Day one of the Minnesota recount appears to be a qualified win for Franken. Read on for more.

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From Jerry Policoff:

Day one of the Minnesota recount appears to be a qualified win for Franken:

Coleman leads Franken 195,638 votes to 180,923 for an edge of 14,715.  That might seem like good news for Coleman, but in reality it represents a net loss of 70 votes from the original count for Coleman and a net loss of only 27 votes for Franken, so among undisputed ballots Franken has cut Coleman’s lead by 43 votes.  That would lower Coleman’s 215 vote edge over Franken when the recount began to 172 now.  There are 221 disputed “challenged” ballots that will not be counted  until reviewed by the Canvassing Board.  Coleman has challenged 9 more ballots than Franken has, which might also suggest that there more potential Franken votes than Coleman votes among the challenged ballots.  It would also appear that the Franken strongholds have not yet been recounted.

Please note the caveats:

Recount results shown are incomplete and unofficial. Results shown are subject to change and correction at any time until the State Canvassing Board certifies the results of the recount.

Statewide totals shown are for reported precincts only, and are partial until all the precincts in Minnesota have been recounted. Ballots reported as challenged by either candidate will not be counted for any candidate until the challenges have been finally determined by the State Canvassing Board.

 Precincts Recounted: 23.17% (957 of 4130)       Last update was: 11/19/2008 8:00:03 PM    
Statewide Recount Results for US Senate

        Totals 
Nov. 4 Ballots Cast for Norm Coleman    195,708 
Nov. 4 Ballots Cast for Al Franken      180,950 
       
Recounted Data  Totals  Percent
RECOUNT Number of Ballots for Coleman (as recounted)    195,638  43.25  
RECOUNT Number of Ballots for Franken (as recounted)    180,923  39.99  
RECOUNT Number of All Other Ballots (as recounted)      75,585   16.71  
                       
RECOUNT COLEMAN and Other Ballots Challenged By FRANKEN 106     0.02   
RECOUNT FRANKEN and Other Ballots Challenged By COLEMAN 115     0.03   
                             

Jerry Policoff

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Authors Bio:
Steven Freeman is a professor at University of Pennsylvania and the co-author of Was The 2004 Presidential Election Stolen? with Joel Bleifuss.