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"Sloppy Dems may spell Franken advantage."

Politico says:

While the conventional wisdom is that these recounted ballots should break the same way as the broader election results, Republicans fret that sloppy Democratic voters might mean Franken votes emerging as the recount continues.

?Democrats are [thought to be] more creative, free-spirited, so the idea is they?re more likely to make a mistake that the optical scan won?t pick up,? explains [election law lawyer Robert] Hentges. ?But when they recount the hard copy, those votes will be counted for Franken. If you talk to Republicans, they say it will be Franken?s advantage, because Democrats are stupid and will screw up ballots more often.?

And FiveThirtyEight does the math with characteristic bravado: "Projection: Franken to Win Recount by 27 Votes."

One thing is for sure: If Franken wins, he will win ugly.

Full post as published by Althouse on November 24, 2008 (boomark / email).