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MPR: More uncounted ballots found in Minneapolis
minnesota.publicradio.org - 12/5/2008
MPR: More uncounted ballots found in Minneapolis
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Minneapolis — Minneapolis election officials are still searching for 133 ballots that city officials believe to be missing, as they finish the recount in the U.S. Senate race. During their search this morning in a Minneapolis warehouse, they found a thin plastic bag that could contain ...
startribune.com - 12/8/2008
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

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startribune.com - 12/4/2008
Franken's campaign protests 133 mystery ballots from Minneapolis
— startribune.com — An uproar Wednesday over 133 mystery ballots that may or may not have disappeared in Minneapolis became... the newest controversy to roil the U.S. Senate recount. At issue was a discrepancy between Election Day and recount totals in one of the city's ... (more) Franken's campaign protests 133 mystery ballots from ...

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powerlineblog.com - 12/9/2008
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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Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Franken Scores: More Ballots Found In Democratic Stronghold

The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:  Franken Scores: More Ballots Found In Democratic Stronghold

Daily Kos:  MN-Sen: Recount finished! (Kind of)

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Franken Scores: More Ballots Found In Democratic Stronghold
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Days after it was reported that 133 ballots were missing in the Minneapolis portion of the Minnesota Senate recount, local officials in the city said they had discovered found a misplaced stack of ballots. Democratic sources in the state, meanwhile, say that this group of votes were not counted on the day of the election, meaning they will have a larger affect on the outcome of the recount. ...

Franken Scores: More Ballots Found In Democratic Stronghold
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... Days after it was reported that 133 ballots were missing in the Minneapolis portion of the Minnesota Senate recount, local officials in the city said they had discovered found a misplaced stack of ballots. Democratic sources in the state, meanwhile, say that this group of votes were not counted on the day of the election, meaning they will have a larger affect on the outcome of the recount. ...

MN-Sen: Recount finished! (Kind of)
Daily Kos — ... , but that doesn't include challenged ballots, which number about 5,400, pending negotiations between the campaigns to reduce the number of challenged ballots. While the official state results site hasn't been updated yet, Minnesota Public Radio is reporting that the official margin will be down to a 192-vote Coleman lead, which would be down slightly from the 215-vote Coleman victory after the first count. Why the discrepancies? Beats me. ...

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MPR: Challenged ballots: You be the judge
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Minneapolis Gives Up On Finding The Missing Ballots
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/8/2008 — Minneapolis has now called off the search for that missing envelope that's believed to contain 133 ballots favoring Al Franken, throwing yet another legal curveball into this never-ending recount. The ballots were originally counted on Election ...
Franken's campaign protests 133 mystery ballots from Minneapolis
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Missing Ballots in Minneapolis?
fivethirtyeight.com 12/4/2008 — The latest drama in the Minnesota recount is taking place in the 1st Precinct of the 3rd Ward of the city of Minneapolis, where officials identified 133 fewer ballots in their re-count today than had been recorded on election day. As this particular ...
Minneapolis election director speaks: 'Ballots in my car' story false
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Automakers Take Plea for Bailout to House Committee — Wash Post In Congress 12/5/2008
The chief executives of General Motors, Chrysler and Ford will take their plea for a rescue package to the House of Representatives today, appearing with the president of the United Auto Workers before a key Congressional committee a day after failing ...
Minn. Senate recount nears end: Coleman leads (Reuters) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/5/2008
Reuters - A recount in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken lurched toward an inconclusive end on Friday with Coleman leading by 251 votes out of more than 2.4 million ballots cast.
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Bobby Scott receives bloody letter — POLITICO.com: Congress 12/5/2008
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Automakers Take Plea for Bailout to House Committee — Wash Post In Congress 12/5/2008
U.S. auto executives seeking billions of dollars in federal aid ran into further skepticism -- and fresh proposals -- on Capitol Hill today, as members of a House committee considered the automakers' plans for surviving the nation's economic crisis ...