Alaska Senate: Count the Votes! (WaPo)

[struggle4progress]

<Chris Cillizza >

UPDATE, 8:22 pm: In a remarkable turn of events, Democrat Mark Begich has surged into a three-vote (!) lead over Republican Sen. Ted Stevens with roughly half of the 90,000 remaining ballots now counted ... Roughly 43,000 of the 90,000 outstanding votes had been counted as of 8 pm eastern time with another 10,000 (or so) to go before counting stops for the day. That means that Begich has made up 3,200 votes in the space of a single day ... It remains unclear exactly where all the uncounted ballots come from .. so the lead could well change several times between now and when they stop counting on Nov. 19 ...

ORIGINAL POST

... The lack of certainty surrounding the outcome has left national party strategists in a state of limbo -- particularly given the wild scenarios that would ensue if Stevens, who was convicted in late October on seven felony counts, manages to win re-election ...

* The drop dead date for all ballots to be counted is Nov. 19. The election will be certified on Nov. 25. A recount, which would automatically be triggered if the margin was .5 percent or less, would happen after the 25th ...

* Alaska is four hours behind east coast time -- meaning that we may not know anything about the counting of the ballots today until tomorrow ...

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[Demeter]

1. Betcha a Nickel Stevens Lost!

[struggle4progress]

2. I'm sure he won. But there are strange things done in the midnight sun, y'know.