startribune.com - 12/3/2008
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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 ...
briefingroom.thehill.com - 12/1/2008
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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 ...
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Franken May Ask Senate to Intervene in Minn. Recount
senaterecount.startribune.com - 11/28/2008
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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 ...
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Minnesota Senate recount: Take the Franken-Coleman ...
thehill.com - 12/3/2008
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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 ...
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The Dream of 60 Dies
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com —
... in the Georgia Senate runoff killed the Democrats' dream of entering the new Congress with a filibuster proof majority. The dream of achieving 59 seats is still alive with the ongoing drama in the Minnesota recount. With 93% of ballots recounted, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune pegs Norm Coleman's lead at 303 votes. However, the Star-Trib reports : The day's other news -- which Franken's campaign quickly described as a "breakthrough" -- came when Ritchie's office asked local election officials to examine an estimated 12,000 rejected absentee ballots and determine whether their ...
'Daily Voting News' For December 03, 2008
The BRAD BLOG —
... ID law discriminates http://www.ajc.com/metro...03/georgia_voter_id.html
MI: Michigan House panel OKs bill to open polls early
Proposal would have polls open three days before Election Day. http://www.detnews.com/a...203/POLITICS01/812030374
MN: Senate recount: Pendulum swings to Franken
The Democrat gained from a cache of found ballots in Ramsey County, along with a decision on rejected absentee votes. http://www.startribune.c..._Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU
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Democracy is messy
Newshoggers.com —
... surfaced to counter the yesterday's reported lost votes. The 133 found in Minneapolis apparently cancelled the advantage Franken enjoyed from the 171 found in Maplewood earlier this week. This on top of the 12,000 rejected absentee ballots that still remain a point of contention. Yesterday, the Franken camp also announced their internal calculations indicated a ...
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startribune.com 11/24/2008 — 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, ...
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Run-up in ballot challenges cloud Coleman-Franken recount
startribune.com 11/25/2008 — 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 ...
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boomantribune.com 1/4/2009 — The recount in Minnesota is over and now will move to the courts: Norm Coleman's term as a U.S. Senator ended at noon Washington time today, and by evening his hopes of winning a second term had been dealt an expected but serious setback as state ...
Republicans hail swing of the pendulum
thehill.com 12/10/2008 — Republicans, who have been licking their wounds since the devastating Nov. 4 election results, were suddenly jubilant that the ethics pendulum had finally started swinging the other way. “The worm has turned,” remarked one senior GOP aide on Capitol ...
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