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  • New wrinkle in recount: missing ballots

    11/25/2008 1:02:15 PM PST · by SmithL · 47 replies · 1,540+ views
    Minneapolis Star Tribune ^ | 11/25/8 | KEVIN DUCHSCHERE
    A new wrinkle is surfacing today in the recount battle in Minnesota between incumbent U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman and challenger Al Franken -- missing ballots. The Franken campaign today said that it has learned of missing ballots totaling several hundred in various counties. Franken recount attorney Marc Elias said he's also bothered that counties that know they have missing ballots aren't bothering to look for them. Elias declined to identify those counties but acknowledged that the Franken campaign is monitoring reports of several dozen missing ballots in Becker County. Officials can determine they have missing ballots whenever they come up...