google.com - 12/29/2008
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1 hour ago ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) The campaigns of Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken wrangled Monday over hundreds of unopened absentee ballots that could still tip Minnesota's Senate race. Lawyers ended a testy public negotiation session convened by the secretary of state's office ...
thehill.com - 1/2/2009
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thehill.com —
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) threatened Friday to filibuster
any attempt to seat Democratic Minnesota Senate candidate Al
Franken next week. The newly minted National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) chairman said he had not whipped votes in the ...
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Cornyn promises filibuster on Franken seating
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/31/2008
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Al Franken could be declared the winner of
the Minnesota recount as soon as Monday, but due
to the peculiarities of Minnesota election law, Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) could keep the seat bottled up in the courts for weeks or even months before a ...
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Minnesota Recount Almost Over -- But Coleman Could Keep ...
startribune.com - 12/29/2008
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Coleman Threatens To Derail Recount, Secretary Of State Expects Resolution
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... As the Associated Press reported on Monday, "Coleman's proposed additions skew heavily toward suburban and rural counties where he did best in the election." ...
Coleman Threatens To Derail Recount, Secretary Of State Expects Resolution
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... As the Associated Press reported on Monday, "Coleman's proposed additions skew heavily toward suburban and rural counties where he did best in the election." ...
Number of uncounted ballots in Minn. still unclear
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... ...The absentee ballots in question were incorrectly rejected by poll judges on or before Election Day, mostly because of clerical errors outside the four legal reasons for rejection. .. A large share of the ballots already identified come from counties where Franken ran up big margins over Coleman. Minneapolis alone accounts for almost 10 percent of the ballots. Coleman's proposed additions skew heavily toward suburban and rural counties where he did best in the election. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gMpTm... Read more: ...
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newsmax.com 12/31/2008 — The counting of improperly rejected absentee ballots will probably increase Democratic challenger Al Franken's lead over incumbent GOP Sen. Norm Coleman according to a new analysis of voting trends, effectively relegating Coleman to filing lawsuits ...
The Associated Press: Coleman leads Al Franken in Minn. Senate race
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Franken May Be Ceding Ground on Absentee Ballots
fivethirtyeight.com 12/31/2008 — In St. Louis County, one of the bluest areas in Minnesota, the Coleman campaign succeeded in blocking more than a third of absentee ballots set aside by the state for potentially being wrongfully rejected from being counted -- including one ballot ...
Franken is Winning, and Coleman Knows It
fivethirtyeight.com 12/20/2008 — Minnesota's Canvassing Board this afternoon completed the bulk of its review of challenged ballots. The Canvassing Board ruled upon 1,325 challenges, according to numbers prepared by the Star Tribune , including 852 challenges brought by the Coleman ...
Minn. board gives Senate win to Franken
usatoday.com 1/5/2009 — The Canvassing Board's declaration started a seven-day clock for Coleman to file a lawsuit protesting the result, as his attorneys have said he would. If he doesn't, Franken will get the election certificate he needs to take the seat in Washington. ...
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minnesota.publicradio.org 12/2/2008 — Democrat Al Franken has gained 37 votes
on Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in the U.S. Senate recount, after Ramsey County found 171 ballots that weren't counted on election night.
Can Coleman Win?
weeklystandard.com 1/6/2009 — Over the weekend, Al Franken's lead over Norm Coleman jumped to 225 votes after officials counted about 1,000 absentee ballots that had been wrongly rejected due to clerical errors. This afternoon, the Minnesota canvassing board certified that ...
Court Gives Coleman Access to 4,800 More Ballots
briefingroom.thehill.com 2/3/2009 — Sen. Norm Coleman (R) received a qualified victory from the three-judge panel hearing his challenge to Democrat Al Franken's 225-vote lead in the Minnesota Senate race, granting him access to thousands of absentee ballots to help press his case that ...
Franken to Coleman: Where's The Beef?
fivethirtyeight.com 12/23/2008 — In a 26-page response (.pdf) filed on Monday with the Minnesota Supreme Court, Al Franken's campaign disputes Norm Coleman's claim that a significant number of ballots were double-counted in Minnesota, chiding Coleman's petition for a lack of ...
Minn.'s fight over rejected absentees —
First Read 12/29/2008
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro and Carrie Dann The next step in the Minnesota Senate race recount is to count the rejected absentee ballots -- estimated to number between 1,000 and 1,600.
Democratic challenger Al Franken 's campaign wants to ...
Coleman camp wants more ballots reviewed —
First Read 12/29/2008
From NBC’s Abby Livingston The Coleman camp is now asking for a review of an additional 654 absentee ballots they think have been wrongfully rejected. This number is separate from the 1,346 ballots local officials previously ...
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