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Senate election trial court says system’s OK, won’t review most kinds of ballots

By Chris Steller | 02.13.09 | 5:06 pm

The three judges who will decide whether Norm Coleman prevails in his election contest of Minnesota’s Senate recount limited their scope late today by ruling out re-examination of at least 12 out of 19 ballot categories
“[T]he facts presented…

Court order to count 24 votes likely raises Franken’s lead to 249

By Chris Steller | 02.10.09 | 1:43 pm

Al Franken likely increased his lead over former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman to 249 votes after the three-judge panel presiding over the Minnesota Senate election contest ordered that 24 absentee ballots be counted.

Noises from Washington, D.C., are about seating Franken in Senate

By Chris Steller | 01.21.09 | 6:37 pm

As lawyers for Al Franken and Norm Coleman sounded off in St. Paul before a special three-judge panel that may decide which man will fill Coleman’s former U.S. Senate seat, the noises coming from the nation’s capital were about…