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• Novoterleftbehind.Net: Minnesota 2008 Shaping Up to Be Florida 2000, with Republicans Likely to Try to Stop the Franken-Coleman Recount

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• U.S. Newswire
• November 25, 2008

• Franken On Top in Minn. Senate Recount: ; Norm Coleman to Sue

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minnesota board certified results showing Democrat Al Franken winning the state's U.S. Senate recount over Republican Norm Coleman, whose lawyer promised a legal challenge that will keep the race in limbo for weeks. The Canvassing Board's declaration started a seven-day clock for Coleman, the incumbent, to file a lawsuit protesting the result. His attorney Tony Trimble said the challenge will be filed within 24 hours.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• January 06, 2009

• Recount Favors Franken ; Coleman Says Lead Will Only Last a Week.

MINNEAPOLIS - As the state Canvassing Board finished awarding most of the disputed ballots yesterday in the U.S. Senate recount in Minnesota, another chapter in the drama opened when the state Supreme Court agreed to consider the alleged double counting of 130 votes. Democrat Al Franken moved ahead of Republican incumbent Norm Coleman in the unofficial count, both sides said. It was about the only thing they agreed on.

• Columbia Daily Tribune
• December 20, 2008

• Minnesota Governor's Race Too Close to Call

... concession by Emmer, state law requires a recount, reprising the recount battle of two years ago in the race for U.S. Senate between Al Franken and Norm Coleman. Third-party challenger Tom Horne...

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• Inside Politics

Train wreck You would think people would learn. The recount in the contest between Norm Coleman and Al Franken for a seat in the U.S. Senate isn't just embarrassing. It is unconstitutional," Michael Stokes Paulsen writes in the Wall Street Journal.

• The Washington Times
• January 20, 2009

• Franken Wins Minnesota's Senate Race

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Al Franken ascended Tuesday from the ranks of former "Saturday Night Live" comedians to an even more exclusive club, outlasting Republican Norm Coleman in an eight-month recount and courtroom saga to win a seat in the U.S. Senate. Franken's victory gives Democrats control of 60 seats in the Senate -- the critical number needed to overcome Republican filibusters. When Franken is seated, which could come as early as next week, his party will have a majority not reached on either side of the aisle in some three decades.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• July 01, 2009

• Bush V. Gore Redux? ; Franken-Coleman Is Deja Vu All Over Again

There are striking similarities between the legal arguments put forward in the lawsuit against Al Franken filed on Jan. 6 by Norm Coleman's campaign and the arguments put forward by the Bush campaign in suit against the Gore campaign after the election debacle in November, 2000. The Coleman campaign in the Senate race in Minnesota makes the argument that due to "irregularities, mistakes, and violations of law" the recount procedures adopted by the canvassing and elections board caused Al Franken to be erroneously certified as the election winner. If the argument sounds familiar it's because vote counting irregularity was a key issue in the landmark Bush v. Gore decision in 2000. There, the United States Supreme Court determined that "the recount mechanisms implemented in response to the...

• The Washington Times
• January 28, 2009

• Board Certifies Franken

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A Minnesota board on Monday certified results showing Democrat Al Franken winning the state's U.S. Senate recount over Republican Norm Coleman, whose lawyer promised a legal challenge that probably will keep the race in limbo for months. The Canvassing Board's declaration started a seven-day clock for Coleman, the incumbent, to file a lawsuit protesting the result. His attorney Tony Trimble said the challenge will be filed within 24 hours. The challenge will keep Franken from getting the election certificate he needs to take the seat in Washington.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• March 10, 2009

• Minnesota Court Rejects Franken Senate Petition

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Supreme Court on Friday blocked Democrat Al Franken's petition for an election certificate that would put him in the U.S. Senate without waiting for a lawsuit to run its course. The decision means the seat will remain empty until the lawsuit and possible appeals in state court are complete. Republican Norm Coleman's lawsuit challenging Franken's recount lead is at the end of its sixth week, and both sides expect it to last at least a few more weeks.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• March 07, 2009

• Franken On Top in Minn. Recount -- Gop Foe Will Sue; Result May Be Tied Up for Months

ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minnesota board on Monday certified results showing Democrat Al Franken winning the state's U.S. Senate recount over Republican Norm Coleman, whose lawyer promised a legal challenge that probably will keep the race in limbo for months. The Canvassing Board's declaration started a seven-day clock for Coleman, the incumbent, to file a lawsuit protesting the result. His attorney, Tony Trimble, said the challenge will be filed within 24 hours. The challenge will keep Franken from getting the election certificate he needs to take the seat in Washington.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• January 06, 2009