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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/12/2008

Franken Gets Big Win At Canvass Board

— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — 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 rejected because of clerical errors -- and the current estimate ... (more) Franken Gets Big Win At Canvass Board

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powerlineblog.com - 12/16/2008

Minnesota's recount goes south

— powerlineblog.com — 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 ... (more) Minnesota's recount goes south

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fivethirtyeight.com - 12/12/2008

Minnesota Canvassing Board Sides with Franken on Two Key Issues, Sending Coleman to Court

— fivethirtyeight.com — Al Franken may be the favorite to win Minnesota's recount after all. The state's five-person Canvassing Board today issued two key rulings, both of which represent significant boosts to Franken. In the first ruling, issued at about 10 AM local time, ... (more) Minnesota Canvassing Board Sides with Franken on Two Key ...

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Franken Vote Total Solidified
Open Left - Front Page — Those 133 votes that went missing in Minnesota are important to Al Franken's case for the Senate seat.  And there's good news. 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 a net 46 votes. Good enough, smart enough....

MN-Sen: Good Day for Franken
Swing State Project — Al Franken just scored a couple of big wins today at a meeting of the state canvassing board. First, there's this: 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 a net 46 votes. Followed up by this: The state canvassing board just voted unanimously that absentee ballots that were initially rejected because of clerical errors -- ...

Minnesota Canvassing Board Sides with Franken on Two Key Issues, Sending Coleman to Court
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — ... The state's five-person Canvassing Board today issued two key rulings, both of which represent significant boosts to Franken. In the first ruling, issued at about 10 AM local time, the Canvassing Board determined that ...

Big, Good News for Al Franken in the MN Senate Race Today
The BRAD BLOG — ... The other major decision made by the canvassing board today is that 133 ballots from a Minneapolis precinct that were counted on Election Night, but have since been misplaced, will be included in the final totals "by going back to the recorded Election Night vote totals for this precinct, sparing Al the loss of a net 46 votes." ...