MN Sen Recount (UPDATE: Stuart Smalley certified winner, lawsuit forthcoming)

[Sam Spade]

November 23, 2008

Completed Counties

County	Coleman	CHG	Franken	CHG	Shift	Challenges
Aitkin	3,619 (38%)	+2	3,891 (41%)	-1	C+3	C2, F0
Beltrami	9,452 (42%)	-2	10,032 (44%)	+2	F+4	C4, F3	SOS lacks one precinct.
Benton	8,444 (43%)	-25	6,462 (33%)	-24	F+1	C25, F31
Big Stone	1,209 (40%)	+1	1,270 (42%)	-2	C+3	C3, F3
Carlton	6,082 (33%)	-17	9,477 (51%)	-40	C+23	C47, F20
Carver	26,950 (54%)	-16	14,094 (28%)	-8	F+8	C10, F20
Cass	7,682 (47%)	-3	5,887 (36%)	+3	F+6	C3, F5
Chippewa	2,418 (38%)	-1	2,558 (40%)	0	F+1	C2, F3
Chisago	13,763 (47%)	-2	9,829 (33%)	-6	C+4	C5, F5
Clay	13,028 (45%)	-9	12,065 (41%)	-12	C+3	C3, F4
Clearwater	2,109 (50%)	0	1,595 (38%)	0	NC	C0, F0
Cook	1,202 (36%)	-4	1,617 (48%)	-3	F+1	C2, F8
Cottonwood	2,767 (46%)	+2	2,129 (35%)	-3	C+5	C4, F5
Douglas	10,058 (48%)	-14	6,833 (33%)	-21	C+7	C25, F19
Faribault	3,595 (44%)	-3	2,909 (36%)	0	F+3	C3, F4
Fillmore	4,770 (42%)	-1	4,614 (41%)	-15	C+14	C27, F3
Freeborn	6,566 (38%)	+1	7,431 (43%)	+2	F+1	C1, F0
Grant	1,483 (41%)	0	1,466 (41%)	-2	C+2	C3, F0
Houston	5,026 (46%)	-2	4,596 (42%)	0	F+2	C2, F1
Hubbard	5,751 (49%)	0	4,023 (34%)	-4	C+4	C1, F0
Isanti	9,553 (48%)	-9	6,551 (33%)	-4	F+5	C5, F10
Itasca	9,259 (38%)	-5	11,539 (47%)	-3	F+2	C5, F4
Kandiyohi	10,242 (47%)	-4	8,003 (36%)	0	F+4	C3, F6
Lake	2,428 (35%)	-6	3,548 (51%)	-2	F+4	C1, F5
Lincoln	1,464 (46%)	+1	1,272 (40%)	-1	C+2	C0, F0
Lyon	6,085 (48%)	-2	4,408 (35%)	-2	NC	C3, F5
McLeod	9,083 (48%)	-9	5,490 (29%)	-4	F+5	C7, F15
Mahnomen	858 (36%)	0	1,138 (48%)	0	NC	C2, F3
Marshall	2,322 (48%)	+1	1,749 (36%)	0	C+1	C1, F3
Martin	5,106 (47%)	-5	3,588 (33%)	0	F+5	C0, F4
Meeker	5,649 (45%)	-48	3,865 (31%)	-5	F+43	C7, F51
Mille Lacs	5,827 (43%)	-22	4,791 (35%)	-6	F+16	C11, F26
Morrison	7,824 (46%)	+1	5,424 (32%)	-1	C+2	C1, F2
Murray	2,333 (48%)	-1	1,866 (38%)	+1	F+2	C0, F1
Nicollet	7,234 (40%)	-3	7,376 (40%)	-8	C+5	C9, F3	SOS lacks one precinct.
Nobles	4,188 (47%)	-1	3,533 (40%)	+2	F+3	C2, F3
Norman	1,334 (38%)	0	1,576 (45%)	0	NC	C0, F0
Olmsted	35,316 (46%)	-16	28,574 (37%)	-18	C+2	C23, F20
Otter Tail	17,195 (52%)	-5	10,736 (33%)	-2	F+3	C6, F6
Pennington	3,237 (47%)	0	2,595 (38%)	0	NC	C0, F2
Pine	5,681 (39%)	-1	6,014 (42%)	+5	F+6	C3, F2
Pipestone	2,632 (54%)	-5	1,670 (34%)	-10	C+5	C10, F6
Polk	7,349 (48%)	-4	5,923 (38%)	+1	F+5	C4, F4
Pope	2,749 (42%)	0	2,557 (39%)	0	NC	C2, F0
Red Lake	984 (44%)	0	834 (38%)	0	NC	C0, F0
Redwood	3,642 (46%)	+1	2,454 (31%)	+1	NC	C0, F0
Renville	3,274 (40%)	0	2,908 (36%)	+1	F+1	C0, F2
Rice	12,057 (38%)	-2	13,676 (43%)	+1	F+3	C5, F5
Roseau	4,394 (57%)	0	2,420 (31%)	0	NC	C3, F1
Sibley	3,498 (45%)	0	2,156 (28%)	-2	C+2	C2, F1
Steele	8,645 (44%)	+1	6,544(34%)	-8	C+9	C10, F2	SOS not updated.
Swift	1,879 (36%)	+1	2,293 (44%)	+2	F+1	C0, F1
Traverse	837 (41%)	+2	794 (39%)	+3	F+1	C0, F1
Wabasha	4,950 (42%)	-8	4,451 (38%)	-1	C+3	C16, F12
Wadena	3,675 (51%)	-6	2,287 (32%)	-5	F+1	C10, F10
Waseca	4,228 (42%)	0	3,261 (33%)	-2	C+2	C0, F2
Washington	63,756 (46%)	-55	50,504 (37%)	-67	C+12	C59, F51
Watonwan	2,100 (40%)	-3	2,009 (39%)	-8	C+5	C10, F4
Wilkin	1,807 (53%)	-7	1,064 (31%)	-10	C+3	C11, F7
Yellow Medicine	2,311 (42%)	0	2,167 (39%)	-4	C+4	C7, F2
TOTALS	231,665	-77	190,944	-71	F+6	C144, F146

[tokar]

Here are your pre-recount numbers...

Barkley   437389
Coleman   1211565
Franken   1211359
Aldrich   13916
Niemackl   8908
Write-in   2340
Evan   0
Shepard   0
Price      12
Cavlan   13

And here is your link to the MN results: http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20081104/ElecRslts.asp?M=S&R=S&P=A

Have fun.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Current net change

Barkley +15
Coleman +25
Franken +16

They're sure doing a good job of stealing this election for Franken in the recount right now.

Current margin: 215 votes

[Χahar]

We'll have to do better than this.

[tokar]

Current net change

Barkley +15
Coleman +25
Franken +16

They're sure doing a good job of stealing this election for Franken in the recount right now.

Current margin: 215 votes

its early...the recount is going to take the better part of 2 weeks.

[MarkWarner08]

Franken's up by 570 votes?
http://ww2.startribune.com/news/metro/elections/returns/2008/recount/msenci.html

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Current net change

Barkley +15
Coleman +25
Franken +16

They're sure doing a good job of stealing this election for Franken in the recount right now.

Current margin: 215 votes

its early...the recount is going to take the better part of 2 weeks.

I know that it's not over. My post was just sarcastically refuting the Republican meme that recounting = stealing election.

[Mr.Phips]

Franken's up by 570 votes?
http://ww2.startribune.com/news/metro/elections/returns/2008/recount/msenci.html

That has got to be some kind of error. 

[Ronnie]

Franken's up by 570 votes?
http://ww2.startribune.com/news/metro/elections/returns/2008/recount/msenci.html

My stomach just dropped.  I hope it's some kind of typo.

[MarkWarner08]

Apparently, Norm Coleman lost 1000 (!) votes in Watertown.

[Mr.Phips]

Oops, now Coleman is up by 196 votes. 

[Ronnie]

Oops, now Coleman is up by 196 votes. 

[tokar]

we need to wait at least a day before we can start heralding results...one vote here and there is not changing much.  So far Coleman has decreased by a total of 11 votes...talk about newsworthy *rolls eyes*.

[ilikeverin]

lol voters.

I agree with Engdahl about that one, btw; I don't really see the X (I perceive a "/" fairly well but the other stroke isn't really there).

[emailking]

You can see 4 challenged ballots here (click "View full slideshow" on the right)

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/11/19/recountbegins/

[Prez Duke]

Franken will win this race. The Democrats will make sure of it.

[tokar]

lol voters.

I agree with Engdahl about that one, btw; I don't really see the X (I perceive a "/" fairly well but the other stroke isn't really there).

This is simple yet clear evidence that there are millions of people who have never gone to school and taken a standardized test...

[Ronnie]

Franken will win this race. The Democrats will make sure of it.

Absolutely, I'm very doubtful that Coleman has enough recount efforts.  There is very little scrutiny, or backlash against Coleman's large loss of votes.  It just doesn't make sense that Coleman would lose ~800 votes before the recount has even started.

[© Tweed the Younger]

Franken will win this race. The Democrats will make sure of it.

Absolutely, I'm very doubtful that Coleman has enough recount efforts.  There is very little scrutiny, or backlash against Coleman's large loss of votes.  It just doesn't make sense that Coleman would lose ~800 votes before the recount has even started.

he has?

[tokar]

Question:

Does this recount ONLY look at votes for Minnesota Senate and therefore only affect that vote total?  Or will this affect other races as well (e.g. President, house elections, etc.)?

[Ronnie]

Franken will win this race. The Democrats will make sure of it.

Absolutely, I'm very doubtful that Coleman has enough recount efforts.  There is very little scrutiny, or backlash against Coleman's large loss of votes.  It just doesn't make sense that Coleman would lose ~800 votes before the recount has even started.

he has?

You don't remember when Coleman was leading by 1000 votes after all of the absentees/provisionals were counted?  Cause I do.

[tokar]

Franken will win this race. The Democrats will make sure of it.

Absolutely, I'm very doubtful that Coleman has enough recount efforts.  There is very little scrutiny, or backlash against Coleman's large loss of votes.  It just doesn't make sense that Coleman would lose ~800 votes before the recount has even started.

he has?

You don't remember when Coleman was leading by 1000 votes after all of the absentees/provisionals were counted?  Cause I do.

this was before some lady in some county saw she entered Franken's vote total incorrectly.  She had entered in "100" when she meant to enter in "1000"...or something like that.

[MarkWarner08]

Today's recount results:

Nov. 4 Ballots Cast for Norm Coleman   195708
Nov. 4 Ballots Cast for Al Franken   180950
 
Recounted Data   Totals   Percent
RECOUNT Number of Ballots for Coleman (as recounted)   195638   43.25
RECOUNT Number of Ballots for Franken (as recounted)   180923   39.99
RECOUNT Number of All Other Ballots (as recounted)   75585   16.71
RECOUNT COLEMAN and Other Ballots Challenged By FRANKEN   106   0.02
RECOUNT FRANKEN and Other Ballots Challenged By COLEMAN   115   0.03

Percentage of Ballots Recounted = 15.49 %

Recount (so far):
Coleman: - 70
Franken: - 27

Net Result: Coleman - 43 votes

http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20081104/SenateRecount.asp

[Sam Spade]

Most of the change today has to do with the St. Louis County and the outdated Eagle scanners they use.  About half of them have been counted, according to this story:

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/34736454.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUs

[Prez Duke]

Franken will win this race. The Democrats will make sure of it.

Absolutely, I'm very doubtful that Coleman has enough recount efforts.  There is very little scrutiny, or backlash against Coleman's large loss of votes.  It just doesn't make sense that Coleman would lose ~800 votes before the recount has even started.

Not only that, but I've read that some votes that came in for Franken from certain counties, like 4 out of the entire state, showed results that were almost statistically impossible. They certainly are making sure he's getting the votes, and if he doesn't win the initial recount, they'll "find" more votes to make sure he gets pushed over the top.