tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/8/2008
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Minneapolis has now called off the search for that missing envelope that's believed to contain 133 ballots favoring Al Franken, throwing yet another legal curveball into this never-ending recount.
The ballots were originally counted on Election Night and placed into a set of envelopes for ...
startribune.com - 12/8/2008
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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 ...
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Search for missing ballots called off
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/5/2008
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So what exactly happens if that missing envelope
from Minneapolis, which is believed to contain 133 votes...
that heavily favored Al Franken, is simply never found? Could the recount just be certified without it? A state official just confirmed to ...
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Official: Lost Ballots Could Be Restored In Final Count, ...
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/5/2008
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Four votes. That's how many votes the Franken
campaign just said they're leading Norm Coleman by, with...
the hand recount now officially finished. In other words, with every single precinct in Minnesota now done counting (except for the one where ...
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Franken Camp's Claim: The Hand Count Is Over -- And ...
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Minnesota Missing Ballots: Search Given Up
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... , because the state is planning to count the original Election Day results from that county. If the ballots are not found and the Election Day results are not used, it would cost Franken a net 46 votes -- which, as TPM reports is, quite possibly enough to flip the race to Norm Coleman. ...
Minnesota Missing Ballots: Search Given Up
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... , because the state is planning to count the original Election Day results from that county. If the ballots are not found and the Election Day results are not used, it would cost Franken a net 46 votes -- which, as TPM reports is, quite possibly enough to flip the race to Norm Coleman. ...
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Search Ends for Ballots in Minnesota —
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The City of Minneapolis has stopped searching for about 130 ballots that may be missing in the recount for a U.S. Senate seat leaving state officials to choose between two sets of tallies. >
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