minnesota.publicradio.org - 12/2/2008
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Democrat Al Franken has gained 37 votes
on Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in the U.S. Senate recount, after Ramsey County found 171 ballots that weren't counted on election night.
startribune.com - 12/2/2008
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/3/2008
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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 ...
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Franken Camp's Claim: We're Now Ahead!
briefingroom.thehill.com - 12/1/2008
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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 ...
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Franken May Ask Senate to Intervene in Minn. Recount
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Minnesota Recount: Another 171 ballots suddenly appear
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... You know what the Minnesota recount really needs? A bunch of uncounted ballots appearing out of thin air . A Maplewood precinct discovered 171 ballots that didn’t get counted on Election Night: Recount officials in Ramsey County found 171 ballots today that weren’t counted on election night. The county’s Elections Manager Joe Mansky says an optical scan vote counting machine broke down in Maplewood during the initial count. It was replaced, but local election judges didn’t run some of the ballots through the new machine. There’s a good news/bad news aspect to this. The bad ...
Breaking: AP projects Chambliss to win Georgia runoff
Sister Toldjah —
... on that, including news on the “discovery” of 171 ballots from one precinct not counted in the original vote totals. Stay tuned. ...
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