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Canvassing Board Liveblog
letfreedomringblog.com - 11/26/2008
Canvassing Board Liveblog
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9:25– The hearing is scheduled to convene at 9:30 CST. The only recount issue scheduled to be dealt with is whether the Board does or doesn’t have the authority to demand that rejected absentee ballots will be included in the recount. Minnesota Election Law clearly states that that ...
Canvassing Board meets today about rejected absentee ballots
startribune.com - 11/26/2008
Canvassing Board meets today about rejected absentee ballots
— startribune.com — Jennifer Simonson, Star Tribune Ramsey County election judge Ann Berres took a moment upon hearing her table would need to count again. (more) Canvassing Board meets today about rejected absentee ballots

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fivethirtyeight.com - 11/26/2008
Minnesota Canvassing Board Punts on Rejected Absentee Ballots
— fivethirtyeight.com — Minnesota's Canvassing Board today unanimously rejected a request by the Al Franken campaign to mandate that absentee ballots initially rejected as invalid be reconsidered, essentially declaring that it does not have jurisdiction to do so. However, ... (more) Minnesota Canvassing Board Punts on Rejected Absentee ...

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foxnews.com - 11/20/2008
Minnesota Recount in the Hands of Diverse Board
— foxnews.com — The Minnesota State Canvassing Board will ultimately decide the winner of the hotly contested Senate race between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken.  (more) Minnesota Recount in the Hands of Diverse Board

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Canvassing Board Liveblogging
California Conservative — ... Ritchie motion that the “Board rejects determining rejected ballots in the recount.” 10:09– They’re now dealing with ballots that accidentally got mixed into the wrong piles of ballots. Technorati Tags: Recount, Absentee Ballots, Mark Ritchie, Eric Magnuson, G. Barry Anderson, Kathleen Gearin, Canvassing Board, Election Law Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

Lengthening the game #mnrecount
SCSUScholars — Gary Gross, in his canvassing board liveblog says the Minnesota State Canvassing Board has voted to not consider rejected absentee ballots. This was to be expected of course; Gary notes Chief Supreme Court Justice Eric Magnuson saying the board is not an adjudicative body. This was merely a prelude to the court case in which the Franken campaign will seek to get more ballots counted. ...

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