firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 3/5/2009
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MINNESOTA: “Norm Coleman said Tuesday that the three judges hearing the U.S. Senate recount trial will have to ponder whether they'll be able to decide who won the election,” the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. “Coleman … questioned whether the panel will be able to certify him or DFLer Al Franken as the candidate with more legitimate votes. ‘I think the court is going to have to reflect on that,’ Coleman said during a break in the trial, which is in its sixth week as he challenges ...
rasmussenreports.com - 3/5/2009
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rasmussenreports.com —
Forty-seven percent (47%) of Minnesota voters now believe
Democrat Al Franken has been elected to the U.S.
Senate in a race so close that it’s been working its way through the state’s court system for the last four months. Thirty-five percent (35%) ...
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Minnesota Voters See Franken As Winner, Closely Divided ...
minnpost.com - 3/7/2009
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minnpost.com —
In rejecting Al Franken's request for an election
certificate, the Minnesota Supreme Court may have also thrown
him a bone. Specifically, the justices, writing unanimously, apparently tipped their hand on on how they will rule on the question of ...
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Franken may have won by losing at MN Supreme Court
minnpost.com - 3/3/2009
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minnpost.com —
The short answer is it s very unlikely
that Al Franken and Norm Coleman will go back
to the beginning and face each other for the votes of Minnesotans. And yet, that slight possibility may be Norm Coleman s best shot. Or, to put it the other way ...
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Is Coleman v. Franken headed for a re-do?
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'Daily Voting News' For March 04, 2009
The BRAD BLOG —
... give instant run-off voting a chance at the polls in Chicago http://www.chicagotribun...3-mar03,0,1441908.column
KY: Bullitt County - Bullitt sets aside excess funds for new voting machines http://www.courier-journ...0090304/ZONE10/903040555
MD: State likely to miss paper-ballot system deadline http://www.baltimoresun....ng4mar04,0,2117036.story
MN: Downballot: Wanting a do-over? http://firstread.msnbc.m.../2009/03/04/1819405.aspx
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