startribune.com - 12/8/2008
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Featured comment Close comment Misconceptions 1) Franken's campaign claims to be 4 votes ahead going into the last day of the recount, counting the missing 133 ballots. I wouldn't read more call a partisan campaign's claim a "fact". 2) There is plenty of circumstantial proof that the ballots ...
startribune.com - 12/8/2008
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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 ...
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Search for missing ballots called off
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 ...
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 ...
(more)
Franken's campaign protests 133 mystery ballots from ...
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Minnesota Recount: Missing ballots will stay missing
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... The state of Minnesota has apparently given up the search for the allegedly missing 133 ballots in a Minneapolis precinct. The precinct itself never reported the ballots missing, but instead told the Secretary of State that they had likely counted 133 ballots twice by accident on Election Night. The decision will allow Minnesota to finally end its recount and certify the results over the objection of Al Franken, who will remain behind Norm Coleman in the Senate race: The missing 133 ballots in a Minneapolis precinct are going to stay missing - at least for now. City ...
Quick Update on the Franken Race
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] Minneapolis Star-Tribune: After what they said was an exhaustive search of the nooks and crannies of their Northeast warehouse, Minneapolis officials announced Monday that they were abandoning their hunt for 133 missing ballots in the U.S. Senate recount. As they called things off, Republican Sen. Norm Coleman's campaign raised concerns that "political spin" by DFLer Al Franken's camp might be affecting whether the ballots ultimately will be counted ... The Minneapolis precinct is heavily Democratic, and calculations indicate that leaving the missing ballots out of the ...
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Search Ends for Ballots in Minnesota —
NYT > Politics 12/9/2008
The City of Minneapolis has stopped searching for about 130 ballots that may be missing in the recount for a U.S. Senate seat leaving state officials to choose between two sets of tallies. >
Down the ballot: Bargaining chip's gone —
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COLORADO: Tom Tancredo has retired .
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LOUISIANA: A bargaining chip is gone for Rep. William Jefferson. "Jefferson, a Louisiana ...
Coleman camp withdraws 475 ballots —
First Read 12/9/2008
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro Republican Norm Coleman's campaign is withdrawing 475 challenged ballots, campaign attorney Fritz Knaack said in a conference call with reporters.
The move comes after Democrat Al Franken's campaign announced ...
Franken camp claims disenfranchisement —
First Read 12/10/2008
From NBC’s Abby Livingston In its quest to turn Republican incumbent Norm Coleman’s seat blue, the Franken campaign cited voter disenfranchisement in its latest conference call to reporters this afternoon. Franken spokesman Andy ...
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