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New Report: 103,032 Minnesotans To Lose Temporary Unemployment Benefits.
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
A new report from the White House Council of Economic Advisers details the consequences of Congress’ failure to extend temporary unemployment benefits, which expired on November 30th. Rep. Keith Ellison …
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Recount Showing Same Results.
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
It’s day four of the recount and 82 out of the 87 Minnesota counties have finished hand-counting ballots. That’s more than 84 percent of ballots cast. Without a major surprise, …
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Frivolous Ballots Dominate Recount.
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
It’s day three of the recount! Heading into today, Mark Dayton’s team says they are just two votes shy of a 9,000 vote lead over Tom Emmer. Almost 70 percent …
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It’s Recount Time.
Monday, November 29th, 2010
The automatically triggered statewide manual recount started this morning. Every ballot, all 2.1 million cast, gets a second look as elections officials separate piles of ballots for Emmer and Dayton …
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Recount to Begin on Monday.
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010
The state’s Canvassing Board officially met today to launch a recount in the gubernatorial election. The hand counting of the 2.1 million ballots cast is set to begin on Monday. …
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Hopefully Recount Will Start as Planned.
Friday, November 19th, 2010
The GOP might be in denial that Minnesotans elected Mark Dayton the next governor of Minnesota, but Phil Krinkie isn’t. The President of the Taxpayers League of Minnesota wrote a …
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More Unnecessary Legal Processes from GOP.
Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
With the recount about to get underway, lawyers for gubernatorial candidates Tom Emmer and Mark Dayton have been swamping county elections officials with data requests. The Rochester Post-Bulletin reports that …
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Minnesota’s History of Close Elections.
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
Minnesota has a history of very close elections. We had a very close 2006 governor’s race and recounts in the 2008 Senate and 2010 governor’s race. What’s remarkable about our …