Category: Voting

Recount Funds

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 13, 2008
Categories In FEC, Voting

Federal candidates involved in recounts have recount expenses, naturally. There’s some history worth considering when working with recount funds.

Minnesota Election Fraud?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 12, 2008
Categories In Minnesota, Voting

John Lott writes about prospects for election fraud in Minnesota. When voters woke up on Wednesday morning after the election, Senator Norm Coleman led Al Franken by what seemed like a relatively comfortable 725 votes. By Wednesday night, that lead had shrunk to 477. By Thursday night, it was down to 336. By Friday, it […]

Franken’s 100 Vote Gain

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 8, 2008
Categories In Minnesota, Voting

Franken’s 100 vote gain in the race for U.S. Senate in Minnesota is the topic of this Star Tribune report. An election night worksheet from St. Louis County showed Franken with 406 votes from Precinct 1 in Mountain Iron. The revised totals Thursday night showed him with 506.