powerlineblog.com - 12/11/2008
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In what may be one of the low points of modern political history, the Al Franken campaign has assembled a tear-jerker of a video, featuring Franken voters whose absentee ballots were allegedly rejected by mistake:
Why is Franken doing this? The Minnesota Canvassing Board will meet on ...
Franken-Coleman Update: Mo’ Ballots, Mo’ Better
campaignsilo.firedoglake.com 12/12/2008 — Big news on the recount front today, all of it very good for Al Franken.
Good News Story #1: Both the Minnesota Independent and The UpTake report that the 133 Minneapolis ballots from the U of M precinct that were machine-counted on November 4 ...
Minnesota Election Panel Considers Absentee Ballot Isssue
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 12/12/2008 — The state canvassing board will decide whether to count ballots that may have been improperly rejected -- a move that could be crucial to the outcome of the close Senate race between Norm Coleman and Al Franken.
In Boost To Franken, Minnesota Restores Missing Ballots To The Count
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/12/2008 — Some good news for Al Franken: The state canvasing board just voted unanimously to compensate for the loss of those 133 missing ballots in Minneapolis by going back to the recorded Election Night vote totals for this precinct, sparing Al the loss of ...
Big, Good News for Al Franken in the MN Senate Race Today
bradblog.com 12/13/2008 — We've been on the road for several weeks, and haven't been able to report on the day-to-day details of the hand-count of the razor-thin U.S. Senate race in Minnesota between incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman (R) and challenger Al Franken (D). Happily, the ...
Minnesota's recount goes south
powerlineblog.com 12/16/2008 — Tomorrow the Canvassing Board presiding over the recount convenes to consider challenged ballots that were excluded because of their disputed status from the recount. At the urging of the Canvassing Board, both the Coleman and Franken campaigns are ...
Hold Your Horses, Minnesota —
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right
The State of Minnesota's Canvassing Board has finished adjudicating challenges brought to the Board by Al Franken. They will begin evaluating challenges brought by Norm Coleman's campaign tomorrow. The Star Tribune has logged 391 challenges made by the Franken campaign. Among these, 225 ballots ...
Franken Still On A Roll With Vote Challenges —
TPM Election Central
Here's the latest on the endless Minnesota recount.
With three quarters of all the ballots the Franken campaign has challenged now reviewed by the canvassing board, which we're watching via live feed , Franken is continuing the run of good math we reported he was getting yesterday.
With ...
Minnesota Board Rules on Disputed Ballots —
Weekly Standard Blog
The Minnesota canvassing board making final rulings on ballots challenged by Al Franken for the second day. You can view a selection of the ballots reviewed yesterday here and read a liveblog here . The Franken campaign has withdrawn most of its frivolous challenges, leaving about 400 ballots ...
Franken Sues County to Force 27 Ballots Counted —
News
Democrat Al Franken has asked a court to enforce a contested state board decision crucial to his hopes of winning his race against incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman (R) in Minnesota.
Franken filed a lawsuit in a Minnesota district court Tuesday seeking to force a county to tally 27 previously ...
Al Franken Day —
Booman Tribune
Today is Al Franken Day because today is the day when the Minnesota state Canvassing Board "is expected to begin at noon the serious business of ruling on ballot disputes that could decide the U.S. Senate race between Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and DFLer Al Franken." If all goes according to ...
The Coleman-Franken Race—One Side’s View —
The Moderate Voice
I have just received this “Current Status Report” from the “Franken Camp” (The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee) on the Coleman-Franken Senatorial race.
I don’t know how objective it is, but at first blush it looks quite comprehensive and interesting.
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MN-Sen Events 26.0 Franken Rises Edition —
Daily Kos
(From the diaries. Anyone would be hard pressed to come up with a better recap of the state of the Minnesota recount -- kos) Yumpin' yimminy, uffda! By the beard of St. Olaf EVERYTHING happened yesterday in the great Minnesota Recount: Canvassing Board, ballots of every species, attorneys, an ...
Coleman-Franken: This Just In —
The Moderate Voice
TPM Election Central is reporting “Al Franken’s chances of winning the Minnesota recount may have just gone up astronomically,” because the state canvassing board just voted unanimously that absentee ballots that were initially rejected because of clerical errors should be ...
Should we be preparing to say "Senator Franken"? —
DownWithTyranny!
From TPMElectionCafe : Franken Gets Big Win At Canvass Board By Eric Kleefeld - December 12, 2008, 11:48AM Al Franken's chances of winning the Minnesota recount may have just gone up astronomically. The state canvassing board just voted unanimously that absentee ballots that were initially ...
Franken Wins....Two Key Rulings —
The Latest on Air America
Today Al Franken’s campaign won two key whcih could help him overcome a tiny deficit against Sen. Norm Coleman in the Minnesota Senate recount. Politico has the details :
The Minnesota Canvassing Board unanimously recommended that all counties include the absentee ballots that ...
Minnesota Senate Update —
The Moderate Voice
The canvassing board in Minnesota met today and made a few decisions.
1. It looks like they will be including the 133 votes per the count on Election Day so that is +46 for Franken
2. They also recommended that most or all of the rejected absentee ballots be reviewed and/or counted but left ...
Hope Lives... Franken May Steal Election Yet! —
Gateway Pundit
The Franken Camp won two key rulings in Minnesota today. Minnesota decided to allow the 133 “missing” votes to count in Franken’s favor, 133 votes they do not even know ever existed. The Politico reported, via Power Line Forum : Play Video Video: President-Elect Obama Cabinet Nominations ...
More Ballots Found in Minnesota —
The Latest on Air America
This morning, Al Franken’s chief counsel, David Lillehaug sent a memorandum to the State Canvassing Board asking that the votes of Minnesotans whose absentee ballots were improperly rejected be counted. The brief explains 62 cases of votes that may be in jeopardy even though the voters ...
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