[commish]

You make a very good point - Seigelman;s loss here was roughly equivalent to Thune's - 3000 votes is a .23% difference, in SD that would be around 500 votes.

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[Robert A Cook PE]

No - Thunes lost because enough ILLEGAL ballots and ILLEGAL registrations were used in several democratic counties (Indian reservations) in SD to GAIN enough fraudulent votes in the LAST democratic county to report to GIVE the voictory to a democrat.

AL votes were (in ONE specific county, at ONE specific known TIME by ONE incorrect data entry (a typo) to an UNOFFICIAL report) as a simple mistake that was immediately reconciled by the LOCAL OFFICIALS who found the entry.

The AL official reports counted and totaled correctly.

Completely different case.

The democratic governor is trying to recount every AL county to FIND ENOUGH extra (fraudulent) votes (in other democratic counties where NO FRAUD or errors were ever found or alleged) to change the results.