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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Political notebook: Gay marriage debate set Tuesday in committees
By Don Davis Gay advocates have lobbied for allow same-sex marriages for years, but they made little progress. That appears ready to change Tuesday when House and Senate committees will hear bills...
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Senate trial opens with campaigns' arguments 
UPDATED: In opening statements at Minnesota’s U.S. Senate election trial, an attorney for Norm Coleman said counties applied different standards when they decided whether to reject absentee ballots in the election.
By Scott Wente , January 26, 2009
Senate election case continues as candidates court donors
The U.S. Senate campaigns are in court while the candidates are in Washington.
By Scott Wente , January 21, 2009
Coleman’s lawyers push to review more rejected ballots
In the clearest sign yet that he has dramatically shifted strategies since falling behind in the U.S. Senate recount, Republican Norm Coleman’s campaign said Monday that it would push to have all 12,000 absentee ballots rejected in the election reconsidered and to ensure that those wrongly set aside are counted.
By Pat Doyle and Mike Kaszuba , January 20, 2009
UPDATE: Franken wants election certificate
Al Franken’s campaign wants him granted an election certificate even as the U.S. Senate results are challenged in court. That certificate could allow the Democrat to be seated in the Senate.
By Scott Wente swente@forumcomm.com , January 12, 2009
Coleman camp: Three St. Louis County ballots were counted twice
Among the ballots the Norm Coleman campaign is challenging in a lawsuit filed Tuesday are three from precincts in St. Louis County — one from near Hibbing and two from Duluth.
January 08, 2009
Budgeteer's Our View: Jan. 11
Elections are never perfect. With so many people involved in the process — including thousands of election judges — is it any wonder that some unintentional errors will occur on Election Day and during the tabulation of votes?
January 08, 2009
Court rejects Coleman request
UPDATED AT 1:15 P.M.: The Minnesota Supreme Court today rejected Republican Norm Coleman’s request to count an additional 654 rejected absentee ballots in the state’s U.S. Senate race, taking away his last option for overtaking Democrat Al Franken in the recount.
January 05, 2009
Which votes will be counted? Coleman, Franken campaigns spar over absentee ballots
At the St. Louis County Courthouse in Duluth, county election officials and leaders from the U.S. Senate campaigns of Norm Coleman and Al Franken were scouring absentee ballots that were rejected on election night.
By John Myers, jmyers@duluthnews.com , December 31, 2008
Franken lead at 50; absentee ballots remain
Al Franken increased his slim lead over Sen. Norm Coleman by a few votes this morning as another phase of the U.S. Senate race ended.
By Scott Wente swente@forumcomm.com , December 30, 2008
Coleman lawyers say court will resolve recount battle
Attorneys for Sen. Norm Coleman say the decision by the Minnesota Supreme Court nearly ensures the recount of votes for U.S. senator will end in a lawsuit.
By Martiga Lohn , December 25, 2008
No resolution for U.S. Senate battle until 2009
Minnesota voters won’t know who won the state’s U.S. Senate race this year, and it’s looking more likely that the new Congress will be sworn in before the race ends between Democrat Al Franken and Republican incumbent Norm Coleman.
By Brian Bakst , December 24, 2008
Franken holds slim lead as tally continues today
Democrat Al Franken is poised to hold on to a 48-vote lead over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman as Minnesota’s Canvassing Board awards a final pile of votes in the state’s unsettled U.S. Senate race. But the counting isn’t over yet.
December 23, 2008
Tuesday is next big day in Minnesota Senate recount
The special board that eventually will declare a winner in Minnesota’s Senate race meets again Tuesday to tie up most of the remaining loose ends in the long-running contest.
December 22, 2008
Disputed ballots considered by Minnesota Supreme Court
Minnesota’s top elections board and its high court are considering what entity will decide the fate of the U.S. Senate race.
By Don Davis and Scott Wente , December 18, 2008
Voter intent sought in ballot review
Reading voters’ minds is not “an exact science,” state elections’ officials learned Tuesday as they examined the first of what could be more than 1,500 U.S. Senate ballots.
By Scott Wente , December 17, 2008
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