November 14, 2008 12:33 pm EST
"Unlike many states, Minnesota has a solid idea of how well its machines scan ballots because it randomly audits samples of votes. One test found only one error out of 12,000 ballots. Another turned up as many as 53 'discrepancies' -- between a machine's and a human's read -- out of 94,000.
"That's impressively accurate for voting machines. But it's not precise enough to predict who'll triumph in the U.S. Senate race between Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken. They're currently separated by 206 votes out of 2.9 million cast."
Read the entire article at ProPublica
http://www.propublica.org/article/why-else-to-watch-the-minnesota-senate-squeaker-1114/
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