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In Minnesota, End of the Beginning Starts Today
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UPDATE (9:48 AM): The state will now begin counting the ballots; see The Uptake for live video coverage. The Supreme Court has not yet ruled on Coleman's petition, nor was the recount team in St. Paul willing to delay the counting until it heard from the Court. ____ At 9 AM local time, Minnesota officials will begin counting more than 900 absentee ballots mutually agreed upon by the campaigns to have been wrongfully rejected -- unless they don't. If it proceeds unimpeded, the counting of absentee ballots is likely to bolster Franken's lead, as proportionately more rejected absentees were identified in counties won by Franken. If we ...
Franken Winning Vast Majority of Wrongly Rejected Absentee Ballots
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Norm Coleman's lawyer's tried to stop the counting of hundreds of wrongly rejected absentee ballots and now we know they had good reason: those ballots are breaking for Al Franken who is winning nearly 60 percent of them. With another 15 percent going to "other" that doesn't leave many for Coleman. The Uptake has a live feed where the votes are now being counted and you can also check their live updated spreadsheet here. But as of right now: Franken: 270 Coleman: 160 Other/No vote: 79 So to win, Coleman must get a court to throw out these newly counted ballots and then trim another 50 votes off Franken's total somehow. Good luck with ...
