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minnesota.publicradio.org - 12/8/2008
Minneapolis calls off search for ballots
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The search is over for 133 missing ballots in Minneapolis. A spokesman says city officials are giving up their search after failing to find the ballots in a warehouse where Minneapolis keeps its voting machines. In a statement, the spokesman...
startribune.com - 12/8/2008
Search for missing ballots called off
— startribune.com — The missing 133 ballots in a Minneapolis precinct are going to stay missing - at least for... now. City spokesman Matt Laible said today that officials had suspended the search for the ballots that began after they turned up missing in the waning ... (more) Search for missing ballots called off

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MPR: More uncounted ballots found in Minneapolis
minnesota.publicradio.org - 12/5/2008
MPR: More uncounted ballots found in Minneapolis
— minnesota.publicradio.org — Minneapolis — Minneapolis election officials are still searching for 133 ballots that city officials believe to be... missing, as they finish the recount in the U.S. Senate race. During their search this morning in a Minneapolis warehouse, they found a ... (more) MPR: More uncounted ballots found in Minneapolis

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powerlineblog.com - 12/9/2008
Minneapolis Gives Up On "Missing" Ballots
— powerlineblog.com — The City of Minneapolis announced tonight that it is giving up its search for the 133 "missing"... ballots from a Dinkytown precinct near the University of Minnesota. Reactions to the announcement were counter-intuitive; the Al Franken campaign took it ... (more) Minneapolis Gives Up On "Missing" Ballots

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Search for Missing Minnesota Ballots Abandoned
News — ... Minneapolis officials have called off the search for 133 ballots that went missing between Election Day and the hand recount, meaning the original, Election Night count will be used in the precinct from which the ballots went missing. "It will be my job at the State Canvassing Board to take their report and make sure that we can fulfill this process," said Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie in a statement . "There are simple solutions to this. It would have been best to have found it but if it cannot be found then there are simple solutions to the problem created when ...

'Daily Voting News' For December 08, 2008
The BRAD BLOG — ... list that discuss this recent discovery in Humboldt Co California.... CA: Humboldt County - 'Humboldt Transparency Project' Reveals Diebold's, U.S. Federal Voting System Failures http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6733 CA: Humboldt County - Diebold Voting Software Lost Ballots in California County http://blog.wired.com/27.../12/unique-election.html MN: Minneapolis calls off search for ballots http://minnesota.publicr...12/minneapolis_cal.shtml OH: ...

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