twincities.com - 11/13/2008
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Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman's campaign Saturday asked a Ramsey County judge to stop the counting of 32 Minneapolis absentee ballots that were, according to the Coleman campaign, in a city election official's car Friday night. Ramsey County Chief Judge Kathleen Gearin rejected the Coleman ...
online.wsj.com - 11/12/2008
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online.wsj.com —
You'd think Democrats would be content with last
week's electoral rout. But judging from the odd doings...
in Minnesota, some in their party wouldn't mind adding to their jackpot by stealing a Senate seat for left-wing joker Al Franken. When Minnesotans ...
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Mischief in Minnesota?
dailykos.com - 11/13/2008
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dailykos.com —
In Alaska we have 90,000 ballots waiting to
be counted (PDF): Absentee : 60,950 Early : 9,507...
Question : 20,178 Total: 90,635 Today, the state will count 42,991 of the absentee ballots and 9.333 of the early votes. They'll be counting these ...
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Alaska and Minnesota updates
politico.com - 11/12/2008
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Coleman, cornered, pounds on the table
Firedoglake —
... Nor will there be, aside from the fevered imaginings of various Republican operatives. Even Norm Coleman's own campaign lawyer, Fritz Knaak, has had to shoot down a cherished Republican smear concerning the handling of thirty-two provisional ballots; he's stated for the record that the handling of those ballots was "neither wrong nor unfair." As Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Nelson reports, i ...
Is Gov. Pawlenty a shameless “election fraud” propagandist?
HorsesAss.Org —
... Knaak never provided a source and did not return two MinnPost calls for comment. However, he was already backing off his story at the same press event. As that day’s Pioneer Press noted, “Knaak said he feels assured that what was going on with the 32 ballots was neither wrong nor unfair.” ...
suggestion to the obama administration
skippy the bush kangaroo —
... knaak never provided a source and did not return two minnpost calls for comment. however, he was already backing off his story at the same press event. as that day’s pioneer press noted, “knaak said he feels assured that what was going on with the 32 ballots was neither wrong nor unfair.” ...
Eric Hananoki: Coleman's Recount Shenanigans
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... , told reporters, 'We were actually told ballots had been riding around in her car for several days, which raised all kinds of integrity questions.' Knaak never provided a source and did not return two MinnPost calls for comment. However, he was already backing off his story at the same press event. As that day's Pioneer Press noted, 'Knaak said he feels assured that what was going on with the 32 ballots was neither wrong nor unfair.'" ...
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Coleman campaign requests halt of absentee ballot count
twincities.com 11/8/2008 — Republican Sen. Norm Coleman sought an injunction to stop the opening and counting of 32 absentee ballots in Minneapolis, according to a copy of the court documents filed today provided to the Pioneer Press by Democrat Al Franken's campaign. The race ...
The Good News for Coleman...
fivethirtyeight.com 1/7/2009 — ...is that the Minnesota Supreme Court's order (.pdf) today didn't make any judgment whatsoever about the merits of Coleman's case on absentee ballots. It merely said that the time to resolve these things is during an election contest, not during the ...
Your One-Stop Guide to the Norm Coleman Scandal-Thon
blogs.tnr.com 10/31/2008 — Lawsuits! Shady associates! Dirty money! It's very hard
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the Norm Coleman-Al Franken showdown in Minnesota, so here's a little
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Stepping Back, Norm Coleman-Style
dailykos.com 11/14/2008 — First, a reminder of what Norm Coleman was saying the day after the election, when he was leading by 725 votes: "Yesterday the voters spoke. We prevailed," Coleman said Wednesday at a news conference. He noted Franken could opt to waive the ...
Coleman wants to open thousands of absentee ballots
thehill.com 1/19/2009 — Republican Norm Coleman’s lawyers on Monday called for the counting of thousands more absentee ballots in their quest to reverse Democrat Al Franken’s 225-vote lead in Minnesota’s Senate race. Coleman has filed an election challenge following a ...
Absentee Ballots Unlikely to Save Coleman
fivethirtyeight.com 2/4/2009 — The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled today that approximately 4,800 absentee ballots considered by the Coleman campaign to have been potentially wrongly rejected should be reviewed by the state. The Franken campaign, meanwhile, has its own list of ...
Key Player Not Denying Allegations Against Coleman
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/2/2008 — In the last few days, Norm Coleman, who's in a desperate fight to hold onto his U.S.
Senate in Minnesota, has had to answer questions about appearing in a suit filed against one of his supporters, a politically connected multimillionaire named ...
Coleman Lawyers Up
powerlineblog.com 11/28/2008 — With the Thanksgiving holiday, there hasn't been much news in the Senate recount contest between Norm Coleman and Al Franken. The Minneapolis Star Tribune shows Coleman with a 282-vote lead, with 88 percent of ballots recounted. It seems clear at ...
Coleman speaks!
politico.com 12/23/2008 — Blog: For the first time since the Minnesota Senate recount began, Sen. Norm Coleman briefly talked to a Minneapolis TV station about the recount
Taking Stock Of The Coleman-Kazeminy Charges
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/14/2008 — As Norm Coleman gets set for a recount in his bid to hold onto his Minnesota Senate seat, it's worth considering where things stand on the allegations that surfaced in the waning days of the campaign about Coleman's relationship with his friend and ...
Schumer: 60 'possible but unlikely' —
First Read 11/13/2008
From NBC's Abby LivingstonIn his mission to crush a GOP filibuster, DSCC Chairman Chuck Schumer feels the chance of 60 Democratic senators this cycle is “possible, but unlikely.”
Briefing reporters this afternoon, the New York senator gave the ...
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