Vote Fluctuation in MN Not Unusual

Political Wire:

Despite the legal saber-rattling as the campaigns gear up for a recount in Minnesota, WCCO-TV notes the changing vote totals "may look suspicious" but "it's really not that unusual."

"The night that Sen. Norm Coleman defeated former Vice President Walter Mondale in the 2002 U.S. Senate race he piled up more than 1,062,000 votes. But when all the ballots were certified two weeks later, Coleman had 54,000 more votes... Between election night voting numbers, and two weeks later when the State Canvassing Board certified official results, Coleman gained 54,429 votes. Mondale's vote total also went up 63,192 votes, but not enough to beat Coleman."

"It's what happens in Minnesota elections. We just don't pay attention when the race isn't close."