Latest on the Franken recount

[HopeFor2006]

Canvassing Board Challenged Ballot Rulings
Coleman +318
Franken +768
Other +246
Total reviewed 1,332
Franken lead 262
Last update: Friday 4:25 p.m.

From MPR website: <http://minnesota.publicradio.org/>

[comanchero]

1. From the New Mexico NE Highlands

Wishing Franken the best. Good luck.

[Mister Ed]

2. Thank you, and welcome to DU!

:hi:

[HopeFor2006]

3. Welcome Comanchero!

:hi:

[Bosso 63]

4. I know what I want for Christmas!

[kikiek]

5. I am so excited for Tuesday this week. I know the news will be good. Even Norm

looks like he knows it is over.

[Eric J in MN]

6. Why Tuesday? NT

NT

[Demrock6]

7. Tuesday

I think the canvass board is scheduled to finish up Tuesday at some point.

[kikiek]

8. Yup. The court challenge will be heard too. That makes me somewhat nervous, but I

know it isn't as cut and dried as Coleman's camp wants us to believe. I think Al will win that too. Franken's camp tried to bring up the duplicate votes, and Coleman's team cut them at the knees on it. I saw Coleman on TV today and he actually said if he loses he will move on to something else. Sounds like he knows. http://mnpublius.com/2008/12/franken-campaign-exposes-coleman-campaign-lies-on-duplicate-ballots/

[BlueManDude]

9. All I want for Christmas, Senator-elect Al Franken!!!

Happy Holidays to all Minnesotans and good luck to Al.

[Scairp]

10. I'm not from Minnesota but...

...I am so happy that Al has the lead at last. I felt like he had a great chance of becoming the senator from Minnesota, and it's looks as if he will be. Wonderful news. I wonder if Cole-shite will concede today or tomorrow? He's such a tool, it's hard to say.

[wildflowergardener]

11. Any idea when will this change?

Can anyone tell me when there will be any kind of an update on this - the next meeting of the board? Any particular dates we should be checking in. I've been trying to keep up to date - watched the counting and wondered if anything new would be happening on this and time in the near future - or not till the new year. Any idea when the falsely rejected absentee ballots will be added to the totals?

[HopeFor2006]

12. Winner of U.S. Senate race unknown until 2009

<http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/12/23/winner_of_us_senate_race_unknown_until_2009/>

Franken currently leads Republican Norm Coleman by 47 votes, but there are still more ballots to be counted.