With Norm Coleman’s lead over Al Franken continuing to slip, allegations about vote-influencing at the Brian Coyle Center — a story the Minnesota Independent broke — has resulted in a complaint filed Friday with the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office. Omar Jamal of the Somali Justice Advocacy Center says interpreters may have tried to influence Somalis on how to vote some 500 times; he says the interpreters urged voters to cast ballots for Franken. MnIndy’s Molly Priesmeyer spoke with witnesses who told a different story — of a Coleman staffer, Mahamoud Wardere, who was allegedly telling Somali community members to vote for his boss. Franken’s campaign used that fact in its defense: no Franken campaigners were present, while this Coleman Senate aide was.

Secretary of State Mark Ritchie says he wants to “hold off” on counting Coyle Center votes until these allegations are sorted out.

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