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Missing ballots stall Minnesota Senate recount
Missing ballots stall Minnesota Senate recount
Republican Sen. Norm Coleman, left, has a slim lead over Democrat Al Franken in Minnesota's Senate race.
Search for missing ballots called off
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 ... (more) Search for missing ballots called off
Minnesota Senate recount: Take the Franken-Coleman Ballot Challenge | StarTribune.com
senaterecount.startribune.com — About this project These are some of the real ballots that have been challenged in the U.S.... Senate race. Evaluate each one based on the voter's intent. As you vote, the results change to reflect your decisions projected as if you had voted on every ... (more) Minnesota Senate recount: Take the Franken-Coleman ...
Minneapolis Gives Up On "Missing" Ballots
powerlineblog.com — 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 ... (more) Minneapolis Gives Up On "Missing" Ballots
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QandO — ... the MSNBC host is actively exploring a run in his native Pennsylvania, he has created a thorny dilemma for his network. The article discusses the network’s dilemma, of course, but for pure entertainment’s sake and a large dose of schadenfreude, I would love to see Matthews on the receiving end for a while, not to mention watching him explain all the YouTube clips of past utterances which may, to say the least, end up being embarrassing. In Minnesota, the unseemly circus continues: A missing envelope containing about 130 ...

Coleman-Franken—Update
The Moderate Voice — http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/04/minnesota.recount/ In the never-ending battle between Norm Coleman and Al Franken (see “It’s Coleman! No, It’s Franken. No, Wait…”), it’s now about 130 ballots from Minneapolis that have gone missing. According to last night’s “ Missing ballots stall Minnesota Senate recount,” a missing envelope containing about 130 ballots has now stalled the recount in the Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race. These are the story’s highlights: * About 130 ballots from Minneapolis are missing, city says * Secretary of state says city has until December 16 to find the ballots * Democrat Franken’s campaign: “Simply put, ...

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