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ballot challenges stories: 6 news summaries

Franken and Coleman Still Jousting on Absentees

If the two can't compromise, Senate may just seat Franken

Dec 30, 08 1:44 PM CST
(Newser) - It’s not clear what the Minnesota Supreme Court was thinking when it made the outcome of the Senate race contingent on the two campaigns working out a deal on disputed absentee ballots. Not surprisingly, the Al Franken and Norm Coleman camps, currently separated by 46 votes, are still far... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • absentee balloting • recount • ballot challenges

(Newser) - The Minnesota recount will not be complete until next year and could be continuing even as the new Senate is sworn in, Minnesota Public Radio reports. A plan agreed to by both the Coleman and Franken camps has the secretary of state counting wrongly rejected absentee ballots by January 4,... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • absentee balloting • Election 2008 • recount • ballot challenges • Canvassing Board • Mark Ritchie

Coleman Claims 150 Ballots Were Double-Counted

Minn. board faces new hurdles as it resolves disputes in Senate race

Dec 18, 08 9:25 AM CST
(Newser) - The Minnesota Senate recount is moving at a one-step-forward, two-steps-back pace, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports, with Republican Norm Coleman’s campaign saying 150 ballots were double-counted, and that the total tally needs to be adjusted by the Canvassing Board. The board, which is in the process of evaluating disputed ballots,... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • ballots • disputed election • recount • ballot challenges • Canvassing Board

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

Candidates add to pile as panel starts sifting

Dec 17, 08 10:46 AM CST
(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 But the campaigns say that having seen the standards, they may revive some withdrawn... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • ballots • ballot challenges • Canvassing Board

Minnesota Senate Race Hangs on Pair of Rulings

Court, Canvassing Board could shrink Coleman lead

Dec 16, 08 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Minnesota’s hotly contested Senate race now hinges on two fast-approaching decisions: a state Supreme Court ruling on standards for counting mistakenly rejected ballots (arguments to be heard tomorrow), and the Canvassing Board’s decision on the number of challenged ballots to be officially counted (review begins today). Republican incumbent... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • ballots • Election 2008 • ballot challenges

 Minnesota 
 Recount Mired 
 in Challenges 

Ballot challenges will take a month to decide

Nov 25, 08 2:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The marathon recount in the Senate race in Minnesota is crawling toward a resolution with incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman still ahead of comedian-writer Al Franken by an estimated 210 votes out of 2.9 million ballots cast. The process has been further complicated as the number of ballots challenged... More »

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Senate • GOP • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Election 2008 • recount • ballot challenges • Canvassing Board • missing ballots

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