Published 1/21/2009
by Domenico Montanaro
at First Read
MINNESOTA: In the Coleman-Franken race, which has now gone on 78 days past election day, an “avalanche of legal filings continued Tuesday,” the Minneapolis Star-Tribune notes. Franken asked a three-judge panel to dismiss Coleman’s lawsuit trying to recount every rejected absentee ballot, and Coleman filed a “subpoena that seeks testimony from a state elections official regarding the campaign's claim that discrepancies in recount figures may have cost the Republican 10 to 15 votes.” The state’s attorney...( read more )
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