Sunday, November 09, 2008
Update on the MN Senate Race
Posted by: Amanda Carpenter at 9:11 AM
Nearly every development of the Minnesota Senate recount between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and comedian-turned-candidate Al Franken has favored Franken.
On Election Day, Coleman was 725 votes ahead of Franken. That margin was so slim it triggered a mandatory recount to be conducted by Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie (D.).
That edge winnowed to 477 on Wednesday, 338 on Thursday and then 221 on Friday.
100 of the votes that came in for Franken's favor from Mountain Iron and St. Louis counties were time stamped on November 2---two days before the election. Ccunty election officials says the voting machines just had the wrong date, but Coleman's staff doesn't think they are legit. Every single one of the votes from these two counties went for Coleman and Obama.
http://townhall.com/blog/g/35f5676c-33f7-4ada-a3a0-2684f5a8901d?comments=true&commentsSortDirection=Descending
Addendum: Politics in Minnesota's far north have always been a bit peculiar. While I was covering the Statehouse in St. Paul, one legislator from up there introduced a bill to set up special hunting seasons for blind people, on grounds of fairness.
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