Well, the hand recount is over, and Al Franken's campaign is claiming that they are ahead by four (4) votes. The latest Star-Tribune article says the margin is 192 in favor of Coleman. I think this discrepancy is because Franken's campaign is counting the preliminary decisions on challenged ballots, while the Star-Tribune only reports official numbers. Or maybe Franken's just talking out of his ass.
Apparently they have to find 133 missing ballots (?) then the official hand recount would be over. THEN they go to the board of elections which will rule on each of the 6,657 challenged ballots (Coleman campaign challenged 3,376 ballots and the Franken camp challenged 3,281). After that expect legal challenges and/or Senate action. If it's really this close the most sensible thing might just be to have the Senate call a re-vote right away, which is what they wound up doing last time after wasting a year dithering over it.
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