This article is misleading at best. Thousands of these votes are actually having to be cross referenced with registration rolls before they will actually count.
While frustrating, I think the lack of regular updates is evidence that the dems aren’t able to just dump loads of boxes in and immediately “update” the tally.
I went back and looked at 2008 and checked the numbers.
It looks like the total votes cast this year represent about 2/3 of the 2008 total.
In 2008 Big Itch was down roughly 3,000 votes on election night, and he ended up winning by just shy of 4,000.
So even if he wins the post election tally by the same margin as he did in 2008, AND the number of votes that come in are the same as 2008, he will still be 1,000 shy.
And those assumptions are not going to pan out.
There are actually areas for both candidates where they have an advantage in numbers.
In reality I think Sullivan will hold on with a few thousand to spare.
Also, they talk about ballots that are out there, but that doesn’t mean they will all come in.
I understand the paranoia, because I’ve seen all the same crap everyone else here has over the years.
If our lead was 3 or 4,000 I would be nervous. Especially if the senate majority was going to be determined by the outcome.
Sullivan’s team is acutely aware of who they are dealing with.
Over 3% puts it beyond the margin of post election hanky panky.
Keeping fingers crossed. Hope Sullivan wins and Landrieu drops out. That would give us 54 and if we can just get 6 democrats to join in a lot of bills and overrides of vetoes. . WhooHoo!!