Published 11/17/2008
by Domenico Montanaro
at First Read
From NBC's Abby LivingstonThere is a new development in the photo finish that is the Minnesota U.S. Senate race.
Today, the Franken campaign filed a brief with the Minnesota State Canvassing Board to learn why some absentee ballots were rejected and to determine if any of those rejections were improper.
The campaign cited various reasons oversights might have occurred with absentee ballots, including human error and various technicalities. Franken spokesman Andy Barr also quoted a...( read more )
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