The recount should be the determinator of the race. Period. On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 3:32 AM, Liberal mike 532 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > this election needs to be decided by the senate it is obvious the vote > count can not be trusted . > > On Dec 2, 7:28 pm, "Keith In Tampa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > *Newly-Discovered Ballots Boost Franken* > > > > *December 2, 2008* *Posted by John at 2:43 PM* > > > > http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2008/12/022219.php > > > > Earlier today, a precinct in Maplewood, a St. Paul suburb, *discovered > 171 > > ballots*< > http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/35382149.html?elr=KArksLckD.. > .>that > > had not previously been counted. Apparently the precinct started using > > one electronic machine, which malfunctioned after 171 ballots had been > cast. > > The precinct switched to another machine, but until now, it appears that > no > > one remembered to pull the 171 ballots out of the original machine and > count > > them. > > > > The Coleman campaign says that the 171 ballots will give Al Franken a net > > gain of 37 votes. *The situation is unclear, however, because the 171 > "new" > > ballots, together with those already counted, yield a total that exceeds > the > > number of people who showed up and voted in the precinct by 31. It is not > > yet clear whether election officials will be able to get the numbers to > add > > up.* > > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
