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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: franksolich on February 06, 2009, 10:50:20 AM

Title: Coleman seizes on newfound ballots
Post by: franksolich on February 06, 2009, 10:50:20 AM

http://www.twincities.com/ci_11640761

Oh my.

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His hopes are lifted as votes missed in recount turn up in Anoka County

Perry Mason, meet Rachel Smith.

Smith, the top elections official in Anoka County, dropped a minor bombshell Thursday in the courtroom where a lawsuit over Minnesota's U.S. Senate race was being heard. She testified that the county has found — within the prior 24 hours — a dozen or more ballots that were never counted in the statewide recount that ended last month.

While the number is not enough to overcome Democrat Al Franken's 225-vote lead over former Republican Sen. Norm Coleman, it suggests there might be other uncounted ballots in other counties. Only a handful of elections officials have testified in the recount trial so far.

The news came just hours after Franken argued before the state Supreme Court that
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Title: Re: Coleman seizes on newfound ballots
Post by: Atomic Lib Smasher on February 06, 2009, 11:41:57 AM

I have a feeling this will be going back and forth for a while.