Published 1/5/2009
by rsinderbrand
at CNN Political Ticker
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) – In a move that leaves a post-election legal challenge the last remaining hope for Republican Sen. Norm Coleman, Minnesota's high court has denied his campaign's request to consider about 650 additional rejected absentee ballots his attorneys claimed should have been included in the count of mistakenly rejected ballots that were tallied [...]
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