Campaign 2010

Election officials and lawyers discuss the Gubernatorial vote count--and likely recount

The top elections officials in Hennepin, Ramsey and Washington Counties, and 2008 recount attorneys, met at the Humphrey Institute to analyze the counting of the votes in the 2010 Gubernatorial election. DFL-er Mark Dayton leads by 8755 votes with only one county left to certify its votes.

Guests

• Joseph Mansky: Eelections Manager, Ramsey County. Longtime elections manager for the Minn. Secretary of State.
• Rachel Smith: Elections Manager, Hennepin County
• Kevin Corbid: Director, Property Record and Taxpayer Services, Washington County
• Frederic "Fritz" Knaack: Attorney, Knaack and Kantrud. 2008 US Senate recount legal team, Senator Norm Coleman.
• David Lillehaug: Attorney, Fredrikson and Byron. 2008 US Senate recount legal team, Senator-elect Al Franken. He is on the 2010 recount legal team for Mark Dayton.
• Lawrence Jacobs: Moderator. Director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute.

More from MPR

• Length of likely recount depends on GOP's legal plans
  November 10, 2010
• Dayton, Emmer stake out positions on recount
  November 9, 2010
• Video: Tom Emmer's press conference
  November 9, 2010
• Emmer attorney says no thought to waiving recount
  November 8, 2010
• Getting to the bottom of the Hennepin County vote error
  November 5, 2010

Resources

• Governor vote tally on Secretary of State website
• Univ. of Minnesota Humphrey Institute website