powerlineblog.com - 12/9/2008
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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 calmly, while Norm Coleman's campaign ...
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/12/2008
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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 ...
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Franken Gets Big Win At Canvass Board
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, ...
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... writes at Eschaton, sarcastically praising Zell's "innovation." And the decision by Minnesota's canvassing board to stop searching for 133 missing ballots has bloggers speculating at what Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) and Democrat Al Franken will ultimately do about it. Franken could push for the ballots to be counted according to their Nov. 4 tallies, Power Line's John Hinderaker suggests, while MyDD's ...
'Daily Voting News' For December 09, 2008
The BRAD BLOG —
... with Voting Software http://blog.wired.com/27.../12/unique-transpar.html
CA: Humboldt County - Four-year-old Diebold glitch silently drops votes http://www.theregister.c...diebold_software_glitch/
FL: Broward County - VIDEO: Outrageous Arrest of FL Election Integrity Advocate, Candidate Caught on Tape http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6735
MN: Minneapolis Gives Up On "Missing" Ballots http://www.powerlineblog...hives/2008/12/022254.php
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Why we keep questioning the recount
SCSUScholars —
... Hennepin County has drawn the most attention. The recount added 171 to Franken and 21 to Coleman in a county where Franken had 58%. That's almost impossible to believe. This is also where we have the famous 133 Dinkytown ballots. ...
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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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