tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/5/2008
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So what exactly happens if that missing envelope from Minneapolis, which is believed to contain 133 votes that heavily favored Al Franken, is simply never found? Could the recount just be certified without it?
A state official just confirmed to Election Central that the state does have an ...
twincities.com - 12/3/2008
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twincities.com —
What Maplewood giveth, Minneapolis taketh away. Elections officials
in Minnesota's largest city today discovered that one precinct...
came up 133 ballots short of election day totals, resulting in a net loss for Democratic challenger Al Franken of 36 ...
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Minneapolis discovery costs Franken 36 votes
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/5/2008
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com —
Four votes. That's how many votes the Franken
campaign just said they're leading Norm Coleman by, with...
the hand recount now officially finished. In other words, with every single precinct in Minnesota now done counting (except for the one where ...
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Franken Camp's Claim: The Hand Count Is Over -- And ...
startribune.com - 12/4/2008
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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 ...
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Franken's campaign protests 133 mystery ballots from ...
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Franken Scores: More Ballots Found In Democratic Stronghold
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... UPDATE: Talking Points Memo quotes a local election official saying that, if the state can't find the 133 ballots that are missing in Minneapolis, they may simply include the Eleciton Night total for the precinct in place of a recount total. This would be a big victory for Franken as well, as he would "avoid losing a net 46 votes if [the ballots] were disregarded." ...
Franken Scores: More Ballots Found In Democratic Stronghold
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... UPDATE: Talking Points Memo quotes a local election official saying that, if the state can't find the 133 ballots that are missing in Minneapolis, they may simply include the Eleciton Night total for the precinct in place of a recount total. This would be a big victory for Franken as well, as he would "avoid losing a net 46 votes if [the ballots] were disregarded." ...
MN-Sen: Recount finished! (Kind of)
Daily Kos —
... . That number does not include the 133 missing ballots from a Minneapolis precinct that have likely cost Franken about 36 votes. A state election official has said that if the ballots aren't found, they would probably stick with the election night numbers, giving Franken a bit more of a cushion. One can't assume that every single one of those ballot challenges will fail. ...
Minnesota Recount Update
Weekly Standard Blog —
... --are not counted, Franken would be dealt a net loss of 46 votes and thus, by his own campaign's estimation, trail Coleman. However, it's possible that even if these ballots aren't found the canvassing board could choose to accept the election night results in that precinct and include the ballots. The Coleman campaign's lead lawyer says he's looking into the legality of counting ballots that cannot physically be produced.* ...
Minnesota May Heading Toward Resolution -- In Court
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... . As the votes in this precinct heavily favored Franken on November 4th, they would have a deleterious effect on Franken's total if not counted, harming him by a net of 46 votes. Minneapolis, however, is still looking for these ballots. In addition, even if the ballots are not found, the state could make a decision to accept the original results from this precinct -- or Franken could sue to try and motivate that result. ...
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corner.nationalreview.com 12/4/2008 — Yesterday the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza updated the Minnesota Senate recount under heading "Counting Chaos!" Yet the text of his update mostly belied the heading (and the exclamation mark).
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Al Franken: The Vote Count is Meaningless
redstate.com 11/20/2008 —
Al Franken's team seems awfully dismissive of the vote that
appears to have resulted in the re-election of Norm Coleman to the
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truthdig.com 12/19/2008 — BradBlog has the latest from the endless recount battle in Minnesota, where Al Franken has apparently pulled into a two-vote lead. Results are day-to-day, but the Star Tribune is predicting Franken will win out by fewer than 100 votes.
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Senator Franken, At Last?
truthdig.com 1/5/2009 — After recounting 2.4 million ballots, Minnesota officials are expected to name Al Franken the state’s next senator, winning by a mere 225 votes. Franken’s rival, Sen. Norm Coleman, will likely fight the decision in the state supreme ...
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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 Wants 'Forensic Search' for Ballots
briefingroom.thehill.com 12/4/2008 — Democrat Al Franken's campaign called Thursday for Minnesota officials to engage in a "systematic, forensic search" for 133 ballots missing in a Minneapolis precinct favoring the Democrat, while maintaining they have a ten vote lead they expect to ...
Minn. Senate recount nears end: Coleman leads —
Reuters: Politics 12/5/2008
MINNEAPOLIS (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 ...
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