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powerlineblog.com - 12/16/2008
Minnesota's recount goes south
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Tomorrow the Canvassing Board presiding over the recount convenes to consider challenged ballots that were excluded because of their disputed status from the recount. At the urging of the Canvassing Board, both the Coleman and Franken campaigns are reducing the number of ballots they have ...
Franken Gets Big Win At Canvass Board
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/12/2008
Franken Gets Big Win At Canvass Board
— 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 ... (more) Franken Gets Big Win At Canvass Board

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Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To Finish Line
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/18/2008
Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To Finish Line
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — Don't look now, but it looks like Al Franken may win the Minnesota Senate race. A series... of developments in the last few days have given the very strong impression that Al is suddenly in a position to prevail -- and a resolution of the fight might ... (more) Franken The Likely Winner As Minnesota Recount Heads To ...

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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/12/2008
In Boost To Franken, Minnesota Restores Missing Ballots To The Count
— 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 ... (more) In Boost To Franken, Minnesota Restores Missing Ballots ...

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The Corner on National Review Online:  Worried in Minnesota

GayPatriot:  Will Al Franken Steal Minnesota?

SCSUScholars:  Coleman Recount

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Worried in Minnesota
The Corner on National Review Online — ... . "Yesterday the Minnesota supreme court accepted the Coleman campaign's petition for a hearing regarding the issues raised by the Board of Canvassers' 'recommendation' that Minnesota's 87 counties sort and count certain the 'fifth pile' absentee ballots. Looking at a series of developments including the board's 'recommendation,' I concluded over the weekend that the recount was going south . "The Minnesota supreme court hearing is set for Wednesday afternoon. The supreme court could have punted and may yet do so, but the hearing holds out the possibility that the ...

Will Al Franken Steal Minnesota?
GayPatriot — ... And many of these “fifth pile” absentee ballots, apparently for Franken, mysteriously appeared in “some strongly Democratic counties such as St. Louis counties,” after election day. ...

Coleman Recount
SCSUScholars — ... not match? In Dakota County, where I observed the entire process, Secretary Ritchie changed the rules multiple times. First, the recount was to count ballots that went through the machine, the duplicates; then originals; then the two party representatives were to agree on which set was to be counted. In addition to the changing rules, it appeared the Franken people knew in advance what was going to happen. Now, this last point could have been because they had better communication or maybe some other reason???? ...

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