken Have Lost Votes
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... for any reason, even if it had been counted as legal originally. When a vote is challenged, it is deducted from the opposing candidate's total. These challenged votes will go before the state canvassing board in December and be debated (and debated and debated) one by one (by one by one). Thus far, Coleman has issued 79 challenges and Franken 61, a rate that puts us on pace for about 2,800 challenges statewide.
You can monitor the recount numbers yourself here.
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Franken Cuts into Lead
The Latest on Air America —
... the Democratic stronghold, St.Louis County. A final report of the election results should be finished by December 5th, and the Canvassing Board anticipates a decision on rejected absentee ballots before Thanksgiving. They will rule on challenged ballots starting December 16. Election experts believe that we won’t know the final results until the end of the year but Secretary of State Mark Ritchie hopes they will know slightly earlier. To view updated results during recount, click here .
Following the Recount
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com —
To Sanction Or Not? | The RCP Blog Home Page November 20th, 2008 Following the Recount Posted by Tom Bevan | Email This | Permalink | Email Author Handy table for following the Minnesota Senate recount here . Sphere It! | [image]
Minnesota: Perverse Incentives to Challenge Ballots?
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
According to the latest statistics compiled by the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Norm Coleman's campaign has thus far challenged 240 ballots in Minnesota's recount process, whereas the Franken campaign has challenged 172 ballots, a 68-ballot gap. If the rate of challenges holds steady as the rest of the state's ballots are re-counted, that would mean the Coleman campaign would send about 1,050 ballots to the state's canvassing board as compared with roughly 750 from Franken. ...
Franken slices further into Coleman's lead
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
... With mores counted (46%), the Minneapolis Star-Tribune has Coleman's lead down to 136 votes. Still a lot of votes to be counted including 58% in Hennepin County, which Franken originally won by 50% - 36% margin, and 70% in Ramsey County, home of St. Paul, which Franken won by 52% - 34% margin. Also, 64% of the vote remains to be counted in St. Louis County, which includes Duluth. Franken won that county 55% - 32%. (I got the county percentages from ...
Coleman Leads Franken By 136 Votes After Thursday Count
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... Coleman's lead over Franken is now 136 votes after two days and 46% of the ballots recounted. 30% of votes have been recounted in heavily Democratic Ramsey County, 36% in Democratic St. Louis County, and 42% in Democratic Hennepin County. ...
MN-Sen: Down to 136 votes
Daily Kos —
With 46 percent reporting, it's down to a measly 136 votes. Of the big Democratic counties, 36 percent are in St Louis County, 42% in Hennepin County, and 30% in Ramsey. If you follow that link, you'll see that a bunch of counties don't even start counting until the 24th, and a bunch are waiting until December to do their recounts. So this thing won't be over anytime soon.
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Minnesota Senate Recount -- update 1
The Reaction —
... Franken strongholds like the Twin Cities and the northest part of the state, then one would expect to see Democratic gains. And if that were so, then one could note, pessimistically, that Franken's gains seem to be too small at this point and that Coleman will expand his lead as the recount continues with votes from Coleman strongholds. However, it looks like the votes have come mostly from pro-Coleman counties. Take a look at CNN's map, then at this updated county-by-county count at the Star Tribune. ...
Norm and Al Live Results
The Latest on Air America —
Norm and Al Live Results By Tim Einenkel As of Thursday, 42% of votes in Minnesota's senate race had been recounted. Republican incumbent, Norm Coleman's lead has shrunk to 129 votes over Democrat Al Franken. To view live results of the recount, click here . ...
Franken Narrows Coleman’s Lead in Minnesota Senate Recount
The Moderate Voice —
... mostly from Franken strongholds like the Twin Cities and the northest part of the state, then one would expect to see Democratic gains. And if that were so, then one could note, pessimistically, that Franken’s gains seem to be too small at this point and that Coleman will expand his lead as the recount continues with votes from Coleman strongholds.
However, it looks like the votes have come mostly from pro-Coleman counties. Take a look at CNN’s map, then at this updated county-by-county count at the Star Tribune.
Aside from ...
Even more disputed Coleman-Franken ballots!
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... . You can follow the county by county returns here . Note the numbers from Ramsey County in particular, bearing in mind how subjective these calls are and the fact that Ramsey broke ...
MN-Sen: Franken within 140 votes
Daily Kos —
With 48% of the recount in Minnesota's Senate race complete, Democrat Al Franken has narrowed Republican Norm Coleman's lead from 215 votes to 140. The Minnesota Star-Tribune has an excellent page keeping track of the recount results as they come in. It certainly appears that a good number of the ballots remaining to be counted again are in Franken strongholds; Hennepin County is less than half in, St. Louis County has counted less than 40% of ballots, and Ramsey County has recounted 30% of ballots. Meanwhile, several counties haven't even ...
Coleman's Lead Down to 120 as Challenges Skyrocket
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
According to figures compiled by the Star Tribune , Norm Coleman now holds a lead of 120 votes over Al Franken. Coleman's lead before the recount began had been 215 votes. A majority of the state's ballots -- some 64 percent -- have now been recounted. The counties re-counted to date were slightly redder than the state as a whole, favoring Coleman by an aggregate of about 1.6 points in the initial count. The difference has diminished, however, as more re-counted ballots roll in from Franken-friendly areas like Minneapolis. Meanwhile, ...
64% of the Votes Counted
Hoffmania! —
... Coleman leads by just 120.
Lizard People Eating Franken Votes
Open Left - Front Page —
... Senator Norm Coleman's lead over Democratic challenger Al Franken shrunk again today but not by very much. The latest figures show a deficit of 120 for Franken with 64 percent of votes recounted. At this rate when all the votes have been recounted Franken will still trail and the outcome will depend on hundreds of ballots challenged by each campaign as well as a court fight over some rejected absentee ballots. ...
After another day of recounting ballots, the margin between Franken and Coleman gets even tighter
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
... in Minnesota, Al Franken has closed the gap even further. After the initial canvass, Norm Coleman was up by 215 votes. Based on my math, using the "official" Minnesota Secretary of State's numbers, Al Franken has picked now picked up 100 votes since the recount started. That would drop Coleman's lead to 115 votes, with 60.86% of ballots recounted. These are votes, which were reported to the Secretary of State's office by 8:00 PM Central time last night. The Star-Tribune, which has its own system of tracking the recount, has the Coleman lead at 120 ...
Election Central Saturday Roundup
TPM Election Central —
... With 64% of ballots recounted in Minnesota, GOP Sen. Norm Coleman's lead has been cut from 215 votes down to 120 votes, according to the latest numbers from the Star Tribune -- but Al Franken will need a better pace than that for the remaining 36% of ballots, mostly from Democratic areas, if he is to erase the lead. The other remaining issue is the large number of challenged ballots, over 1,600 of them and climbing, that will ultimately decide this race at the state canvassing board. ...
Amid Epidemic of Challenges, Coleman Appears to Expand Lead
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
According to the latest counts provided by the Star Tribune and the Minnesota Secretary of State, Republican Norm Coleman appears to have expanded his narrow lead over Al Franken on Day 4 of the recount process. The Star Tribune now puts Coleman's lead at 180 votes, and the Secretary of State, 167 votes. (The Star Tribune's tally appears to be inclusive of all of the Secretary of State figures and is probably the more authoritative estimate). Coleman's lead had been 215 votes before the recount process began, but had become as small as 115-120 votes at other stages of ...
Coleman Has Very Good Day In Minnesota Recount
TPM Election Central —
... According to the latest numbers collected by the Star Tribune, Coleman is ahead by 180 votes with 68% of ballots recounted. Last night, Franken had closed the gap to 120 votes with 64% counted, so the recounting of just four percent of the ballots today was very good for Coleman. ...
Challenged Ballots Key Predictor of County Results in Coleman-Franken Race
Open Left - Front Page —
... It appears to have been a good day for Senator Norm Coleman and probably was with a lead of 180 (up from 120). We won't know for sure though until mid-December when challenged ballots are examined. ...
Rejected Absentee Ballots May Decide Race
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
... With Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) "clinging to a reed-thin lead" over challenger Al Franken (D) -- 180 votes as of Saturday night -- "the issue of how and when absentee ballots should be counted has election law experts everywhere closely tracking the Minnesota recount drama." ...
Still recounting in Minnesota Senate Race. Still very close.
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Here's the daily fix on the Franken-Coleman recount: Secretary of State's website has Coleman up by 167 with 65.65% of votes recounted. Star-Tribune has Coleman's lead at 180 with 68% of votes recounted. Approximately 2,000 ballots have been challenged -- and it's an almost even split between the campaigns. Watch the video from theuptake.org, which is posted at MN Campaign Report, to see how frivolous some of the Coleman challenges are. The Secretary of State shows Coleman leading with 42.22% to Franken's 40.90%. The race was tied ...
Minnesota Senate Recount -- update 2
The Reaction —
... lead of 120. What explains the increase? "Some of that may be attributed to the increased number of Franken ballots challenged by Coleman's campaign, which removes those ballots from the count." Even after the recount is completed, there will no doubt be a tense battle over those challenged ballots, as well as over thousands of rejected absentee ballots. ********** Although the number of challenges from each side is about even, Nate Silver proposes that "[v]ery ...
Hugh Hewitt: The Two Senate Races
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog —
President-elect Obama's refysal to rule out tax hikes in this fragile economic environment means that the GOP's victories in Minneosta and Georgia are crucial to retaining any kind of a breakwall in the Congress. Norm Coleman has a 180 vote lead with 68% of the vote recounted a second time. As a hand review of 2/3rds of the ballots cost Norm a net of 35 votes, it is hard to imagine that the last third will swing so drastically against him, so it will then be up to the State Canvassing Board to review the two to three thousand "challenged" ballots. The run-off in Georgia is ...
Hugh Hewitt: The Two Senate Races
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
President-elect Obama's refysal to rule out tax hikes in this fragile economic environment means that the GOP's victories in Minneosta and Georgia are crucial to retaining any kind of a breakwall in the Congress. Norm Coleman has a 180 vote lead with 68% of the vote recounted a second time. As a hand review of 2/3rds of the ballots cost Norm a net of 35 votes, it is hard to imagine that the last third will swing so drastically against him, so it will then be up to the State Canvassing Board to review the two to three thousand "challenged" ballots. The run-off in Georgia is ...
Coleman Challenges Increasing Exponentially
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
We'll update these numbers "officially" with the Secretary of State's data dump at 8 PM, but based on intraday numbers compiled by the Star Tribune (as of 4:42 PM local time), Norm Coleman's rate of challenges continues to skyrocket while Al Franken's -- though much higher than it had been on the first couple days of the recount process -- has leveled off some. ...
Franken Coleman Update: Disappearing Ballots
Firedoglake —
... , there's really no point to it because the vast and growing number of ballots challenged and thus set aside is well over ten times as high as the current alleged lead of Norm Coleman's. Oh, what the hell: It's 210, per the Strib (or ...
Meanwhile, in Minnesota...
Hoffmania! —
... 77% counted, Coleman by 210.
Minnesota Recount Update, Not Optimistic
Open Left - Front Page —
... Norm Coleman now leads Al Franken by 231 votes according to the Star Tribune which is 16 more than he started with prior to the recounting. Of course the "real" margin has been almost entirely obscured by the more than 3,600 challenges lodged by the two campaigns. Nevertheless, I am not optimistic because county-by-county results show a clear pattern: the candidate who challenges the most ballots in a county is the candidate who has gained votes in the county. Here are some examples: ...
Hugh Hewitt: Norm, Saxby and Arlen
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog —
Norm Coleman's lead in Minnesota is at 231 votes with 82% of the recount complete. There are less than 4,000 challenged ballots to be reviewed by ...
Hugh Hewitt: Norm, Saxby and Arlen
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
Norm Coleman's lead in Minnesota is at 231 votes with 82% of the recount complete. There are less than 4,000 challenged ballots to be reviewed by ...
Minnesota Senate Recount -- update 3
The Reaction —
... With 82 percent of ballots recounted, Norm Coleman has a lead of 231 votes over Al Franken. (Check out the Star Tribune's recount news page here. County-by-county results are here.) ...
Franken May Ask Senate to Intervene in Minn. Recount
News —
... of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members." Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) called the Board of Canvassers' decision to not count the absentee ballots "a cause for great concern," fueling speculation that the Senate would explore the legality of the Minnesota recount's results. "If ultimately there is no remedy before the canvassing board or before the courts, then that is certainly an option," Elias said of appealing to the Senate. According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune's recount tally , Sen. Norm Coleman (R) leads Franken by 282 votes with ...
Franken leading? Not so fast.
No Runny Eggs —
... , which allows me to throw the bullshit flag. There are several counties missing mostly because they have yet to begin their recount process, and a few others are not yet 100% complete. How do I know this? The Strib included those missing returns in their tabulation. 3 of the 4 counties that have yet to begin their recounts, as well as a county that is inexplicably missing from the DFL SecState totals, were carried by Coleman rather heavily, and those are not part of the DFL SecState totals. ...
Franken Closes In Again
Hoffmania! —
... 94% of the votes counted, Coleman's lead shrinks to 273.
Is Al Franken Winning by 22 Votes?
Weekly Standard Blog —
... With 93 percent of votes recounted, the Minneapolis Star Tribune showed Norm Coleman ahead by 303 votes, but at a press conference today, the Franken campaign claimed that their candidate leads Coleman by 22 votes. ...
'Daily Voting News' For December 04, 2008
The BRAD BLOG —
... CO: Colorado Election Reform Commission, Dec. 2, 2008 http://www.democraticwing.org/?q=node/121
GA: Appeals court hears argument on voter ID http://www.ajc.com/servi.../2008/12/04/voterid.html
MN: Opinion - Not Every Vote Counts http://www.nytimes.com/2.../04/opinion/04seife.html
MN: U.S. Senate recount results by county http://ww2.startribune.c...2008/recount/msenco.html
MN: Franken Camp Claims To Be Winning Recount ...
Franken-Coleman Recount: The Home Stretch?
Firedoglake —
... Mark Ritchie, Minnesota's Secretary of State, had said that he wanted the main count of the recount finished by tomorrow, and it looks like he'll get his wish. Eighty-five of Minnesota's eighty-seven counties are done counting, and the last two are both over halfway done. ...
'Daily Voting News' For December 05, 2008
The BRAD BLOG —
... election results wrong http://www.contracostati...m/california/ci_11138905
CA: Humboldt County - Software glitch yields inaccurate election results http://www.times-standar...om/localnews/ci_11145349
National: Lawmakers Target Individual Voters, While Failing to Address Systemic Problems http://www.opednews.com/...ect-Vote-081204-218.html
MN: U.S. Senate recount results by county http://ww2.startribune.c...2008/recount/msenco.html
MN: ...
Franken-Coleman Recount Update, 12/08/08: Up In the Air
Firedoglake —
... (Grand Forks, North Dakota is just across the Red River from East Grand Forks, Minnesota) holds with the Star Tribune count that has Coleman leading by 192, but admits that doesn't take into account the challenged ballots. ...
Still Counting and Recounting, December 15th
Open Left - Front Page —
... , while the Star-Tribune puts it at 192 votes. Starting tomorrow, the state canvassing board will look at the 1,640 remaining challenged ballots. ...
