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Rep. Michele Bachmann. Photo: Lynda Waddington, Iowa Independent

Bachmann: Franken stole election, gave us ‘Obamacare’

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By Andy Birkey | 04.12.11 | 1:29 pm

During her speech at the Iowa-based Family Leader on Friday, potential presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann made a bold claim before the gathering of social conservatives: Sen. Al Franken, she said, stole the election against Sen. Norm Coleman, and that election is to blame for the passage of the national healthcare reform law.

AP: ‘Undervote’ ballots could tip recount to Franken

By Andy Birkey | 11.08.08 | 4:38 pm

The Associated Press took a look at ballots in which ballot scanners registered a vote for President and not for Senate, and makes the case that of the approximately 25,000 such ballots, 10,000 are in the Al Franken stronghold counties of Hennepin, Ramsey and St. Louis.