Today’s Electoral-Vote.com write-up says that Coleman’s lead has dwindled to just FIVE votes (out of some 2.9 million cast), with another 379 Coleman challenges to go today.
I don’t know how many more Franken challenges, absentee ballots, or other miscellany there are to go, though.
Also, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v… says that the Lizard People ballot was rejected as an overvote (causing the person who hilariously made this ballot to probably become pissed at the canvassing board), but the Flying Spaghetti Monster and Frankenstin (sic) ballots were accepted as Franken votes.
Also, according to Coleman’s lawyer, “Lizard People” may in fact be the name of a real person. Hmm, are the dinosaurs coming back???
Finally, it seems that the Minnesota Star-Tribune is seeking the person who marked the now infamous Lizard People ballot.
UPDATE: http://news.google.com/news/ur… says that Franken is up some 262 votes now. But of course, let’s not forget that there are several thousand challenged ballots and another 1600 rejected absentees yet to be factored in. Don’t hold your breath, and don’t become complacent either.
and will probably get very far ahead (maybe a couple hundred votes) by the end of the challenges. But then they have to add back in the 5000 or so withdrawn challenges, and I believe Coleman should make up some more there, but the Strib has looked at them and still predicts Franken wins by 80 votes or so. If Franken can lead with all challenges sorted out, it is a huge PR advantage going into the rejected absentee mess.
Updated.
Is there any indication that things will be settled by the end of this year, which is in like about 2 weeks?