With roughly 27,000 special ballots still unopened in Franklin County, the race in Ohio’s 15th District between Republican Steve Stivers and Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy is still undecided.
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25
Nov
Tension rises as Minn. recount enters 2nd week
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With just a fifth of the state’s precincts left to go in Minnesota’s Senate recount, supporters of Al Franken and Norm Coleman remain in the hunt for ballots that could tip the balance to their candidate.
Tags: Al Franken, Ballots, Minnesota Senate, Norm Coleman, Tension
21
Nov
Disputed Senate ballots hold key to Minn. win
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The pile of disputed ballots in Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race is growing at a pace sure to dwarf the 215-vote margin prior to the recount, making it tough to tell who is gaining an edge as the recount progresses.
Tags: Ballots, Dwarf, Pace, Senate Race, U S Senate, Vote Margin
20
Nov
According to data just released by the Minnesota Secretary of State, Al Franken has gained a net of 43 votes on the first day of that state’s recount process. Norm Coleman had a lead of 215 voters over Franken in Minnesota’s certified, pre-recount tally; that margin is now 172 votes.
Minnesota reports that it has thus far re-counted 15.49 percent of its ballots. If the first day’s results are indicative of the pace that the candidates will maintain throughout the recount process, Franken would gain a net of 278 votes over Colmean, giving him a narrow victory. For any number of reasons, however, the results reported thus far may not be indicative of future trends [...]
the precincts that were re-counted today were slightly redder than average, having favored Coleman by an aggregate of 3.3 points during the initial count. No votes have yet been re-counted in Minneapolis (out of more than 200,000 cast), although about 43,000 have been recounted in St. Paul (out of around 140,000 cast on Election Day). Another city which has not yet reported any results is Duluth, traditionally a Democratic stronghold.
Then there’s the matter of the challenged ballots:
Challenges can occur to ballots that had previously been deemed to be legal, in which case those votes will be deducted from the opponent’s total. Coleman has thus far challenged 115 ballots and Franken 106. However, based on local reports, many or perhaps most of the challenges are frivolous, and are unlikely to be upheld upon review. Thus, the candidate who has challenged fewer ballots probably stands to gain ground once such challenges are adjudicated.
Some of these may be frivolous, but some not so much. Follow the link for pictures of various challenged ballots, and take the quiz courtesy of Minnesota public radio.
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15
Nov
AK-Sen: Begich’s lead increases
Published in NewsStevens (R) 136,466
Begich (D) 137,527
That’s another 10,000 counted, leaving roughly 28,000 or so ballots left, most from Begich-friendly districts.
Update: And more numbers come in:
Stevens (R) 137,937 (47.37%)
Begich (D) 138,959 (47.02)
That’s a margin of 1,022, so it has shrunk a bit. That’s probably Wasilla (Palin-land) checking in. They were due today.
So we’re at .35 percent. If Begich gets over 0.5 percent, any recount would have to be paid by the GOP. Under that, and the state pays for it.
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