More twists and turns in the excrutiating recount of the vote in the race between Dem Joe Courtney and GOP Rep. Rob Simmons. From the Hartford Courant:

The roller coaster recount in the 2nd Congressional District took a sharp turn Monday afternoon when officials in one small eastern Connecticut town discovered an error that had given Democrat Joe Courtney 100 extra votes.

By nightfall, though, Courtney had gained back 40 of those votes due to the discovery of another error in another small town that had inflated the vote totals of his opponent, Republican incumbent Rob Simmons.

Later the same evening, a computation error in yet a third town gave Republicans an additional 31 votes, according to the state party chairman.

The latest: Courtney's lead now stands at 82 votes; a final decision (mercifully) is expected late tonight, when every community will have completed its recount.