Posted by Eugene Volokh:
Do-Over History:
A post on an election law discussion list led me to this [1]little
historical tidbit:
The closest United States Senate election in history occurred in
New Hampshire in 1974. A contest between John A. Durkin, Manchester
and Louis C.Wyman, Manchester was recounted several times by the
State of New Hampshire and by the US Senate with differing results.
The Senate was unable to decide the election, and the seat was
declared vacant as of August 8, 1975 so a special election was held
on September 16, 1975. The final results were: Durkin.....140,778
votes, Wyman....113,007 votes. The turnout for that special
election was greater than in the original election.
I did not know that.
References
1. http://s9.com/lwv/election.html
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