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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Election Notebook: Voter ID amendment takes spotlight
Debate about a proposed constitutional amendment requiring Minnesota voters to show photographic identification intensified Wednesday. Among the disputes, the two sides of the question appearing on t...
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Courtroom packed as judges count ballots 
ST. PAUL -- What could be the final day of Minnesota's U.S. Senate trial is receiving more attention than during seven weeks of testimony, with a crowd packing a courtroom generally used by the state Supreme Court. File photo.
By Scott Wente , April 07, 2009
Senate trial checks St. Louis County ballots
St. Louis County took the Minnesota U.S. Senate trial spotlight Thursday, as Al Franken wants 60 rejected St. Louis County absentee ballots added to November’s election tally even though dates on related paperwork do not match.
By Don Davis , March 06, 2009
County says ‘illegal’ ballots are just fine
ST. PAUL — There is more to the story of St. Louis County’s controversial 300 ballots.
By Scott Wente , February 27, 2009
UPDATE: St. Louis County ballots reviewed
St. Louis County officials said today there is a legitimate explanation for at least some of the 300 ballots Norm Coleman’s campaign has described as “illegal,” and they are reviewing others.
By Scott Wente , February 26, 2009
Coleman campaign challenges St. Louis County ballots
Attorneys say 300 absentee ballots from St. Louis County were counted on election night but they would be illegal under a recent decision by recount trial judges.
By Scott Wente , February 25, 2009
Court will not rethink U.S. Senate ballot ruling
Judges presiding over the U.S. Senate election trial will not reconsider their decision to block some rejected absentee ballots from being reviewed for counting. The decision is a setback for Republican Norm Coleman (above).
By Scott Wente , February 18, 2009
Judges to examine all disputed ballots in U.S. Senate trial
As attorneys for Norm Coleman and Al Franken discussed this morning whether certain uncounted absentee ballots should be reviewed for possible counting, one of the three judges interjected to say the panel will look at ballots they believe must be counted.
By Scott Wente , February 04, 2009
Counties to supply ballots in Senate trial
County auditors or election directors will have to provide the court with an estimated 11,000 original absentee ballot envelopes that elections officials rejected.
By Scott Wente , January 27, 2009
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
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
Frustrated voters turn to courts to have ballots accepted
Local voters have joined a lawsuit to have rejected ballots counted toward the U.S. Senate race between Norm Coleman and Al Franken
By Scott Wente and Steve Kuchera , January 15, 2009
Area voters join lawsuit to require counting their ballots
January 14, 2009
Franken request rejected; trial judges named
The latest developments in the ongoing U.S. Senate seat ballot battle.
By Scott Wente , January 13, 2009
Franken gains votes in count of new ballots
ST. PAUL — Victory in Minnesota’s drawn-out Senate race moved within Democrat Al Franken’s grasp Saturday when he increased his lead over Republican Norm Coleman as the statewide recount drew to a close.
January 03, 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
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