Quote Originally Posted by Martok View Post
Excellent news. While it's disturbing that so many Alaskans would vote for a convicted felon, at least they're not (quite) the majority).


Now if only I knew what the outcome was going to be in my Senate election. The recount for the Coleman-Franken race hasn't even started yet, and we won't know the results until next month sometime.
Nate is optimistic about Franken's chances. Basically the theory is (Using data from other recounts, especially in independent recounts of Florida) that the people who are most likely to make ballot errors (And hence not have their votes counted initially) are most often:
1) Working class
2) Minority
3) Elderly

Franken won the first 2 categories and tied in the third. The votes are more likely to be counted this time because often it is clearly marked who the person wanted to vote for, but they did not fill the ballot in correctly.