State Canvassing Board Declares “No Winner”; Agrees to Consider Absentee Ballots

As the recount gets underway today, it’s important to restate that the State Canvassing Board yesterday clearly declared that there is no certified winner in the U.S. Senate race in Minnesota given the incredibly small margin of .007%.  Ritchie’s quote on the matter:

Candidates can say anything.  Minnesota law is very clear that any election within a half a percent is not known until the completion of the recount.

Moreover, the Coleman talking point that Franken was trying to delay the start of the election was quickly discredited when Justice G. Barry Anderson stated that consideration of the Franken campaign’s briefs would not delay the recount and, indeed, it began on time today.

Importantly, the board also agreed that the Franken’s plea to consider every properly cast vote, including improperly rejected absentee ballots, will be considered.  The Franken campaign has the benefit of being on the right side of this issue: they’re merely requesting and attempting to ensure that every properly cast vote is count.  Democracy?  Pshh, that went out of style with Nixon.

So, with all this information bouncing around.  What do you think will be the outcome of this craziness?  2 polls, one to get a simple count (without the discount of complex answers) and another to assess people’s view of the process. I can’t get both polls working at the same time for some crazy (frustrating!) reason, so the one’s going to have to suffice:

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