powerlineblog.com - 11/20/2008
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The recount in Minnesota's Coleman-Franken Senate race is underway; today, Franken gained a net 28 votes in Democratic St. Louis County. The gain was attributed to older voting machines that failed to read faint pencil marks. A Republican spokesman said he was relieved that Franken's gain ...
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Coleman, Franken Camps Gear Up for Recount in Minnesota
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 11/19/2008 — The state canvassing board in Minnesota ordered a hand recount of 3 million ballots statewide to begin on Wednesday with just over 200 votes separating the two candidates for the Senate seat.
In Minnesota Recount, Both Candidates are Losers
fivethirtyeight.com 11/20/2008 — And I mean literally. The Minnesota recount has started, with the results being updated in semi-real time on the Star Tribune's webpage . Thus far, with about 4 percent of the ballots recounted, Coleman has lost 30 votes and Franken has lost 39. I'm ...
Minnesota Recount: Barkley vs. Franken vs. Coleman vs. Lizard People
bagnewsnotes.com 11/20/2008 — Why should the so-called experts have all the fun in the Minnesota Senate recount ? Barkley? Franken? Coleman? Lizard People? Or, discard? You make the call:
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Weigh in on the Minnesota Recount
patterico.com 11/21/2008 — Go here and look at some sample ballots that are being challenged in the Franken/Coleman Senate recount. You can vote on whether the ballot should be counted for Franken, Coleman, or nobody.
Minnesota Senate Recount, Update III
powerlineblog.com 11/22/2008 — The Senate recount continues in Minnesota; well over half of all ballots will have been recounted by the end of the day. Challenges are increasing from both campaigns and tempers seem to be fraying, with the campaigns holding dueling press ...
What are the odds of Sen. Franken?
scsuscholars.com 11/18/2008 — In a comment on Janet's post , Ironman points out a statistical study of the King County recount and its effect on the gubernatorial race in Washington, where we saw a recount reverse a previously announced result. Ironman provides a calculator to ...
Franken Makes Gains In First Day Of Recount, But It's Far From Over
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/20/2008 — The first day of the Minnesota recount is behind us, and it's been a good day for Al Franken. GOP Sen. Norm Coleman's lead has been reduced from 215 votes to 174, a decrease of 41 votes, with 18% of precincts recounted.
Franken's biggest gains ...
Franken Camp: We're Doing Even Better Than Reported
huffingtonpost.com 11/20/2008 — Aides to Al Franken told reporters on Thursday afternoon that their chances of winning a recount election against Norm Coleman looked far more positive than even Wednesday evening's optimistic reports suggest.
Speaking to reporters in person and ...
Mr. $oros buys a $enator
redstate.com 11/20/2008 — America-hating radical funneling cash to unfunnyman's recount
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"Left-wing billionaire financier George Soros is using his
financial muscle at a Manhattan fund-raiser tonight to help Al
Franken win a recount in Minnesota's Senate election," ...
Franken Camp: We're Feeling Good About The Recount
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/21/2008 — The Franken team likes their odds. That's the message today from a Franken campaign briefing with reporters, as the Franken team faces the important task of projecting confidence and bolstering the optimism of their own supporters who are working at ...
Projection: Franken to Win Recount by 27 Votes
fivethirtyeight.com 11/23/2008 — As we wrote yesterday evening, the ever-increasing number of challenged ballots in Minnesota is making it more and more difficult to determine the extent to which Al Franken is in fact gaining ground in the state's recount process. An analysis of ...
Franken Camp Warns Of Another Potential Disaster: Missing Ballots
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/25/2008 — Just in case you thought the Minnesota recount couldn't get any messier...
The Franken campaign is now calling attention to yet another wrinkle in the Minnesota recount: Reports from around the state that ballots have been going missing. In many ...
Franken Camp: Margin Now 84 Votes, Ballots Still Missing
huffingtonpost.com 11/26/2008 — The Franken campaign, citing internal numbers, say the recount election deficit that they face against Sen. Norm Coleman is now down to a mere 84 votes.
The results, announced by Franken's chief counsel, Marc Elias, present a mixed bag of sorts ...
Coleman's Lead Shrinks Again
politicalwire.com 11/21/2008 — In Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount, with about 46% of the 2.9 million ballots counted by last night, the gap between Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) and
challenger Al Franken (D) continued to shrink, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Coleman now leads by ...
Amid Epidemic of Challenges, Coleman Appears to Expand Lead
fivethirtyeight.com 11/23/2008 — According to the latest counts provided by the Star Tribune and the Minnesota Secretary of State , Republican Norm Coleman appears to have expanded his narrow lead over Al Franken on Day 4 of the recount process. The Star Tribune now puts Coleman's ...
Minnesota Recount Update —
Politics Daily
I've been watching the Minneapolis Star Tribune special site set up to watch the Minnesota Senate recount battle between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat challenger Al Franken. After starting the recount process with about a 200 vote margin for Coleman and then getting as close as near 100 ...
Minnesota: Recount Favoring Franken? —
Politics Daily
The recount in the Senate race between Norm Coleman and challenger Al Franken continues this week amid continuing controversy. Around 2,000 ballots have been challenged so far, with 68% of the recount complete. Coleman still seems to have a slight margin, although FiveThirtyEight.com, an ...
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Hullabaloo
It's What They Do by digby Or what Karl Rove does anyway. John Emerson reports on the Franken Coleman recount: But Coleman is a Rovian. Even though he hasn't won yet, legally speaking, he's already declared victory three times. He's proposed that Franken waive the "unnecessary" recount. He's ...
Al Franken closing in on Norm Coleman —
Crooks and Liars
Yesterday kicked off the first day of the Minnesota recount and while a whole host of ballots still need to be tabulated, things are looking good for Al Franken. There is still substantial ground to be made up, but a net gain of 43 votes is a pretty good start. Nate has more .
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Cast your own votes on the recount —
Betsy's Page
You can check out these ballots that the Coleman and Franken campaigns are challenging in the recount. It really demonstrates how silly these things have gotten when the Franken campaign challenges a clear vote for Coleman because the voter erased the Franken oval and filled in the Coleman oval. ...
Al Franken Pulls Closer to Norm Coleman in Recount —
Politics Daily
Courtesy of the Minneapolis Star Tribune , here' the latest from Minnesota, where a state-wide recount is underway in the Senate race between incumbent Republican, Norm Coleman , and Democratic challenger, Al Franken : By the end of the day Wednesday, the mandatory statewide ...
MN-Sen: Recount underway —
Daily Kos
The long recount process for Minnesota's Senate race is under way : The recount is being carried out in more than 100 sites. It is required under state law because the votes cast for Coleman and Franken differed by less than 0.5 percent. Coleman's 215-vote lead heading into the recount ...
Minnesota Recount Begins with Coleman Lead —
Politics Daily
Today the official recount begins in the Minnesota Senate race between incumbent Norm Coleman and challenger Al Franken. The recount was triggered by the narrowness of the margin between the two candidates on election night. The margin narrowed significantly, not to mention questionably, over ...
The Coleman - Franken Recount Has Started —
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog
Senator Norm Coleman, R- Minnesota and Democrat contender Al Franken
Flap a little over an hour ago got off the phone with a California-based attorney working for the GOP regarding the Minnesota recount and…..
The recount has started in the Minnesota U.S. Senate race between ...
Franken Suffers Major Setback in Minnesota Recount —
Politics Daily
Today the canvassing board met to decide the fate of previously rejected absentee ballots in the Minnesota Senate race recount. The unanimous decision, which included Democratic Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, was that the 12,000 rejected ballots will not be included in the recount.
The ...
Al Franken Losing Ground in Minnesota Senate Recount —
Politics Daily
Comedian turned liberal gadfly radio host turned Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken is locked in a tight recount battle with incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman. But as the recount is nearing its completion something is happening in Minnesota's biggest Democratic stronghold, ...
MN Recount Results Thus Far —
Nice Deb
Via The MN Sec of State:
Statewide Recount Results for US Senate
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Nov. 4 Ballots Cast for Norm Coleman
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Nov. 4 Ballots Cast for Al Franken
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Minnesota According to Nate —
The Latest on Air America
Everyone's favorite statistician Nate Silver has crunched the numbers on the recount in Minnesota and after a lengthy consideration of the correlations between challenged ballots and proffered benefits to Al Franken, he triumphantly predicts that our guy will win it by 27 votes.
Read the ...
The Coleman Recount - From an Insider's View —
SCSUScholars
Lots of hype that Franken is gaining, Coleman is losing. The left is drooling at the mouth for another socialist Democrat upset. Well, cool your jets - it's not over. I am actively participating in a major county's recount. We have had a few problems but nothing that will cause an "upset." The ...
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