minnesotaindependent.com - 11/26/2008
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As the U.S. Senate contest lurches forward, with nearly 80 percent of the ballots recounted and Norm Coleman clinging to a roughly 200-vote lead over Al Franken, a resolution finally looks to be on the horizon. But as events have repeatedly proven over the last three weeks, nothing is as simple ...
startribune.com - 11/24/2008
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startribune.com —
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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Franken/Coleman Minnesota Senate recount news
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
thehill.com - 12/1/2008
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thehill.com —
Al Franken’s (D) campaign may ask the Democratic-led
Senate to intervene on his behalf to allow some...
disqualified absentee ballots to be counted in his quest to unseat Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.). Franken attorney Marc Elias made the case to reporters ...
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Franken may seek Senate’s help to win race
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No Joke
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... Bring on the court jesters. Who wins in Minnesota? ” . . . the issue is likely to ultimately end up in court . . . ” That wasn’t funny the first time, in Florida. If the Dems win and get sixty in the senate, who will be laughing then? ...
The Good & Bad News On The Coleman/Franken Recount
Flopping Aces —
I’m traveling today so not much blogging from me but thought I would check in to give some good news:
…with nearly 80 percent of the ballots recounted and Norm Coleman clinging to a roughly 200-vote lead over Al Franken, a resolution finally looks to be on the horizon
And the bad news:
All eyes will now turn to the five-member statewide canvassing board as it meets Wednesday morning to deal with the thorny question of whether to consider absentee ballots that were rejected by local election officials. The ...
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twincities.com 11/18/2008 — The recount plan has been approved.
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Good News! Senate May Decide Whether to Seat Coleman or Franken
weeklystandard.com 11/19/2008 — The Associated Press previews a very disturbing possible outcome to the dispute over the Minnesota Senate race between Norm Coleman and Al Franken:
The Minnesota election law envisions Senate involvement.
Once a result is contested in district ...
Franken Coleman Recount
campaignsilo.firedoglake.com 11/26/2008 — The Coleman campaign continued its addition-by-subtraction campaign, challenging considerably more ballots than Franken's people did today in order to create an artificial "lead" of 231 (per the StarTribune ). Franken's campaign claims ...
Franken to be declared Senate victor in Minnesota
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reuters.com 1/5/2009 — MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Democrat Al Franken will be declared the winner of the tight U.S. Senate contest in Minnesota, emerging from a ballot recount with a slim margin over Republican Norm Coleman, state officials said on Sunday. But Coleman, the ...
Crucial Hearing Today in Minnesota Recount —
CNN Political Ticker 11/26/2008
The recount in Minnesota could stretch into December.
(CNN) – A crucial hearing today in Minnesota could have a major impact on that state's recount of its Senate race between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken. ...
Franken staying out of court -- for now —
First Read 11/26/2008
From NBC's Carrie Dann Senate candidate Al Franken will not appeal a decision by the Minnesota State Canvassing Board, which today rejected the Democrat's request that rejected absentee ballots be included in the race's hotly contested ...
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