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Recount Roundup: The Lizard King speaks!

By Paul Schmelzer | 11.24.08 | 8:48 am

With just under 66 percent of ballots having gotten a second look, the statewide recount resumes this morning after a Sunday off — and Sen. Norm Coleman is 669 votes down from where this whole thing started on Nov. 5. In this edition of Recount Roundup, a look at the man behind the “Lizard People” ballot, a write-in haiku of sorts, and the hypothesis that right-brain left-wingers may yet swing this thing for Al Franken.