Most of the time the original decisions made at the county level are sustained. So Franken challenges votes he doesn't like and he loses most of the challenges. So Coleman benefits.
But they are doing almost entirely Franken challenges today. They won't do Coleman's until after Franken's are finished. Coleman has close to 1000 challenges while Franken has less than 500. So seeing that the challenger loses most of the time, and Coleman has more challenges to lose, the entire process is more likely to benefit Franken now.
9. Right now, Coleman is winning 64% of Franken's challenged ballots.
If that percentage holds in regards to Coleman's 1000 challenged ballots, i.e. 64% of those 1000 Coleman-challenged ballots go for Franken, Franken will win.
10. Did they just count ballots that are mark "SPOILED" for Coleman?
Looks like the voter made a mistake and the election official gave them and new ballot, but they ran the spoiled ballot through the machine. Seems fishy. Board counts them for Coleman.
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