thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 12/12/2008
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The state canvassing board will decide whether to count ballots that may have been improperly rejected -- a move that could be crucial to the outcome of the close Senate race between Norm Coleman and Al Franken.
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/12/2008
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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 ...
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Franken Gets Big Win At Canvass Board
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/12/2008
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com —
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 ...
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In Boost To Franken, Minnesota Restores Missing Ballots ...
twincities.com - 12/11/2008
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twincities.com —
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 ...
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In Senate recount, wrongly rejected votes seem more ...
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Political Animal —
FRIDAY'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP.... Today's installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn't generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers. * It's a big day for the unresolved Senate race in Minnesota, with the state canvassing board meeting to determine whether to count improperly rejected absentee ballots. The preliminary decisions appear to favor Franken. More on this soon. * It looks like Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D) ...
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From NBC's Mark MurrayIn the latest in the Coleman-Franken recount, Minnesota's canvassing board today 1) recommended that counties begin counting mistakenly rejected absentee ballots, and 2) voted to count the missing 133 ballots from a Minneapolis ...
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