Before I talk in more detail about the potential for a recount, I want to give a quick update on the currect tally. The Minnesota Secretary of State’s website states that all 4136 of the state’s precincts have reported. Having said that, the current count indicates the possibility of a recount:
Candidate Votes Percent % Mark Dayton (D) 919,234 43.63 Tom Emmer (R) 910,380 43.21 Tom Horner (MNIP) 251,503 11.94
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State Unofficial Election Results at 3:11:28 PM on 11/3/2010
The above tally is unofficial, but the current margin, of less than half a percent, would trigger an automatic recount. I discussed, in greater detail, the contingencies required for a recount earlier this morning. I have several thoughts on the interim results as they relate to a potential recount.
A more complete article is available at: HowWillAmericaVote.com
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Recount Strategy for Tom Emmer ...
Martin Knight (Diary) Wednesday, November 3rd at 6:59PM EST (link)Every time a union boss or Democratic activist *finds* a hitherto undiscovered ballot box in his closet at home or his car trunk, Emmer should call a Press Conference and announce that one of his supporters has also found a missing ballot box miraculously misplaced in his basement.
Harsh? Confrontational? Sure. But it can’t be worse than the Norm Coleman approach.
Ahhh what's a 60,000 vote error in Daytons favor?
Common_Cents (Diary) Wednesday, November 3rd at 7:39PM EST (link)Soros’ boy SOS mark ritchie was worried about the tea party boogie men intimidating voters instead.
Vote Tally Problems in Hennepin County
More problems counting votes in Minnesota
Updated: Wednesday, 03 Nov 2010, 1:44 AM CDT
Published : Tuesday, 02 Nov 2010, 11:45 PM CDT
MINNEAPOLIS – An error with the vote tally on the Hennepin County website Tuesday had Republican thinking they picked up 60,000 votes for gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer, while the county scrambled to fix the glitch and sort out their numbers with the Secretary of State’s office.
Hennepin County Elections Manager Rachel Smith called in to FOX 9 around midnight, saying the problem had been fixed and the county was reporting correct numbers on its website.
“We noticed a little after 10 p.m. that the numbers were not adding up,” Smith said. “We noticed there was a discrepancy in the numbers, so we immediately started investigating and within about 45 minutes we noticed there was a technical problem.”
At midnight, Hennepin County was reporting 237,995 votes for Dayton, 168,518 for Emmer and 57,116 for Horner.
So with Minnesota’s recent history of election counting issues, how could something like this happen just one election cycle later?
“Everything in the testing process went well.” Smith said. “It was an error in the process when we did the last file upload. We actually had a resolution by the time we were trying to get the numbers down.”
Shortly after midnight, the Hennepin County website and Secretary of State’s website were in sync.
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behind, the Back Nine.Leaders don’t create movements. Movements create leaders. Get involved. Your future depends on it.
Govt “invests” YOUR tax money for POLITICAL return rather than economic return.