Coleman up by 215 — more to come

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The last of the last vote audits raised Coleman’s lead to 215 votes. Just to recap: his lead started with 700+ votes on election night, then fell gradually to a low of 204 votes on Saturday, and is now at 215. The count re-sets to zero-zero tomorrow, when the recount begins. Secretary of State Mark Ritchie promises updates every night of the recount, and we’ll be reporting those — along with all the charges, counter-charges and lawsuits.

Recount, audit, canvass — what’s it all about?

Statewide election results — posted on the Secretary of State’s web site

Canvass is the county-by-county vote report turned in to the Secretary of State’s office, and reflected in the figures on the Secretary of State’s web site.

Audit is the legally-required hand recount of selected precincts to make sure that machine totals are not significantly different from actual totals. This is done after every election. That just-completed audit resulted in the change of ony six votes in the Senate race.

State Canvassing Board, made up of two Supreme Court judges, two District Court judges and the Secretary of State, will meet on September 18 to certify the count and official election results.

Recount will begin AFTER the State Canvassing Board meets on November 18 and officially orders a recount. The recount takes place in more than a hundred locations across the state, conducted by local election officials and then reported back to the State Canvassing Board.
Recount is required by state law whenever the vote margin between the two top candidates is less than one-half of one percent.MORE

The latest on lawsuits: Franken wants lists of rejected absentee ballots.

Meanwhile, the State Canvassing Board is meeting today — Tuesday, November 18 — at 1 p.m.

According to a press release from Ritchie’s office, the Secretary of State web site “will post daily recount results beginning Wednesday, Nov. 19 after 8 p.m. The results will include the tally of uncontested votes for Coleman and Franken, a tally of the “other” uncontested votes, and tallies of the ballots challenged by each candidate. The Web site will also post the percentage of precincts recounted and the percent of ballots recounted. The public is welcome to view the recount webpage at: www.sos.state.mn.us. The recount page will be updated everyday at 8 p.m.”

Stay tuned!

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