Posted on 12/03/2008 12:39:11 PM PST by jessduntno
Al Franken’s campaign claims it now holds a 22-vote lead in the U.S. Senate race with just 138,000 votes left to be recounted. This figure contrasts with other tabulations, based on numbers from the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office, that show Coleman maintaining a 303-vote lead.
The Franken numbers differ in a couple of respects from the SOS data. Most importantly the Democratic camp’s vote tally relies on the call made by local election officials in determining which candidate an individual intended to support. By contrast the other tallies don’t take into consideration the roughly 6,000 ballots that have been challenged by both campaigns. In addition, the Franken campaign’s figures include recount data that came in after the SOS’s 8 p.m. daily deadline for posting information.
Marc Elias, the Franken campaign’s lead recount attorney, stated at a press conference today that he believes an overwhelming majority of the challenges will ultimately be ruled to be without merit. “Thus when we set out internally to decide how we track the results thus far, we assume that all of the challenges, on both sides, will be overruled by the canvassing board,” he noted, “and that the judgment of the neutral, non-partisan election official at the counting table will be upheld.”
Elias also announced that the Franken campaign intends to rescind 633 challenges that it has determined are without merit. Unless the Coleman campaigns takes similar action, this means that Coleman’s lead as tabulated using the SOS figures will likely grow when the new figures are released this evening. As of last night the Republican’s campaign had challenged 183 more ballots than its Democratic counterpart.
The final four counties — Winona, Rock, Redwood and Wright — began their recounts today. The entire process is expected to conclude by Friday.
(Excerpt) Read more at minnesotaindependent.com ...
It was not a revote, it was a runoff and Chabliss had substantial margins in both.
“Are we looking at the Franken or at the Beans???”
There’s something about Al...
Isnn’t this the same RINO governor that was under consideration for VP for McCain?
Isn’t this the same RINO governor that was under consideration for VP for McCain?
I agree. Counting intentions would be so incredibly presumptuous and moronic it would eliminate any future possibility for fair and free elections. I intended to move to Minnesota and vote for Coleman. Does my vote count or am I going to be “disenfranchised”?
Imbeciles....total morons...who could POSSIBLY think Stewart Smalley should be anywhere near a Government office...Cripes...
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Yeah, they may as well elect a professional wrestler to head their state government.
Yeah, or a carpet-bagger from Arkansas...
Do not believe a single word they say. Ever.
Theiving liars and frauds,the modern DNC
I am soooooo glad I am no longer a member of the party of Al Franken. From Al Gore to the Al Franken, the utter losers of elections, however close, are such babies.
They relish power so much they refuse to lose gracefully and try again.
Honestly, they nauseate me. Adults acting like 2 year old children.
Yep, and republicans will continue to bend over and take it- as usual.
For portraying a faggot on SNL he gets a senatorial job from the deluded idiots in Minnesota.
Or a carpet-bagger from Kansas.
When Cleveland was President, Congress voted a pension to a man who intended to enlist in the Union army, but was injured on the way to signing up and never actually served. Cleveland vetoed the bill.
Cleveland...the last good Democratic President.
I think I saw some MN ballots in my freezer. What address should I send them to?
You may be right. But I inferred he meant close races resulting in recounts.
The Minnesota race could be analogous if Franken were allowed to recount the counties where he holds a significant advantage, and no others.
The dem playbook is to let recounts be reported but hold back those counties where they have advantage. Then bring forth a plethora of ‘found’ sacks, boxes, defunct machines, misplaced batches, etc. of ballots that must be counted in order to ‘count every vote’. Ancillary actions are to challege ballots in ludicrous fashion, file lawsuits on voter disenfranchisement/intimidation, and change rules afterwards to suit their aims.
If the US Supreme Court had not intervened in Florida 2000, I am certain the dems would have stole the election and hence we would not be debating this.
You can’t point to Florida 2000 as a counterexample because the dems were stopped there. It just does not compare.
On the contrary, Chambliss drew 49.8+ % of the primary vote and Martin was quite a ways behind him. But Georgia law requires a runoff if a candidate doesn't reach 50%.
Last figures I looked at yesterday had Chambliss ahead 57% - 43% with 98% of the precincts reporting.
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