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skippy the bush kangaroo —
... dfler al franken held an unofficial lead of 225 votes over coleman, according to a newspaper tally of the officials' count of the absentee ballots. franken had led unofficially by 49 votes going into the day and gained a net 176 votes from the new ballots. - mn startribune ...
All’s Well That Ends
Vodkapundit —
The recounts is over, Al Franken is up by 225 — but Minnesota still doesn’t have a Senator-elect : At least two things, however, still stand in the way of Franken becoming Minnesota’s newest U.S. senator: the possibility of a ruling by the Minnesota Supreme Court that more wrongly rejected absentee ballots should be counted, and a legal contest that Coleman attorneys all but promised should Franken prevail. Can’t they just agree to flip a coin and get it over with? Tagged as: ...
Franken-Coleman Recount Update: The Silence of the Knaak
Firedoglake —
... There's not much time for that -- the Franken win is set to be certified tomorrow, and even though the Minnesota Supreme Court has yet to rule on Coleman's most recent legal motion, an effort to add into the count about 400 rejected ballots from heavily-Republican areas of Hennepin County, Coleman's past track record with the Supremes has been pretty poor. ...
U.S. Senator-elect Al Franken roundup
Daily Kos —
The headlines tell the most important story: today, it becomes official -- Al Franken has won, and is your U.S. Senator-elect from the great state of Minnesota. Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Senate race certification set for Monday with Franken up 225 votes CNN: Panel to declare Franken winner of Senate race Washington Post: Franken to be declared Senate victor in Minnesota The only option Norm Coleman has left is a legal battle that analysts agree is doomed: On ...
Minn. Supreme Court Denies Coleman petition
The Moderate Voice —
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
The Minnesota Supreme Court today rejected a bid by Republican Norm Coleman to have hundreds of rejected absentee ballots considered in the U.S. Senate recount, apparently clearing the way for a state board to certify election results showing Democrat Al Franken on top — and also opening the door to a post-recount lawsuit that the Coleman campaign said “is now inevitable.”
The state Canvassing Board is scheduled to meet this afternoon to review recount results. Heading into the meeting, Franken holds an unofficial 225-vote lead.
The morning headlines tell the story:
Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Senate race ...
Franken Declared 'Winner', But Final Certification Will Likely (and Appropriately) be Delayed
The BRAD BLOG —
The state canvassing board in Minnesota has now certified Al Franken (D) as the winner over incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman (R) in the race for the U.S. Senate. Barring a successful legal challenge by Coleman, Franken will have won the seat by an astoundingly close 225 votes, out of some 2.9 million cast.
But there's still a chance, albeit a slim one, for Coleman to reverse his fate. A very good provision in MN's law --- not found in most other states --- may delay Franken's seating, meaning he will not be sworn in with rest of Congress at the beginning of the new session slated to start tomorrow. Ultimately, however, the provisions should ensure that whoever is eventually sworn in to ...
