Rulings bode well for Franken
Democrat Al Franken won a pair of victories before the state board overseeing the U.S. Senate recount, including a decision that as many as 1,500 incorrectly rejected absentee ballots should be included.
The board also opted to recommend the use of election night results in a Franken-leaning Minneapolis precinct where 133 ballots vanished.
“It was a great day for democracy,” Franken attorney Marc Elias said.
Republican Sen. Norm Coleman’s campaign lawyers said they would go to court over the absentee ballot ruling.
With all precincts recounted, Coleman has a 188-vote edge over Franken -- down slightly from his 215-vote lead entering the recount.
That doesn’t include the disputed absentees, nor any of the 6,655 ballot challenges the campaigns have filed.
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