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www.dailykos.com — In Alaska we have 90,000 ballots waiting to be counted (PDF): Absentee : 60,950 Early : 9,507 Question : 20,178 Total: 90,635 Today, the state will count 42,991 of the absentee ballots and 9.333 of the early votes. They'll be counting these districts (PDF). The rest will come later, ...

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Begich Leads By 814 Going Into Thursday
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — ... and has been pointed out elsewhere, the remaining votes come from Begich-friendly districts. Mark Begich is now an overwhelming favorite to win the Alaska Senate seat. ...

In Alaska, Democrat Begich is now ahead of Felon Stevens by 814
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — ... to count at least 15,000 questioned ballots and an estimated 20,000 mailed absentee ballots that made it to the Division of Elections after election day last Tuesday. The regional election districts centered in the Mat-Su Valley, Nome and Fairbanks will count their remaining ballots Friday. The Southcentral regional election district, based in Anchorage, plans to count ballots between Monday and Wednesday.UPDATE: Markos reported that the remaining votes are in "Begich-friendly districts." This is looking good. ...

Begich To Win Alaska After All
Open Left - Front Page — After eight days of waiting, Alaska finally started counting votes again. With about 30,000 votes remaining to be counted, one-third of which are from Democratic-friendly precincts and two-thirds of which are "questionable" ballots that always favor Democrats, Begich currently holds an 814 vote lead. Stick a fork in this one. Begich is going to win. Better Democratic Senate candidates remain undefeated. Now, a victory from either Franken or Martin will deliver the Employee Free Choice Act, and structurally shift the country to the left. This win is a ...

Ted Stevens, Walking the Bridge to Nowhere
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run — ... Markos "Daily Kos" Moulitsas, who's been following the numbers closely, claims that the remaining ballots come from Democratic-leaning districts. Nate "538" Silver ...

Begich expands lead in Alaska Senate count
The Reaction — ... and has been pointed out elsewhere, the remaining votes come from Begich-friendly districts. Mark Begich is now an overwhelming favorite to win the Alaska Senate seat."

Begich Expands Lead in Alaska Senate Count
The Moderate Voice — ... and has been pointed out elsewhere, the remaining votes come from Begich-friendly districts. Mark Begich is now an overwhelming favorite to win the Alaska Senate seat.” ...

Mark Begich Defeats Ted Stevens to Become Alaska’s Next U.S. Senator
Firedoglake — ... of uncounted Alaskan ballots kept rising by the day. One week after election day, it topped 90,000 -- about 30% of the total votes. All of a sudden, Stevens' 3,257 vote lead did not seem very large, victory was in sight for Begich. After the ballot counting on Nov. 12th was completed, the tables had turned and Begich had not only erased his three thousand plus deficit, he was ahead by 817 votes. Things were not looking good for Mr. Toobz as most of the 40,000 ballots that had yet to be counted were from Begich-friendly areas. More results were ...

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