startribune.com - 12/4/2008
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An uproar Wednesday over 133 mystery ballots that may or may not have disappeared in Minneapolis became the newest controversy to roil the U.S. Senate recount. At issue was a discrepancy between Election Day and recount totals in one of the city's precincts. DFLer Al Franken's campaign lodged a ...
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/3/2008
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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 ...
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Franken Camp's Claim: We're Now Ahead!
twincities.com - 12/3/2008
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twincities.com —
What Maplewood giveth, Minneapolis taketh away. Elections officials
in Minnesota's largest city today discovered that one precinct...
came up 133 ballots short of election day totals, resulting in a net loss for Democratic challenger Al Franken of 36 ...
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Minneapolis discovery costs Franken 36 votes
huffingtonpost.com - 12/3/2008
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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 ...
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Franken Ahead 22 Votes Now, Campaign Says
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Missing Ballots in Minneapolis?
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... To her credit, Reichert now appears to be backing off the double-counting theory. And it looks, frankly, like the ballots have in fact been misplaced. ...
Laugh Riot
Jules Crittenden —
... in Minneapolis. Net Franken loss: 46 votes! Hey, that’s not funny. Frankencamp protests, while Star-Trib’s tally puts Coleman ahead 316 . Still awaiting last laugh. Now that Chambliss has won and the filibuster heat is off, the only potential losers in this race are the people of Minnesota if Franken manages to deliver a punch line. The rest of us get to sit back and enjoy the comedy routine. Topics: ...
No Joke
N/A —
Norm Coleman must be thinking this is a joke. Al Franken is ahead in the Minnesota senate seat recount. Or not.
Finally the lizard people have spoken. One thing is clear. The votes don’t add up.
Democracy is messy
Newshoggers.com —
... Every votes counts, or not, in Minnesota. The ongoing drama in the Franken/Coleman race shows no signs of resolution. Today yet another mysterious batch of ballots surfaced to counter the ...
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