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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-09 07:25 PM
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Coleman plans to wrap up this week — then it's Franken's turn
Still unanswered: How many tossed votes will be tallied? Coleman plans to wrap up this week — then it's Franken's turn
By Rachel E. Stassen-Berger
rstassen-berger@pioneerpress.com
Updated: 02/23/2009 10:55:15 PM CST

... "I think we'll be done this week," Coleman attorney Ben Ginsberg said Monday ...

Coleman's attorneys now say they believe there are about 2,000 valid, yet uncounted, votes on those ballots, which had been originally rejected by local election officials. That's down from their original estimate but still a significant number.

Franken's attorneys say there are an additional 800 or so valid absentee ballots that should be counted but that the Coleman legal team hadn't highlighted ...

The judges did say Monday they were not ready to decide how to handle the case of 133 missing ballots from a Minneapolis precinct ...

http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_11770144
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Dinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-09 07:26 PM
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1. How Long Can They LEGALLY Drag this Out???
While Minnesota is short one senator; Wellstone's seat at that???
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StarTurtle Donating Member (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-09 08:42 PM
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2. I have a hunch
they're trying for six years.
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Politicalboi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-25-09 12:01 AM
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3. This is insane
Coleman's attorneys now say they believe there are about 2,000 valid, yet uncounted, votes on those ballots, which had been originally rejected by local election officials. That's down from their original estimate but still a significant number.

They were rejected already WTF are they doing.
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