Originally Posted By ecdc With 100% of precincts reporting, Franken is down by less than 600 votes out of 2,421,000+ cast. This will be interesting to watch. You can bet there's going to be all sorts of legal wrangling and we'll hear about every single ballot that wasn't counted due to "irregularities." This'll be Florida-lite. And again, for those who think their vote doesn't matter, that margin is less than .03%.
Originally Posted By DyGDisney I love Al Franken. He wrote "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot." Man, he's right on the money. Hope he wins!!! Who are you going for ecdc?
Originally Posted By SuperDry Bill O'Reilly said this morning that if Franken had won, he'll never go to Minnesota again and might actually move to Ireland because he would be so disgusted with the US. It's a longshot, but if Franken wins the recount, wouldn't that be something to take O'Reilly up on?
Originally Posted By DyGDisney >>>Bill O'Reilly said this morning that if Franken had won, he'll never go to Minnesota again and might actually move to Ireland because he would be so disgusted with the US.<<< Oooh, an added bonus!!!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>>Bill O'Reilly said this morning that if Franken had won, he'll never go to Minnesota again and might actually move to Ireland because he would be so disgusted with the US.<<< LOL, if he would have made that announcement a few days ago, it might have tilted the election strongly for Franken. Of course, Ireland might not be so happy about it.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Look, if we want to start mending international relations, we can't start by forcing Bill O'Reilly on other countries! We're not supposed to be supporting torture anymore...
Originally Posted By chickendumpling Tonight I heard that the final number was 729 votes so there'll be an automatic recount. Apparently, some official came out and announced Coleman the winner and then immediately had to walk that back.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling <<Bill O'Reilly said this morning that if Franken had won, he'll never go to Minnesota again and might actually move to Ireland because he would be so disgusted with the US.>> And Ann Coulter campaigned for Hillary.
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF Coleman is whining about the taxpayer cost for a recount. He doesn't seem to realize the recount is mandated by state law. Either way, I got sick of both of these jokers during the campaign. The mute button on our TV remote got used a lot over the past several months.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Coleman is whining about the taxpayer cost for a recount. He doesn't seem to realize the recount is mandated by state law. >>> ... unless the losing candidate waives it, at least in MN. It would seem that Coleman's comments are designed to encourage Franken to do so.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Either way, I got sick of both of these jokers during the campaign. The mute button on our TV remote got used a lot over the past several months.>> Agree 100%. I think they should disqualify both of those A-holes and give the Senate seat to Barkley; the guy I voted for. I just could not vote for either Coleman or Franken after the disgusting campaigns they ran.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney >>>Bill O'Reilly said this morning that if Franken had won, he'll never go to Minnesota again and might actually move to Ireland because he would be so disgusted with the US.<<< CAN SOMEBODY COUNT THE VOTES FASTER PLEASE??????
Originally Posted By ecdc I've followed this a little bit more, and now Franken has pulled even closer to Coleman. Coleman keeps acting as if the race is over and he's declared victory. But the recount hasn't even started and Franken already gained traction. In one precinct, a poll worker accidentally typed in something like 28 votes for Franken, when it was actually 128. So those extra 100 votes were part of what got Franken closer. Coleman also tried to block some absentee ballots in a heavily Democratic area. It didn't work out either. This thing ain't over. Sorry to you Minnesotans that have to continue to listen to both of them while the recount goes forward
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< This thing ain't over. Sorry to you Minnesotans that have to continue to listen to both of them while the recount goes forward >>> And from what I hear, it's going to be weeks. They first must get the certified counts from the election which are more than a week away before they even start the recount, and that process will take several weeks.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer At least the election was on PAPER Ballots (Scan-tron style ballots). Yes, you will have some issues with "Is it a mark?", or Double marks (which IMHO is a NO vote, if you can't tell, it doesn't go to either candidate). Plus the issue of provisional ballots. But at least you can say for the vast majority of ballots, it is either Person A, B or C. Of course, I also hope that match up the count of voters per precinct, and compare it to the actual number of ballots cast!
Originally Posted By gadzuux Seems like an easier solution would be to have a run-off election between the top two vote getters. It may be more expensive, but who ever said representative democracy is cheap? I'm not seeing a long drawn out campaign with ads and debates, just a quickie runoff - maybe first week of Jan so that the winner is in place for the congressional session.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Seems like an easier solution would be to have a run-off election between the top two vote getters. It may be more expensive, but who ever said representative democracy is cheap? >>> I think that some states provide for exactly that for US Senator if one of the candidates doesn't get at least 50% + 1 of the vote.
Originally Posted By hopemax ^ See Georgia race between Martin and Chambliss that will have the run off in early December.
