Email from the Begich folks this morning:
There are currently more than 81,000 early, absentee, and questioned ballots going through the validating process. More ballots are arriving each day, so that number will grow a bit. While currently trailing by 3257 votes, we did exceedingly well with the early votes counted so far (61% for Mark, 48% for Stevens), sent a terrific mail piece to every absentee voter, and question ballots in Alaska usually skew to Democrats.
...This is a race we are fighting for and intend to win.
The Division of Elections (DOE) plans to count 2/3 of the outstanding ballots on Wednesday and those remaining on Friday. All oversees ballots have to be in by Wednesday, November 19th and the DOE plans to certify the election on Tuesday, November 25. A recount, should one be necessary, would occur after that. We will keep you updated on the status of the race after each step in the process.
Thank you,
John Vezina
Finance Director
Begich is 6K short of 50K funding goal for their election count/recount team. Any small donations $5 r $10's are greatly appreciated.
You can donate to Mark, here
Alaska recounts are all done centrally by the Division of Elections. This assures that the process is uniform, but the Begich lawyers must assure it is not influenced by the party that runs the Division.
Ethan Berkowitz also has a chance to pull ahead of Rep. Don Young ( a bigger crook than Stevens -- just not indicted and convicted yet) albeit a smaller chance. Ethan is asking for some counting and recounting funding here.
Today is the day for supporting Jim Martin for sure. But don't forget your fellow Dems trapped in AK, we're really trying to turn AK blue up here.