Your Daily AK, GA and MN Senate race update

Again, via the First Read team:

*** The remaining races: In Alaska, election workers will count approximately 24,000 ballots today, which could give us a clearer picture in a race where challenger Mark Begich (D) currently leads incumbent Sen. Ted Stevens by 1,022 votes. After today, overseas ballots will remain to be counted, and the process, according to the Anchorage Daily News, will last through the week of December 1... In Georgia, early voting began yesterday for the Chambliss-Martin Senate run-off, and there were reports of some lines (the turnout of the youth and black vote in this runoff, by the way, will be the ultimate test of Obama's base; have they become permanently engaged in the overall political process or only engaged in Obama individually?)... And in Minnesota, the five-member state canvassing board meets today to officially certify the original results in the Coleman-Franken race, with the manual recount beginning tomorrow. 
 
Countdown to Georgia Senate run-off: 14 days
Countdown to Electoral Vote Count: 51 days
Countdown to Inauguration Day 2009: 63 days

The AFL-CIO is also making news with their game-plan for GA (via Hotline On Call with a h/t to Jonathan Martin):

A union spokesman argues that In a low-turnout election, the union vote looms large. There are about 325K union voters in GA.

The AFL-CIO's GA game plan:

-- Deliver 550,000 worksite flyers
-- Make 600,000 phone calls
-- Send 610,000 pieces union mail
-- Knock on 225,000 doors

This should really help Jim Martin.

How long again to Inauguration Day, 2009? 63 days!