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After the CNN report, the two would-be Senators immediately went on television to plead with Idahoans to ignore the calling of the race, repeating over and over that not a single vote had been counted and it was completely without basis. Both said they would file a complaint the next day, whoever won the race...
Which part of the ballot these voters would end up punching was anybody's guess. The monkey-wrench CNN tossed in last night didn't help matters...
...returns which came in last night from North Idaho showed that CNN's choice did much worse in that part of the state than he did in the others...
...could also mean that North Idahoans got so mad at CNN they decided to go vote out of spite, increasing the turnout. Since Idahoans are often an ornery bunch, this explanation is as likely as the first...
...lastly, it is possible CNN had no effect at all, and people voted the same way they had been planning...