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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 …
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Recount Will Start in Two Weeks.
Monday, November 15th, 2010
Mark Dayton currently leads Tom Emmer by 8,755 votes, or 0.42-percentage point. Unless something really crazy happens between now and November 23 when the state canvassing board will certify the …
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Don’t Prolong the Recount Process.
Friday, November 12th, 2010
In his first post-election one-on-one interview, Tom Emmer told Michele Tafoya that he’s in charge of whether or not to challenge the results of the recount. While speculation flies that …
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Governor’s Race Not Your Typical Recount.
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
We’re almost certainly headed for a recount in the governor’s race, but this recount is far from typical. 86 out of the state’s 87 counties have already canvassed and Mark …