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State Canvassing Board picks up the pace on challenged ballots
State Canvassing Board picks up the pace on challenged ballots
On its second day of reviewing challenged ballots, the state Canvassing Board finished dealing with those submitted by the Franken campaign.
Board rejects Coleman's request that it review rulings on 16 ballots
Board rejects Coleman's request that it review rulings on 16 ballots
startribune.com — State will have one senator for a while unless "the stars align" for a winner by Jan.... 6. (more) Board rejects Coleman's request that it review rulings ...
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Minnesota Recount: Consistency is the hobgoblin of Canvassing Boards
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Minnesota’s Canvassing Board began reviewing ballot challenges yesterday, working its way through some of the 440 ballots challenged by the Al Franken campaign.  At the end of the day, though, Norm Coleman had increased his lead by almost a hundred ballots, and the board has yet to begin tackling his challenges in any significant amount.  Coleman in fact began adding challenges back into the pile after seeing the decisions by the board: On Day 1, Tuesday, the board reviewed and ruled on the admissibility of about 160 Election Day ballots among the more than 1,400 ballots ...

Minnesota: State Canvassing Board Faces Challenge
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... Coleman's campaign contends that as many as 150 ballots were counted twice by local election officials.       ...

'Daily Voting News' For December 17, 2008
The BRAD BLOG — ... http://www.baltimoresun....ting1217,0,4119739.story MD: Frederick County - State board to decide who will run '09 city elections http://www.fredericknews...isplay.htm?StoryID=84077 MD: Frederick County - County elections board to reconsider dropping '09 city elections http://www.fredericknews...Update.htm?StoryID=84108 MN: Canvassing board encounters some 'very odd' challenged ballots http://www.startribune.c...kUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUycaEacyU MN: ...

Minnesota State Canvassing Board Faces Challenge
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... Coleman's campaign contends that as many as 150 ballots were counted twice by local election officials.       ...

“It’s the Land of Lincoln,” ... “It’s the land of Barack Obama.”
Riehl World View — ... Heck, with eventual lawsuits in MN dragging on who knows how long, we may be at 48 Senators for some time. While that's still more than the number at any time he was in office, I'm thinking America isn't quite the "Land of Lincoln" these days it once was, either. ...

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