Montana: A Win in 3 of 5 Counties Secures a Tester Win: MSNBC

http://sos.state.mt.us/ELB/archives/2006/elections/general/ussenate/index.asp

Tester's campaign was informed that Yellowstone County's vote tally won't change, but that the verification process had to be re-run.

Final answer expected by 7 a.m. EST, 5 a.m. MST, with any 3 of the 5 remaining counties going for Tester securing the win.

- Dave

living there - assuming about 1000 will vote and it goes 50/50 - then Tester wins no problem.

They seemed to be careful to say "any 3 of the 5," and they seemed to be careful to emphasize that Yellowstone first tally was expected to be confirmed.

- Dave

Beaverhead
Broadwater
Glacier
Meagher
Yellowstone

- Dave

In all of the "Tester's going to lose" hysteria on DU now, people forget we are not talking about densely populated areas. This is not Fairfax county. It is not Dade county. It's Montana where cows outnumber people in many areas. (no offense to the people of Montana I'm just sayin...)

Well that's a relief. Thanks for the reality check.

talk me down

They also said the margin would have to be 900 for an automatic recount.

... when I was up on Capitol Hill this spring, when he'd lost his wife, I told others that I could think of no more fitting way to honor Erma Byrd's memory than for him to regain that gavel.

It's going to happen. Open a window, breathe in the fresh air of freedom, and see if it doesn't smell like America to you again.

- Dave

Like that kind of talk?

-sorry, I'm celebrating tonight. It is a huge concern really. It would be beyond my wildest dreams if we got the senate too!

1. You're not KKKarl Rove. Think of *his* blood pressure.

2. You're not KKKarl Rove's lead criminal defense lawyer. Think of *his* or *her* blood pressure.

3. You've got good blood flow to your brain, with all that pumping. Unlike W, you could expel a pretzel without passing out.

; )

- Dave

:grr:

When will they get this over with?!!?

time stamping and gonna PDF the whole file

Bunch of numbers that I'm not entirely sure what they are, but I copied it too. We'll just have to hang in there.

it just has to be reverified:
Unofficial Results YELLOWSTONE, MONTANA

GENERAL ELECTION

NOVEMBER 7,2006

RUN DATE:11/07/06 10:39 PM



VOTES PERCENT



PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 69) . . . . . 69 100.00

REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . 92,179

BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . 36,228

VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . 39.30



UNITED STATES SENATOR

Vote for 1

CONRAD BURNS (REP) . . . . . . . 16,888 46.97

STAN JONES (LIB) . . . . . . . . 811 2.26

JON TESTER (DEM) . . . . . . . . 18,161 50.51

WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 96 .27

Total . . . . . . . . . 35,956

CNN's website is showing a net of 1176 Burns votes from Beaverhead, a net of 616 votes from Broadwater, Glacier netting 186 for Burns with 50% in, and Yellowstone in a recount. Why is the MT website different?

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/MT/S/01/county.000.html

1176+616+185. Even multiplying the 185 by 2 to extrapolate, that still ends up in only 2164 more net votes for Burns. But Tester leads by over 5,000.

Currently its

Tester - 140348
Burns - 135122
Jones - 7276

Total Votes - 282746

U.S. Senate
(866 of 867 Precincts Reporting)

• County Results
• Exit Poll


Jon TESTER


Conrad BURNS


Party Candidate Votes V%

D Jon TESTER 194,914 49

R Conrad BURNS 193,179 48

LB Stan JONES 10,166 3

... MT pretty much a lock.

- Dave