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Downballot: Coleman's 180

 

Published 1/29/2009 by Mark Murray at First Read

MINNESOTA: The Minneapolis Star Tribune on yesterday’s activity in the Minnesota recount trial: “After he lost the unofficial lead in Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount, Republican Norm Coleman called for an exhaustive review of rejected absentee ballots to see whether they should be counted. But a state elections official testified Wednesday that Coleman pursued a different strategy when he was leading. Deputy Secretary of State Jim Gelbmann said that in December the Coleman camp wouldn't accept 1,346...( read more ) (link)

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