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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/3/2009
Franken Lawyer: Coleman Complains About Rejected Ballots -- After He Threw Out Votes
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Franken lawyer Kevin Hamilton has been laying out a very biting case against Norm Coleman in today's proceedings: That Coleman is now complaining about absentee voters being wrongly rejected, but his own campaign has personally taken part in throwing out ballots unfairly. Hamilton had Ramsey ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/2/2009
Is Coleman Aiming for a Do-Over Election?
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — The Coleman team appears to be laying out a continued strategy of casting doubt on the legitimacy... of the Minnesota election result by pointing to a fundamental underlying idea of this dispute: The margin of error is simply too big in a race this ... (more) Is Coleman Aiming for a Do-Over Election?

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fivethirtyeight.com - 2/4/2009
Absentee Ballots Unlikely to Save Coleman
— fivethirtyeight.com — 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 ... (more) Absentee Ballots Unlikely to Save Coleman

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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/30/2009
After Rough Week, Coleman Camp Straightening Up In Legal Fight
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — Today's courtroom proceedings in the Minnesota election trial ended a little while ago, and looking back on... the day something is becoming clear: After a week of one comedic misstep after another, the Coleman legal team seems to have finally gotten ... (more) After Rough Week, Coleman Camp Straightening Up In Legal ...

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The BRAD BLOG:  'Can We Get a Do-Over? Or Help From the Supremes?': Week 2 Begins at the U.S. Senate Election Contest in MN

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'Can We Get a Do-Over? Or Help From the Supremes?': Week 2 Begins at the U.S. Senate Election Contest in MN
The BRAD BLOG — ... Even though there were strict standards across the entire state of MN, to determine which absentee ballots should and shouldn't be counted (unlike FL 2000), Coleman has been building a case to suggest the application of those standards wasn't applied equally everywhere. Therefore, they are maintaining, all rejected absentee ballots should now be counted. Or at least the 11,000 or so that Coleman would like to see added to the total, many of which he had previously argued against counting back during the hand-count when he thought he was winning. ...

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Election Official Confirms Proper Rejection Of Coleman Witnesses' Ballots
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/3/2009 — While questioning Ramsey County (St. Paul) elections director Joe Mansky, Franken lawyer Kevin Hamilton just got a confirmation that a friendly Coleman witnesses who said his ballot was improperly rejected was in fact tossed out properly -- and he ...
Coleman Wants To Count Votes Previously Thrown Out -- By Himself
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/6/2009 — In the Minnesota election court this afternoon, Franken lawyer Kevin Hamilton continued to demonstrate how the Coleman campaign is now working to get ballots put into the count, that they previously insisted were not legal votes. Hamilton reviewed ...
Franken Lawyer Undermines Coleman's Claims Of Double-Counting — TPM Election Central
Al Franken's legal team been cross-examining Ramsey County (St. Paul) elections director Joe Mansky, making up some solid ground after Coleman's lawyers scored some points this past Friday. Franken attorney Kevin Hamilton went over Mansky's opinion on Friday, affirming the likelihood of ...