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Board rejects Coleman's request that it review rulings on 16 ballots

By KEVIN DUCHSCHEREand MIKE KASZUBA, Star Tribune staff writers

Last update: December 23, 2008 - 12:14 PM


State Canvassing Board members this morning rejected the request of Republican Sen. Norm Coleman's campaign to change their minds on 16 challenged ballots that they had awarded last week either for Democrat Al Franken or not at all.

Eight of those votes they judged for Franken, and the other eight were votes that had been given Coleman on Election Day but judged as either overvotes or undervotes last week by the board.

The board agreed to meet again no later than Dec. 30 to finalize their spreadsheet updating the vote tallies for both candidates, once the withdrawn challenged ballots are reallocated.

Today's action made it more likely that Minnesota will have only one senator in place when Congress meets Jan. 6.

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