Lake County, the Hoosier county many networks are waiting for before making a call, could still be hours away from being fully counted. NWI reports:
The unprecedented amount of absentee and early-voting ballots is slowing the vote count at Lake County election headquarters and keeping Americans waiting for Indiana primary results.
As of 8:40 p.m. CDT, about half of 11,370 absentee and early voting ballots had been counted, said Michelle Fajman, the county’s elections supervisor. By contrast, in the 2000 presidential primary, 2,822 early and absentee votes were cast in Lake County. In the 2004 primary, 4,053 early and absentee votes were cast.
“This has far and away surpassed any primary we’ve ever had. We don’t see these kinds of numbers until a general election,” Fajman said.Under normal conditions, by 9 p.m. all absentee and early votes are usually counted, allowing workers to focus solely on the votes cast during the day by machine. Because of the volume of this election, additional counters had to be brought in, and the counting time will still be twice that of any prior election in Lake County.
Clinton won’t hold off on her speech. She will quote Obama, who already seemed to concede the state.


by Stephan Tawney on May 6, 2008