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MPR Hosts a Fantasy Canvassing Board in the U.S. Senate Recount

By Eric L. Lipman

Ever wish that you could you could be a part of the State Canvassing Board during a hotly-disputed election? Well, perhaps, now you can.

Thanks to the creative and very clever folks at Minnesota Public Radio, anyone can join this all-star Fantasy Canvassing Board. MPR has posted to its website excerpts of eleven ballots that have been challenged during the recount in the Minnesota U.S. Senate race alongside a link to Minnesota?s standards for determining voter intent.

More interesting still, visitors to the website can match their determinations on the proper counting of the disputed ballots against other canvassing board ?members? in this internet-wide panel.

This not-to-miss civics lesson is accessible here.

(And as we make our pretend assessments at the MPR site, may God bless the actual panelists of the State Canvassing Board?.)

Full post as published by Within the Scope on November 20, 2008 (boomark / email).