Franken is now down by only 115 votes on the recount

[Hokie]

I checked tonight's update at the Minnesota Secretary of State site for the official numbers. Coleman has a net loss of -540 votes compared with a net loss for Franken of -440 votes. Since Franken started the recount behind by 215 votes he is now only behind by 115. The challenged vote totals are by Coleman 747 and by Franken 778. So far, 60.86% of the votes have been recounted and the areas that have been recounted favored Coleman by 42.4% to 40.8%. The remaining areas to be recounted will be from areas that slightly favored Franken. Franken could still be leading when the recount is done even before the challenged ballots are examined. There are so many challenged ballots that it is likely that those will determine the ultimate winner.

Here is the site: http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/20081104/SenateRecount.asp

I downloaded the precinct totals to do some of the calculations.