Almost two weeks after Election Day, three Long Island races remain too close to declare a victor, with the trailing candidates planning this week to ask judges to order full hand recounts of the tens of thousands of ballots cast in their races. (newsday.com)
«At this point the only way to be sure of the accuracy of the count is to do a full hand recount of all the ballots,» said Mr. Schneider, who also serves as chairman of the Brookhaven Town Democratic Committee. (suffolktimes.timesreview.com)
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN)- While the official hand recount in Minnesota's tight U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken has ended, a stack of about 1,500 challenged ballots means the announcement of a winner is still at least a few days away. (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com)