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 Hoffman 'Unconcedes' in NY-23 

Still, Conservative calls overtaking Dem Owens 'long shot'

Nov 16, 09 8:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Though he's not even sure if he can do such a thing, the Conservative candidate in the special election in New York's 23rd Congressional District told Glenn Beck this afternoon he's "unconceding" after recounts narrowed his deficit with several thousand absentee ballots still uncounted. "If I knew this... More »

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Glenn Beck • recount • Doug Hoffman • 23rd District • Bill Owens • unconceding

 Karzai Allies Get 
 Tough on Recount 

Afghan president's team blasts UN-backed election body

Oct 19, 09 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hamid Karzai's camp is signaling he may not accept the results of a recount from Afghanistan's presidential election, sowing further doubt about the country's future. A spokesman said the recount process had been "politically manipulated," and Karzai allies spent the weekend criticizing the UN-backed electoral commission that is... More »

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Hamid Karzai • Bernard Kouchner • recount • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

 Recounts Ordered at 
 2,500 Afghan Voting Sites 

Total could drop Karzai low enough to require a run-off

Sep 15, 09 7:48 AM CDT
(AP) - A UN-backed monitoring body ordered Afghanistan's election commission to recount ballots from about 10% of the country's polling stations because of suspicious totals in last month's presidential vote, the AP reports. The recount order raises the possibility that President Hamid Karzai's lead could drop below the 50% threshold, forcing the... More »

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Afghanistan • Hamid Karzai • disputed election • recount • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election


 Franken: 
 I Can't
 Wait to
 Start Work 

Senator-elect stresses loyalty to state, downplays Dem. supermajority

Jun 30, 09 5:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Al Franken said he was “thrilled and honored by the faith Minnesotans placed in me” after the state Supreme Court declared him the winner of the Senate recount, CNN reports. "I'm so excited to finally be able to get to work " said Franken, who added that he... More »

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Democrat • Norm Coleman • filibuster • Minnesota • Al Franken • senator • recount • US Senate • Minnesota recount

Mousavi Turns Down Partial Vote Recount

Meanwhile, Iran's prez vows 'harsh' action against the West

Jun 27, 09 6:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iranian presidential challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi today rejected offers for a partial recount of the June 12 election that has sparked massive rallies and left at least 20 people dead, Reuters reports. "This kind of recount will not remove ambiguities," said Mousavi on his website. Iran's Guardian Council,... More »

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Iran • Barack Obama • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • disputed election • recount • Mir Hossein Mousavi

 Iran Blocks Foreign Press 
 as Thousands Protest 

Government cracks down on communications, arrests reformists

Jun 17, 09 4:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are planning more rallies today, despite an appeal for calm by the country's supreme religious leader. Iran has banned international journalists from the protests after Monday's violence at a Mousavi demonstration, where seven people died. But state television, which showed rallies in... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • protests • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Guardian Council • Iranian politics • recount • Mir Hossein Mousavi

 Iran's Guardian Council Vows 
 Recount as 7 Die in Protests 

Guardian Council makes U-turn as state radio confirms deaths

Jun 16, 09 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The most powerful body in Iran declared it will allow a recount in last Friday's controversial presidential election, the BBC reports. The announcement follows three days of massive protests in Tehran, in which seven people were killed. State radio claims the deaths came as protesters attacked a military post after... More »

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Iran • Tehran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • protests • Tehran University • Guardian Council • recount • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

 Minnesotans 
 to Coleman: 
 Concede 

Both candidates low on cash

Apr 16, 09 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A whopping 63% of Minnesota voters want Norm Coleman to concede the Senate race to Al Franken, with only 37% supporting more appeals, according to a new survey from Public Policy Polling. Another 59% said they want Gov. Tim Pawlenty to certify Franken’s victory. “It appears that most... More »

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poll • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • Al Franken • legal fees • poll numbers • recount

Analysis

Coleman-Like Tactics Won't Swing NY Race

Tedisco challenges Gillibrand's own ballot, and he's still doomed

Apr 15, 09 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jim Tedisco is doing everything in the book to try to drag out the race to replace Kirsten Gillibrand in Congress—including challenging the new US senator's own ballot—but he's doomed to failure, writes Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com. Democrat Scott Murphy has received 53% of the absentee ballots... More »

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New York • House of Representatives • Norm Coleman • recount • Nate Silver • Kirsten Gillibrand • Scott Murphy • Jim Tedisco

(Newser) - Al Franken may have moved a decisive step closer to the Senate today, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. A three-judge panel ruled that only 400 disputed absentee ballots will be reviewed, making it highly unlikely that Norm Coleman will be able to erase Franken's 225-seat margin in the Minnesota race.... More »

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Congress • Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • recount

(Newser) - The Minnesota recount trial is finally out of the lawyers’ hands, with both sides claiming certain victory, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Now the judges will weigh evidence provided by Norm Coleman’s and Al Franken’s teams and decide exactly which votes to count. “It’s more likely... More »

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Senate • trial • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • recount • Minnesota Supreme Court • election challenge • absentee ballots

(AP) - The Minnesota Supreme Court today rejected Democrat Al Franken's petition for an election certificate that would put him in the US Senate without waiting for a lawsuit to be resolved. Franken is ahead of Republican Norm Coleman by 225 votes. Coleman's ongoing lawsuit argues some uncounted absentee ballots were wrongly... More »

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Congress • Senate • trial • lawsuit • Norm Coleman • Tim Pawlenty • Al Franken • recount • Mark Ritchie • Minnesota Supreme Court • election certificate

Coleman Still Has a Chance: Minn. Governor

Pawlenty warns Senate that GOP will fight seating of Franken

Mar 1, 09 1:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty wants his constituents—and Democratic senators—to know that Franken-Coleman race isn't over, the Hill reports. The Republican governor stresses that "to be able to guess how it's going to come out is challenging," due to legal intricacies, and he promises woe to the... More »

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Harry Reid • Norm Coleman • filibuster • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • Al Franken • recount • US Senate

(Newser) - Minnesota judges handed Norm Coleman a setback today in his his bid for a Senate race recount against Al Franken, Talking Points Memo reports. In the preliminary ruling, the three-judge panel said 12 of 19 categories of rejected absentee ballots should not be tallied. "The facts do not show... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Al Franken • recount

 Franken Hits 
 DC; Coleman 
 Does, Too 

Franken prepares, Coleman raises money, as endless election contest drags

Feb 11, 09 12:16 PM CST
(Newser) - With the outcome of Minnesota’s US Senate election still tied up in court, Al Franken is in DC preparing for what appears to be his new job. "It's a symbolic step to show Minnesota voters that Franken is doing what he needs to do to be ready to... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • Washington, DC • recount

Court Clears Way for GOP Lawsuit in Minn. Recount

Al Franken's request to block Coleman case rejected

Jan 23, 09 2:14 AM CST
(Newser) - A panel of Minnesota judges has rejected Al Franken's request to dismiss Norm Coleman's lawsuit challenging the recount in the state's Senate race, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune. A trial that may last for weeks is set to start Monday to weigh Coleman's claims of widespread irregularities in the recount... More »

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Senate • lawsuit • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • recount

 Franken, Coleman Meet 
 With Senate Leaders 

Washington is latest stage for Minnesota combatants

Jan 22, 09 1:34 PM CST
(Newser) - As Al Franken’s lawyers asked a Minnesota court to dismiss Norm Coleman’s challenge to election results there, both Senate hopefuls traveled to Washington today meet with party leaders, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. “The race in Minnesota is over with,” Harry Reid said after conferring... More »

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Congress • Senate • Harry Reid • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • recount • election challenge

 Coleman 
 Now Seeks 
 Total Recount 

Wants absentee ballots reconsidered

Jan 20, 09 2:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman is abruptly reversing strategy in his court action challenging the results of the US Senate race he narrowly lost to Al Franken, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Coleman now wants all 12,000 absentee ballots rejected during the recount to be reconsidered—the same ballots... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • recount • US Senate • Minnesota Supreme Court • absentee ballots

OPINION

 Minn. Recount 
 Violates Constitution 

Arbitrary calls are reminiscent of Florida 2000: Paulsen

Jan 15, 09 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Minnesota's Senate recount "is Florida 2000 all over again," Michael Stokes Paulsen writes in the Wall Street Journal. "The details differ, but not in terms of arbitrariness, lack of uniform standards" and other bad precedents the decision in Bush v. Gore created. The situation "isn't just... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Election 2008 • recount • US Senate

UPDATED

 Minn. Denies 
 Franken Certification Bid 

Legal process must run its course in Senate race, Gov. Pawlenty says

Jan 12, 09 2:39 PM CST
(Newser) - Minnesota officials turned down Al Franken’s request that he be certified as senator, the AP reports, just hours after his attorneys argued that a waiting period had passed for challenges. Though Franken emerged from the recount 225 votes ahead of incumbent Republican Norm Coleman, Coleman is challenging the result... More »

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Congress • Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • certification • Election 2008 • recount

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