Franken is now down by only 115 votes on the recount

[Hokie]

I checked tonight's update at the Minnesota Secretary of State site for the official numbers. Coleman has a net loss of -540 votes compared with a net loss for Franken of -440 votes. Since Franken started the recount behind by 215 votes he is now only behind by 115. The challenged vote totals are by Coleman 747 and by Franken 778. So far, 60.86% of the votes have been recounted and the areas that have been recounted favored Coleman by 42.4% to 40.8%. The remaining areas to be recounted will be from areas that slightly favored Franken. Franken could still be leading when the recount is done even before the challenged ballots are examined. There are so many challenged ballots that it is likely that those will determine the ultimate winner.

Here is the site: http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20081104/SenateRecount.asp

I downloaded the precinct totals to do some of the calculations.

[gristy]

1. Co-Senators!

They should agree now that if the difference is with 10 votes, they will serve as co-Senators. :evilgrin:

[camera obscura]

4. 236 had a "My Two Senators" video... although you gotta feel for Klobuchar

apparently she didn't warrant a spot in it :rofl:

[opihimoimoi]

15. Dueling Pistols at 20 paces...50 cal........

[Dinger]

2. C'mon Al!!

We're pulling for you! So is Paul; I'm sure of it.O8)

[kstewart33]

3. Thanks for the update! eom

[camera obscura]

5. YES HE CAN!

[...of J.Temperance]

6. Al Franken will win, it's been obvious to me since pre-Election Day

A week prior to the election I knew Franken would remove Norm Coleman, it's unfortunate that it's come to this almost torturous recount process, but Franken will prevail.

Now if only Jim Martin can remove that POS Saxby Chambliss, we can have our 60 Senate seats :)

[Alexander]

25. I agree, but I think it will be extremely close.

A mere handful of votes.

I'm just happy that not only did I send money to Franken, but I convinced my friends to as well.

[Tribetime]

7. 84 if the challenged votes go 50/50 there's still a chance

[Hokie]

9. The wild card is who has been more frivolous in challenging

I suspect that early on it was Coleman but Franken's folks really picked up the pace today in challenges.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

8. Wow, this is excrutiating. I hope he wins! nt

[HughMoran]

10. Weird, it was back up to 174 before I just now hit "refresh". It's 120 votes now.

We'll just have to wait.

[lonestarnot]

11. Can you share the link?

[Hokie]

12. Added a link on the OP

[lonestarnot]

17. Thanks Hokie.

[dflprincess]

14. Star Tribune is also saying 120 votes

here's a link to that:
http://www.startribune.com/?elr=KArksUUUQ7c4E7ME5U

this will take you to the SOS site
http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20081104/SenateRecount.asp

[Dinger]

13. Here's A Link Too:

http://ww2.startribune.com/news/metro/elections/returns/2008/recount/msenco.html

[mdmc]

16. thanks for the update

ew

[Hokie]

18. Does anyone know if they recount today or start again Monday?

I am not sure why the Star Tribune site and the MN SoS have different totals. The Star Trib shows more challenges for each also.

[Honeycombe8]

19. December IS a time for miracles, isn't it? He could feasibly win this thing!

Thank God he's using all the tools at his disposal and fighting for this thing!

[AlinPA]

20. How are the "challenged ballots" resolved? Who decides? Judges?

[Hokie]

22. A five person board

They have already been named. Two R's, two D's and one Ind. They were appointed by the MN Sec. of State. Minnesota has good rules on judging "voter intent". If we only had this system in place in Florida in 2000 Al Gore would be finishing his second highly successful term as President. Sigh....

[AlinPA]

24. Thank you.

[AlinPA]

21. Duplicate , sorry.

[JCMach1]

23. It is going to be VERY close... under 100 votes which ever way it goes...

If Franken takes it, the margin will be TINY

[thoughtcrime1984]

26. Horse teeth up by 138, not looking good

Coleman has a MANDATE. :sarcasm:

Every state should have a runoff if no majority is achieved, especially races where the Indy gets 15% of the friggin vote!