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Minn. Board Can't Keep Up With New Ballot Challenges

Candidates add to pile as panel starts sifting

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(Newser) – The Minnesota state Canvassing Board began evaluating challenged ballots in the Senate recount yesterday, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. These votes, where one of the campaigns disputed voter intent, are the last major obstacle in the count. But the campaigns say that having seen the standards, they may revive some withdrawn challenges.

There are about 1,500 outstanding disputed ballots, 441 of them challenged by Franken’s campaign. The board evaluated about 160 challenged ballots—only from the pile challenged by Franken, so it's impossible to tell whether either candidate made any real gains. By the end of the day, Coleman had added 200 challenges to the stack.

In this Nov. 19, 2008 file photo, Minnesota Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken walks on Capitol Hill in Washington.
In this Nov. 19, 2008 file photo, Minnesota Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken walks on Capitol Hill in Washington.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Canvassing Board members, from left Chief Justice Eric Magnuson, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, Justice G. Barry Anderson and Judge Edward Cleary, Nov. 18, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn.
Canvassing Board members, from left Chief Justice Eric Magnuson, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, Justice G. Barry Anderson and Judge Edward Cleary, Nov. 18, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn.   (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
In this Nov. 5, 2008 file photo, Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., reacts to a question at a news conference where he claimed victory in his re-election bid in St. Paul, Minn.
In this Nov. 5, 2008 file photo, Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., reacts to a question at a news conference where he claimed victory in his re-election bid in St. Paul, Minn.   (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
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I was really very gratified by how smart and practical and careful everyone was on the Canvassing Board.
- Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie

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