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thehill.com - 12/2/2008
Franken camp claims margin at 50; new ballots found
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Minnesota Democrat Al Franken’s lead attorney said Tuesday that his count shows the comedian trailing Sen. Norm Coleman by just 50 votes with more than 200,000 left to be counted. Attorney Marc Elias held his press conference in Washington just hours after elections officials found nearly 200 ...

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AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth:  Franken picked up 37 votes from machine with uncounted ballots. This one is far from over.

Ace of Spades HQ:  Eesh: Franken Claims Coleman Lead Down to 50, and That Doesn't Include the Most Recent "Suddenly Discovered Uncounted Ballots"

The Reaction:  Chambliss wins in Georgia, Coleman maintains lead in Minnesota

Franken Camp's Claim: We're Now Ahead!
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/3/2008
Franken Camp's Claim: We're Now Ahead!
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — In a briefing going on right now with reporters, Al Franken's lead recount lawyer Marc Elias made a stunning announcement: According to the campaign's methodology of tracking the recount results, they believe Al Franken now leads Norm Coleman by a ... (more) Franken Camp's Claim: We're Now Ahead!

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briefingroom.thehill.com - 12/1/2008
Franken May Ask Senate to Intervene in Minn. Recount
— briefingroom.thehill.com — Democrat Al Franken's campaign said Monday that as many as 1,000 absentee ballots were improperly disqualified in Minnesota's Senate race, and that it may appeal to courts or the U.S. Senate to order those ballots counted. "Wherever the numbers stand ... (more) Franken May Ask Senate to Intervene in Minn. Recount

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huffingtonpost.com - 12/3/2008
Franken Ahead 22 Votes Now, Campaign Says
— huffingtonpost.com — Aides to Al Franken's senatorial campaign announced on Wednesday that, for the first time since the recount began, they were actually ahead of Sen. Norm Coleman. Speaking on a conference call with reporters, Franken's chief counsel Marc Elias said ... (more) Franken Ahead 22 Votes Now, Campaign Says

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Franken picked up 37 votes from machine with uncounted ballots. This one is far from over.
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — ... 171 uncounted ballots from Maplewood turned up. The ballots apparently had been uncounted because of a ballot-counting-machine malfunction on Election Day. Democrat Al Franken made a net gain of 37 votes from the ballots, as he got 91 of the total, to 54 for Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and 26 for other candidates, including Dean Barkley of the Independence Party. At a press conference earlier today, Franken's lawyer said the margin, by their count, was down to 50 votes: Minnesota Democrat Al Franken’s lead attorney said Tuesday that his count ...

Eesh: Franken Claims Coleman Lead Down to 50, and That Doesn't Include the Most Recent "Suddenly Discovered Uncounted Ballots"
Ace of Spades HQ — Eesh: Franken Claims Coleman Lead Down to 50, and That Doesn't Include the Most Recent "Suddenly Discovered Uncounted Ballots" Don't panic -- he's made statements like this before. Preparing the public, perhaps, for a court challenge or Senate choice of Franken over the true winner. These estimates seem based on what he expects to happen, not actual counted votes. So discount this heavily, unless confirmed by independent sources... which still put Coleman's lead at around 340. Minnesota Democrat Al Franken’s lead attorney said Tuesday that his count shows the comedian ...

Chambliss wins in Georgia, Coleman maintains lead in Minnesota
The Reaction — ... . Still, with 93 percent of votes recounted (and with more than 6,000 ballots challenged), Republican incumbent Norm Coleman leads by 303. (The Franken camp claims Coleman's lead is just 50.) According to Eric Kleefeld at ...

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MN-Sen: Found ballots net Franken 37 new votes — Daily Kos
Fantastic news . It's now official that Al Franken netted 37 votes from those newly-discovered 171 ballots in the St. Paul suburb of Maplewood, a potentially seismic shift that could throw the recount to Franken if these numbers withstand any potential legal challenges. Ramsey County ...
New Ballots Found in Minnesota — Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
In the final day of the Minnesota U.S. Senate race recount, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that 171 uncounted ballots suddenly turned up and "apparently had been uncounted because of a ballot-counting-machine malfunction on Election Day." Al Franken (D) made a net gain of 37 votes from ...
Minnesota: 37 New Votes For Franken Found — Politics Daily
On Ramsey County's last recount day, 171 previously uncounted ballots were discovered , from which Al Franken gained a potentially game-changing 37 net new votes. Like so much of the Minnesota Senate race, the ballots came with their own controversy as well. It appears that the total number of ...
Could Newly Discovered Ballots Throw Recount To Franken? — TPM Election Central
As we noted below , there's been a potentially huge development in the Franken recount: 171 new ballots have been found in the St. Paul suburb of Maplewood, reportedly because a machine breakdown prevented them from being counted the first time but the hand count easily picked them up. So is ...
Uncounted Ballots Found in MN — Talking Points Memo
Nearly 200 ballots that somehow managed not to get counted since Election Day have turned up in a Minnesota precinct that went for Al Franken. More here .