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In Senate recount, wrongly rejected votes seem more numerous than first thought
In Senate recount, wrongly rejected votes seem more numerous than first thought
At least 358 Minnesotans did everything right on their absentee ballots — they sent them in on time, signed them where they should have and were properly registered — but their votes were not counted. Those voters live in just 12 of the state's 87 counties and their ranks will undoubtedly grow. ...
Franken Gets Big Win At Canvass Board
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
Voter intent clear on most ballots
twincities.com — Jesus, Bob Dylan and Mickey Mouse will play a big part in determining Minnesota's next senator. So... will voters who scrawled in the same name for every local race. As will people who marked their choices not just with a darkened oval but an X, too — ... (more) Voter intent clear on most ballots
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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Still More Ballots In Minnesota, As Franken Camp Ratchets Up PR Push
TPM Election Central — ... It's looking like there could be even more wrongly-rejected absentee ballots from across the state than anyone had guessed, potentially even 2,000 of them, based on numbers from some key counties. It's the kind of big number that could increase the pressure on the state canvassing board to rule in favor of re-admitting those votes at tomorrow's much-anticipated meeting, rather than kick it to the courts. ...

More Minnesota Absentee Ballots Found; Franken Makes Major Push
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Around the same time that this memo was made public, local reports emerged that put the number of potentially wrongfully rejected absentee ballots at approximately 2,000 -- far greater than the 500 to 1,000 range that has been previously cited. ...

More Minnesota Absentee Ballots Found; Franken Makes Major Push
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... Around the same time that this memo was made public, local reports emerged that put the number of potentially wrongfully rejected absentee ballots at approximately 2,000 -- far greater than the 500 to 1,000 range that has been previously cited. ...

Minnesota recount
The Reality-Based Community — ... Just askin': Is there any actual argument in law or reason for not counting validly cast votes that were rejected in error ? In a race that seems to be within a couple of dozen votes one way or the other, if there are 1,000 or even 2,000 such valid ballots not yet counted, likely to tilt toward Franken because he apparently led in absentee voting overall, then that's likely to be all she wrote. My non-expert impression is that the Coleman campaign is acting in a slightly reality-challenged manner here. The more unreasonable the positions they take - and its hard to get more ...

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Franken Camp Ratchets Up Pressure On Vote-CountersTPM Election Central
The Franken campaign is increasing the pressure in their PR push going into Friday's state canvass board meeting -- a key meeting that could determine whether wrongly-rejected absentee votes are re-admitted, potentially giving the election to Franken. This new Web vid, rolled out moments ago ...