Recount day

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Whoops, that's 0.5% (60 out of 12000).

Which other candidate?

CarlBoyd

I'll only give you a clue. The problem folks are Cliff's freinds.

Karl

The entitlement party will do anything to get elected, so that they can force their obviously enlightned perspective on the rest of us peasants, who are fortunate that the educated elite are there to tell us the proper way to exist.

It sounds like a grueling experience you went through, but as an American I owe you gratitude for not only being there, but for documenting your experience. Regular folks don't often have such an opportunity to find out about such things, which is part of the problem as well; sunshine really is the best disinfectant.

Jon

Looking at it statewide, as of the end of the day Thursday, Coleman had challenged 360 votes, Franken 372, according to the Secretary of State.

A difference of 12 votes. So perhaps your experience is a bit skewed to one side.

-- Ed Huntress

Coleman has tried to get the recount stopped three times, even though it's mandated under state law. And the number of challenges is 360 for Coleman as of the end of the day yesterday; 372 for Franken.

It turns out that the Coleman campaign can't remember who received the phone call about the 32 votes that were "in a car." Even in court yesterday. They just seem to have forgotten...

You may want to keep your powder dry until this is all over.

-- Ed Huntress

----------------- I really expected a bigger turn out, say 150,000,000 for Franken and 150,000,001 for Coleman.

Unka' George [George McDuffee]

------------------------------------------- He that will not apply new remedies, must expect new evils: for Time is the greatest innovator: and if Time, of course, alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, "Of Innovations" (1597-1625).

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I just heard the disputed ballot count is now about 1000. So, it does sound like the experience at my site was the exception, not the rule. Thank goodness.

I talked to the county auditor about this. The media had it all wrong. The auditor's office delivers absentee ballots to the individual precinct captains the day before the election. In this case, the two missed connection so the ballots were kept in a sealed envelope over night. SOP. They were delivered late on election day. NOT the day after. A retraction on this was made by the media, but of course it didn't get national attention.

Karl

Fox News has quite a different account. They're the ones who reported on the "lost" ballots -- three times.

Here's their latest account of the incident:

"According to Fritz Knaak, senior counsel for the Coleman campaign, around 8 p.m. Nov. 7, Coleman's campaign received a phone call from Reichert informing the campaign that 32 absentee ballots had been found in her car. Knaak told FOXNews.com that Reichert said those ballots would be counted the next day. "'She initiated the call. She said, 'There were some ballots in the back of my car,'" Knaak said.

"Knaak added that he did not speak with Reichert directly, saying the elections director talked with a Coleman campaign staff member. 'I think someone on our legal staff,' Knaak said, though he declined to provide a name.

"The following morning, Knaak appeared in a Ramsey County courtroom to request a temporary restraining order to stop the counting of the 32 ballots.

"Ramsey County Chief Judge Kathleen Gearin -- now a member of the Minnesota State Canvassing Board in charge of ruling over disputed ballots in the Senate race recount -- rejected Knaak's request."

So the claim, according to Fox, was made by Coleman's senior counsel. But he was reporting what someone else on the Coleman campaign said to him. He "thinks" is was someone on Coleman's legal staff.

Coleman's request was not just to challenge the 32 votes, but to shut down all vote recounting throughout the state. Franken's attorney was given one hour's notice of the court hearing.

It wasn't "the media" that retracted the claim. It was Fritz Knaak. And as for national attention, it's being reported in news accounts all over the US.

You might want to check the county auditor's account, Karl. It doesn't agree with anything being said anywhere in the news, nor is it what Coleman's attorney said about it.

Hey, Karl, take care of your eyes! You only get one set:

(Associated Press) "In Meeker County, an election judge was worried about his vision after four straight hours of staring at ballots. 'My eyes are starting to kill me ... my eyes are really giving me trouble now,' said Karl Townsend, according to a story in the West Central Tribune."

(Here's the original story in the WCTrib):

There's your 15 seconds of fame. You have 14 min., 45 sec. left. Use them wisely. d8-)

-- Ed Huntress

Thank you again for your service. Keep the commentary going. Nice to get the word from someone other than the drive by media.

Wes

Hey, now I'm a movie star. Watch the replay on channel 2 Twin Cities tommorrow night. I'm the old fat bald guy judge. Should be easy to spot.

Karl

I was on TV today also, there goes another 15 seconds. There will be a replay tomorrow, 15 more. But I bet you already forgot about the gun threat at our annual meeting, so my time must be used up.

Karl

Who did you threaten?

-- Ed Huntress

On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:29:26 -0500, the infamous "Ed Huntress" scrawled the following:

OK, Karl. Now that you've got the clap, what are you going to do?

-- Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. -- Jules Renard

On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:49:17 -0600, the infamous F. George McDuffee scrawled the following:

"Who'd ya vote for, SNL or the other guy?"

Only in America...

-- Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. -- Jules Renard

On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:58:20 -0600, the infamous "Karl Townsend" scrawled the following:

If the glare didn't blind the camera, eh, Karl?

-- Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. -- Jules Renard

Hey, we're talking about Minnesota here. This is the state that had a pro wrestler for governor, so comedians are right up their alley.

Their next Attorney General will be a retired clown from Barnum & Bailey. d8-)

-- Ed Huntress

On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:39:39 -0500, the infamous "Ed Huntress" scrawled the following:

Unk sed:

Hey, I heard that Jesse Ventura was a good governor and was well liked. Don't be dissin' de Body.

Good, he'd be no 2nd Amendment stealing wonk, would he?

[high-speed topic change]

For some fun, put on a new Depends, go to

, go to the Kindle Store, and click on the Kindle Books tab. Sort that page by Price, Hight to Low, and fill your Depends. Don't they say "most titles Under $10"? Prepare to be surprised.

-- Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. -- Jules Renard