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startribune.com - 11/25/2008
Run-up in ballot challenges cloud Coleman-Franken recount
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Featured comment Close comment The righty posts here are just plain nuts. They have melted down completely. To change the subject back to the article, Coleman is challenging ballots in order to maintain his "lead" read more in the recount. Franken is challenging ballots in order to roughly match ...
fivethirtyeight.com - 11/23/2008
Projection: Franken to Win Recount by 27 Votes
— fivethirtyeight.com — 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 ... (more) Projection: Franken to Win Recount by 27 Votes

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Franken/Coleman Minnesota Senate recount news
startribune.com - 11/24/2008
Franken/Coleman Minnesota Senate recount news
— startribune.com — Blog: The Big Question Here’s one way to send a protest with your ballot This Anoka County... voter was clearly ready for the end of campaign season. This ballot has an almost poetic quality. In case you have trouble reading it, the poem goes like this, ... (more) Franken/Coleman Minnesota Senate recount news

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fivethirtyeight.com - 11/26/2008
Minnesota Canvassing Board Punts on Rejected Absentee Ballots
— fivethirtyeight.com — Minnesota's Canvassing Board today unanimously rejected a request by the Al Franken campaign to mandate that absentee... ballots initially rejected as invalid be reconsidered, essentially declaring that it does not have jurisdiction to do so. However, ... (more) Minnesota Canvassing Board Punts on Rejected Absentee ...

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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:  Ballot Challenges Soar in Minnesota

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Ballot Challenges Soar in Minnesota
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — "The number of ballot challenges in the U.S. Senate recount surged again on Monday, passing 3,000 overall and clouding the question of who's picking up ground in the hotly contested race," the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. ...

The Early Word: Obama Tackles the Budget
The Caucus — ... on the Senate run-off election in Georgia between the Republican, Saxby Chambliss, and his Democratic challenger, Jim Martin. He reports that in the race, “only one thing matters anymore—turning out the party faithful.” And the Minneapolis Star Tribune has the latest vote count in the Coleman-Franken recount in Minnesota. Senator Norm Coleman has maintained a slim margin over Al Franken as the recount continues.

'Daily Voting News' For November 25, 2008
The BRAD BLOG — ... MN: Franken losing ground to Coleman on DFL turf - Minneapolis http://www.twincities.co...6069?source=most_emailed MN: MN U.S. Senate Hand-Count: A Vote for McCain Must be a Vote for Coleman, Says Coleman Camp http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6694 MN: Run-up in ballot challenges cloud Coleman-Franken recount With 3,000-plus votes disputed, it's hard to know who is really gaining. http://www.startribune.c...Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUs MN: Opinion - Nick Coleman: ...

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