AMERICAblog: After one day, Franken closed the gap by 43 votes
sittenpretty
· 1 year ago
Joe,HOWZ PETEY??????,and i loves me some BIG AL
Patrick_Bateman
· 1 year ago
Hello - Did you get my email to your site asking how one could contribute to your great cause via snail mail?
Forgive me if it is clearly stated in your site. Bad eyes.
grandma
· 1 year ago
Minneapolis Star-Tribune is reporting the same so far:
By day's end, with about 18 percent of the vote recounted, Coleman continued to lead Franken -- but by only 174 votes, notably narrower than the unofficial gap of 215 votes at which the recount had begun. Franken's gain owed much to a swing of 23 votes in the Democratic stronghold of St. Louis County -....
The figures represent a Star Tribune compilation of recount data reported to the secretary of state and gathered by the Star Tribune.....challenged votes could wind up being a major factor in a race where the margin is down to hundreths of a percentage point. Challenged votes will be set aside until mid-December, when a five-member state Canvassing Board will review them individually.
you don't have to do much math. the net gain/loss is at the top. but accdg to nate silver, most of the challenged ballots will be restored. so if coleman has challenged 20 more ballots than franken, franken is probably around 20 better than it appears. using challenged ballots, i come up with about +60 for franken so far. if you extrapolate you get +300 by the time it's over. he started out at -215.
grandma
· 1 year ago
good page...I missed that one..thanks !
barbarajmay
· 1 year ago
I've been working on the recount, and it has been a real screamfest. The Coleman challengers are absolutely rabid. Coleman must feel this one slipping away. Thank God.
GrMtGirl3
· 1 year ago
Coleman is very much a part of this corrupt Republican Party ... Basic Election Procedure is winning by cheating and being POOR LOSERS!
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
The people of Minnesota are showing the people of Florida how to do a recount. Coleman must be lamenting not having Kathleen Harris heading the recount in Minnesota. It's not easy for the Republicans to cheat this election.
GrMtGirl3
· 1 year ago
Refreshing to finally see honesty and integrity being displayed in this most crucial count . . . The people of Minnesota are to be commended.
gbear
· 1 year ago
I was glad to hear this morning that the number of contested votes was pretty much equal for Coleman and Franken (Franken a little over 100 and Coleman about 10 more than that). I was afraid that Coleman's group would have 2-3 times as many contested ballots.
Barbarajmay, where are you counting ballots? Is it the guys looking over your elbow that are screaming or is there a 'gallery' of creeps thrying to replicate FL's Brooks Brothers Riot? Hope that you're holding up to the craziness. We're with you!
Steve_in_CNJ
· 1 year ago
I know it's counterintuitive but you actually want Coleman to have MORE contested ballots. That's because these are Franken votes that have been excluded but will mostly be restored. Read Nate Silver's posts on the recount.
For example look at Hennepin County in this spreadsheet:
As of last night, the provisional adjustment is -2 against Franken. However, Coleman removed 26 of Franken's votes, and Franken only went down 19. that means they found 7 previously uncounted votes for Franken. On the other hand, Franken removed 22 of Coleman's votes, and he went down 17, so they found 5 new votes for Coleman. That's a net gain of 2 for Franken if they restore all the contested ballots, a swing of +4.
gbear
· 1 year ago
We're lucky that Mary Kiffmeier (sp?) was ousted in 2006 and is not in charge of this recount. She was the absolute queen of voter suppression and we would have found ourselves in a Florida-like situation if she was running this.
EmGD
· 1 year ago
Gee, I wonder if the margin is going to be smaller than the amount of challenged ballots? I can't wait for that legal battle and the ensuing "stealing the election" outrage if Coleman is behind.
After one day of recounting, covering 18% of ballots cast, Republican Sen. Norm Coleman’s lead has shrunk from 215 votes to 174. The Franken campaign also won a key legal challenge, forcing counties to turn over the names of absentee voters whose ballots were rejected. That may open up many more ballots to dispute, as the campaigns can now identify and argue for the inclusion of ballots that were unlawfully rejected. http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/11/20/indeci...
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Forgive me if it is clearly stated in your site. Bad eyes.
By day's end, with about 18 percent of the vote recounted, Coleman continued to lead Franken -- but by only 174 votes, notably narrower than the unofficial gap of 215 votes at which the recount had begun. Franken's gain owed much to a swing of 23 votes in the Democratic stronghold of St. Louis County -....
The figures represent a Star Tribune compilation of recount data reported to the secretary of state and gathered by the Star Tribune.....challenged votes could wind up being a major factor in a race where the margin is down to hundreths of a percentage point. Challenged votes will be set aside until mid-December, when a five-member state Canvassing Board will review them individually.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/se...
and, woof woof to Petey !
http://ww2.startribune.com/news/metro/elections...
you don't have to do much math. the net gain/loss is at the top. but accdg to nate silver, most of the challenged ballots will be restored. so if coleman has challenged 20 more ballots than franken, franken is probably around 20 better than it appears. using challenged ballots, i come up with about +60 for franken so far. if you extrapolate you get +300 by the time it's over. he started out at -215.
Coleman must be lamenting not having Kathleen Harris heading the recount in Minnesota.
It's not easy for the Republicans to cheat this election.
Barbarajmay, where are you counting ballots? Is it the guys looking over your elbow that are screaming or is there a 'gallery' of creeps thrying to replicate FL's Brooks Brothers Riot? Hope that you're holding up to the craziness. We're with you!
For example look at Hennepin County in this spreadsheet:
http://ww2.startribune.com/news/metro/elections...
As of last night, the provisional adjustment is -2 against Franken. However, Coleman removed 26 of Franken's votes, and Franken only went down 19. that means they found 7 previously uncounted votes for Franken. On the other hand, Franken removed 22 of Coleman's votes, and he went down 17, so they found 5 new votes for Coleman. That's a net gain of 2 for Franken if they restore all the contested ballots, a swing of +4.
http://thesebastards.blogspot.com/
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/11/20/indeci...