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Senate recount: Pendulum swings to Franken
Featured comment Close comment Pendulum swing I'm not sure I would have used that term in the headline, as the pendulum is basically still pointing nearly straight down, with perhaps read more .01 of a degree either way. The careful election observers and analysts understand that when all is ...
Franken May Ask Senate to Intervene in Minn. Recount
briefingroom.thehill.com — Democrat Al Franken's campaign said Monday that as many as 1,000 absentee ballots were improperly disqualified in... Minnesota's Senate race, and that it may appeal to courts or the U.S. Senate to order those ballots counted. "Wherever the numbers stand ... (more) Franken May Ask Senate to Intervene in Minn. Recount
Minnesota Senate recount: Take the Franken-Coleman Ballot Challenge | StarTribune.com
senaterecount.startribune.com — About this project These are some of the real ballots that have been challenged in the U.S.... Senate race. Evaluate each one based on the voter's intent. As you vote, the results change to reflect your decisions projected as if you had voted on every ... (more) Minnesota Senate recount: Take the Franken-Coleman ...
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thehill.com — Minnesota Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken’s campaign said Wednesday that the comedian has taken the lead in... his race against Sen. Norm Coleman (R). Franken’s lawyer, Marc Elias, has been pressing for the media to focus on the campaign’s ... (more) TheHill.com
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Minnesota Model
Opinionator — With one lingering Senate race finally decided , the other just gets http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/35382149.html"> http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/35382149.html" target="new">weirder and weirder . Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight.com sees Norm Coleman with the advantage in Minnesota : With in excess of 90 percent of Minnesota’s votes now having been recounted, our statistical models now show Norm Coleman as the favorite to retain his senate seat, although with a high degree of uncertainty and without accounting the effects of potential ...

Franken-Coleman Recount Update: They Told Us So
Firedoglake — ... This followed hard on the heels of another likely vindication for Franken: SoS Mark Ritchie's office has asked local election officials to examine an estimated 12,000 rejected absentee ballots to see whether their rejection fell under one of four reasons for rejection defined in state law. Ritchie's office asked that ballots that were rejected for something other than the four legal reasons be placed into a so-called "fifth category." In other words, ...

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