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Big, Good News for Al Franken in the MN Senate Race Today
bradblog.com - 12/13/2008
Big, Good News for Al Franken in the MN Senate Race Today
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We've been on the road for several weeks, and haven't been able to report on the day-to-day details of the hand-count of the razor-thin U.S. Senate race in Minnesota between incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman (R) and challenger Al Franken (D). Happily, the mainstream coverage of the counting has been ...
Franken Gets Big Win At Canvass Board
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/12/2008
Franken Gets Big Win At Canvass Board
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — Al Franken's chances of winning the Minnesota recount may have just gone up astronomically. The state canvassing... board just voted unanimously that absentee ballots that were initially rejected because of clerical errors -- and the current estimate ... (more) Franken Gets Big Win At Canvass Board

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Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To Finish Line
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/18/2008
Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To Finish Line
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — Don't look now, but it looks like Al Franken may win the Minnesota Senate race. A series... of developments in the last few days have given the very strong impression that Al is suddenly in a position to prevail -- and a resolution of the fight might ... (more) Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To ...

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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/12/2008
In Boost To Franken, Minnesota Restores Missing Ballots To The Count
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — Some good news for Al Franken: The state canvasing board just voted unanimously to compensate for the... loss of those 133 missing ballots in Minneapolis by going back to the recorded Election Night vote totals for this precinct, sparing Al the loss of ... (more) In Boost To Franken, Minnesota Restores Missing Ballots ...

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Crooks and Liars — ... : Al Franken's prospects improved significantly yesterday. Norm Coleman is headed to court for a Florida/2000-style attempt to stop ballot counting.  However, getting re-elected may be the least of ...

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Big Break for Franken
talkingpointsmemo.com 12/12/2008 — As I mentioned earlier, the Minnesota state canvassing board is meeting today to make some crucial decisions on the Senate race recount. Already this morning the board has unanimously decided to ask local election boards to count an estimated 1,600 ...
Coleman Seeks Court Order To Stop Vote Count
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/12/2008 — Here's the response from Norm Coleman's campaign to the big news today that the Minnesota state canvassing board sided with Al Franken on re-examining and counting wrongly-rejected absentee ballots: We're taking it to the state Supreme Court . The ...
Minnesota Senate Update — The Moderate Voice
The canvassing board in Minnesota met today and made a few decisions. 1. It looks like they will be including the 133 votes per the count on Election Day so that is +46 for Franken 2. They also recommended that most or all of the rejected absentee ballots be reviewed and/or counted but left ...
Hope Lives... Franken May Steal Election Yet! — Gateway Pundit
The Franken Camp won two key rulings in Minnesota today. Minnesota decided to allow the 133 “missing” votes to count in Franken’s favor, 133 votes they do not even know ever existed. The Politico reported, via Power Line Forum : Play Video Video: President-Elect Obama Cabinet Nominations ...
Franken Gets a Break in Minnesota Recount — WSJ.com: Washington Wire
Brad Haynes reports on the Senate race in Minnesota. In what may be the most important decision of the Minnesota vote recount, the state Canvassing Board has asked county election boards to count all wrongly rejected absentee ballots cast in ...