Mining the Minnesota Recount

The outcome of this squeaky-close race now rests with the courts. But even if Coleman wins on all points it's far from certain that he would gain enough votes to change the outcome. When the Canvassing Board was forced to count some disputed absentee ballots, for example, it was Franken who won a majority of them. Now Coleman wants even more rejected absentee ballots opened and counted, but nobody can say if he would get a higher percentage of those, or if ... Full Story »

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Mike LaBonte
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by Mike LaBonte - Jan. 28, 2009

This nicely summarizes all of the facts that have dribbled out over the months on this story. Plenty of sources and links. The only context angle that I think is underplayed is the comparison of error statistics to other historical elections.

This recount should have great value for determining how accurate our elections are.

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