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Franken sees boost in nail-biter election
Posted: 08:30 PM ET

From CNN All Platform Journalist Chris Welch

Former President Clinton campaigned with Al Franken a week before Election Day.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) — In a move that could be seen as a benefit to Democrat Al Franken, a Minnesota judge Saturday denied a request from incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman's campaign to block certain uncounted absentee ballots from being counted in a race separated by–at latest tally–just over 200 votes, in Coleman's favor. That margin has narrowed since the first tallies earlier in the week. Almost 3 million ballots were cast.

According to the court request, the Coleman campaign sought an "emergency temporary injunction" preventing election officials from unsealing, opening, or tallying any absentee ballots that were not inside an official ballot box by midnight election night. Specifically, the campaign was looking to block 32 uncounted ballots from the city of Minneapolis that, according to the campaign in the request, they were notified of late Friday night and that were to be counted the next day. ...


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