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Bachmann missed third most votes in House, Kline has perfect attendance

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By Jon Collins | 11.01.11 | 11:00 am

The New York Times’ analysis of House attendance showed a bright spot for Minnesota, with Rep. John Kline being one of only 15 House members to make every one of the 814 votes so far this year.

Challenged ballots on pace to top 1,700 after Day Two of recount

By Chris Steller | 11.20.08 | 8:27 pm

Two days into Minnesota’s statewide election recount, Al Franken and Sen. Norm Coleman are challenging ballots at a pace that could end up sending more than 1,700 disputed votes to the state’s Canvassing Board to sort out: Coleman’s crowd has challenged 374 so far, Franken’s 360. As that number grows, the margin between the rival candidates has shrunk, with 42.33 percent of ballots already recounted. New figures from the Minnesota Secretary of State’s office indicate that Coleman’s lead now stands at 129. It’s only a snapshot in a process that hasn’t yet reached the halfway mark, but it’s a snapshot in which the vaunted Coleman “victory” appears to be fading fast.