The 3minus thread: 3,337,303 and counting

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This thread is intended as a patently biased psychological booster.

Here's how it works. I'm pasting some relatively recent election results here in the main article. Now, as absentee and provisional ballots get added to state totals, those will probably be relatively fraud-free numbers. In addition, numerous machine errors (cooincidentally... feh... almost all of which favored Bush) are being discovered here and there and will be corrected by boards of elections. I can't guarantee that this will narrow the total popular vote margin, but it could.

What you should be rooting for is for the "counterfeit mandate" to drop below 3 million votes. We all like a horse race.

So here are the rules.

Find a credible newspaper article that shows that a state has or definitely will be changing its final totals.

Calculate how many votes Kerry gains or loses with the new numbers. Post the state, and county if any, and the adjusted total in the subject line, and post new numbers and the URL where you found the news article in the message body.

If you find results that make Bush's margin higher, then you should still post them, of course. But since this is a cheer-me-up thread, see if you can find some more results that bring the margin down, first. If you can't, don't sweat it.

                        B*              Kerry
Alabama                 1,176,221       693,288
Alaska                  188,943         109,765
Arizona                 908,211         735,327
Arkansas                566,678         464,157
California              5,114,795       6,250,561
Colorado                1,068,233       960,666
Connecticut             686,923         847,666
Delaware                171,531         199,887
Dist. of C              19,007          183,876
Florida                 3,955,656       3,574,509
Georgia                 1,890,166       1,345,366
Hawaii                  194,109         231,318
Idaho                   408,254         180,920
Illinois                2,336,253       2,866,307
Indiana                 1,477,807       967,346
Iowa                    746,600         733,102
Kansas                  717,507         420,846
Kentucky                1,068,741       712,431
Louisiana               1,101,871       819,150
Maine                   330,416         395,462
Maryland                951,892         1,223,813
Massachusetts           1,067,163       1,793,916
Michigan                2,310,803       2,475,046
Minnesota               1,345,175       1,443,619
Mississippi             671,084         445,608
Missouri                1,452,715       1,253,879
Montana                 265,473         173,363
Nebraska                508,794         251,626
Nevada                  414,939         393,372
New Hampshire           330,848         340,019
New Jersey              1,594,204       1,812,956
New Mexico              376,940         370,893
New York                2,823,235       4,024,187
North Carolina          1,934,191       1,501,783
North Dakota            195,998         110,662
Ohio                    2,796,147       2,659,664
Oklahoma                959,655         504,077
Oregon                  823,210         890,698
Pennsylvania            2,756,904       2,885,773
Rhode Island            161,654         247,407
South Carolina          924,170         650,350
South Dakota            232,545         149,225
Tennessee               1,381,937       1,033,176
Texas                   4,518,491       2,825,723
Utah                    612,623         227,286
Vermont                 120,710         183,621
Virginia                1,667,198       1,400,254
Washington              1,304,894       1,510,201
West Virginia           417,516         322,276
Wisconsin               1,477,122       1,488,935
Wyoming                 167,129         70,620

Total                   60,693,281      57,355,978

60693281 - 57355978 = 3,337,303

ONLY USE CREDIBLE MAINSTREAM MEDIA STORIES
ONLY USE VOTES THAT A BOARD OF ELECTIONS SAYS WILL BE ADDED TO THE TOTAL
CHECK TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOT DOUBLE-COUNTING SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS ALREADY POSTED.

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1. Missouri 3335009 (certification)

Bush 1455713 Kerry 1259171

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/10314020.htm?1c

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2. Iowa 3331570 (certification)

Bush 751957 Kerry 741898

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6520632/

[BrendaStarr]

3. Bush lost the popular vote in 2000--It's irrevelant.

The only show in town is getting Ohio and/or Florida votes properly counted.