Latest tally: Begich leads Stevens by 3 votes

Anchorage Daily News ^

[mathwhizz]

The elections division still has over 10,000 ballots left to count today and thousands more through next week, but the latest numbers show Mark Begich leading Sen. Ted Stevens 125,019 to 125,016.

The new numbers, reflecting nearly 43,000 absentee ballots counted today, are from all over the state. Election night, Ted Stevens led the Democratic Begich by about 3,000 votes.

The state today is counting a total of about 60,000 absentee and questioned ballots.

The Division of Elections said it expects to count roughly 35,000 additional absentee and questioned ballots over the next week.

[montag813]

It all comes down to Georgia to save this nation from darkness.

[stevio]

This is f”in ridiculous already.

[skeeter]

Is there any doubt how Georgia will end up?

So long, one man, one vote. It nice while it lasted.

[lewisglad]

This is messed up, the Rats are gonna try and overturn everyone of these.

[ASOC]

But Wait - there is still 10K votes yet to be counted.....

Ted could and can pull it off...

[strongbow]

Just heard this on radio (650 Keni). I am getting nausea just thinking about begich as my senator. This goes against all conventional predictions that the conservative vote would prevail. I smell a rat.

[Norman Bates]

This does NOT make sense. Absentees should have mostly been cast before the verdict, and they also tend to be older voters. So how the heck is Begich winning the lion's share of them??

[ScottinVA]

Stevens+will+never+lead+again.+++It’s+over+in+Alaska.

[Lurking Libertarian]

This goes against all conventional predictions that the conservative vote would prevail.

Getting convicted of a felony has a way of upsetting conventional predictions.

I smell a rat.

Isn't the Alaska vote-counting machinery in the hands of the Republicans?

[Norman Bates]

It looks like we will very likely lose the filibuster. If Chambliss can’t hold out - and I have no reason to believe that he will after all the GOP dejection of late - we are in big trouble.

[skeeter]

Cheating has nothing to do with making sense.

[rmlew]

There are 2 rats. The vote count and the insufferably corrupted Republicans who supported Stevens in the primary because they are too dumb to plan for a general election.

[brydic1]

One thing that Stevens, Chambliss and Coleman have in common, Rinos all. If they lose, there will be three less Rinos in the Senate Republican caucus.

[skeeter]

It looks like we will very likely lose the filibuster.

Agreed. Isn't it amazing how the democrats always manage exactly what they need to gain power - no more, no less?

[word_warrior_bob]

The Dem is ahead by 3 votes?

Well, time to declare the race over!!

Where is the GOP??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Rossi, Stevens, Coleman, countless other, and the GOP’s response to democrats stealing elections is......ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

[Cheerio]

Is there any doubt how Georgia will end up?

There is no doubt - the RATS have sent down money, heavy artillery, tanks, A-10s, everything they need to win control of the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR LIFE. They will do anything no matter how illegal in order to give Twiddle Dum and Twiddle Dee a filibuster proof Congress.

[DemonDeac]

“But Wait - there is still 10K votes yet to be counted.....

Ted could and can pull it off...”

Depends on where they are from. So far the absentees have been trending against him.

[DouglasKC]

The new numbers, reflecting nearly 43,000 absentee ballots counted today, are from all over the state. Election night, Ted Stevens led the Democratic Begich by about 3,000 votes.

Wow. That's amazing. It's as if all laws of probability have been somehow been suspended because wouldn't mistakes be just about evenly distributed?

[Eska]

Remember Begich’s photoradar? What a real time crook. I still think Teddy will win this. Didn’t they say most of the absentee votes from overseas were reg repubs. Ain’t no repub in Ak ever going to vote for mark begich, he’s like ted kennedy. No way.