powerlineblog.com - 12/16/2008
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powerlineblog.com —
Readers who have followed our many posts on
the Minnesota Senate recount, including Scott's just a little
while ago, may recall that Secretary of State Mark Ritchie asked all of Minnesota's 80-plus counties to sort their rejected absentee ...
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The "Fifth Pile": What's It All About?
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 ...
fivethirtyeight.com - 12/12/2008
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fivethirtyeight.com —
Al Franken may be the favorite to win
Minnesota's recount after all. The state's five-person Canvassing Board
today issued two key rulings, both of which represent significant boosts to Franken. In the first ruling, issued at about 10 AM local time, ...
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Minnesota Canvassing Board Sides with Franken on Two Key ...
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