Al Franken now has the lead in the contested race.

[ArrowMan]

I just recieved an email from Franken's group saying that Al is now ahead by 10 votes. Yippee!!

[hisownpetard]

1. I thought it was by 22.

[Eric J in MN]

4. They're still counting.

Anyway, we can donate to help the Franken people to get votes counted.

http://www.alfranken.com/content/splash_recountBrief

[ooglymoogly]

2. Beginning to guardedly exhale. nt

[mrreowwr_kittty]

3. MN Sec'y of State has Franken up by more than 11K as of last night

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

I'm not sure why there's such a disparity in the various reports but that's the last official word.

[Eric J in MN]

5. Different ways to calculate.

The SOS website has the raw recount numbers, excluding Challenged Ballots.

The Star Tribune uses changes in precinct totals, and excludes Challenged Ballots.

The Franken campaign is counting the ruling of local election officials before a ballot is challenged.

[ooglymoogly]

6. It is high time the royals at the ubercourt step in and appoints Colman,

as the cheating is not holding up under scrutiny. Ah sweet memories.

[applegrove]

7. Whoohoo!

:woohoo:

[ramblin_dave]

8. Ahead only if the missing 133 ballots found

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/12/franken_camps_claim_were_ahead.php

[GoesTo11]

9. If this decides the election, lawsuit time

I don't see how a court could say:

OK, 2028 people signed in. 2028 votes were recorded. Now we have 133 less and we'll go with that total instead.

It really looks like ballots were lost and the original count there is right. It's not like a case where ballots that were found later were added later. These are ballots that were just lost but that doesn't mean the votes never happened.

My guess is that a vigilante destroyed them.

[Odin2005]

10. YES!!!

:woohoo:

[rug]

11. This is going to come down to someone named Lars.