National: Norm Coleman

Former Senator Norm Coleman asked Minnesota’s highest court to order the counting of at least 1,359 additional ballots and possibly thousands more in his Senate race or to throw out the election entirely.

Republican Norm Coleman refuses to rule out an appeal if a three-judge panel rules against his challenge.

A three-judge panel in the Minnesota Senate race delivered a setback to Norm Coleman this afternoon.

Lest there be any doubt about it, Norm Coleman has pulled a full 180-degree turn in his desperate efforts to hang on to a Senate seat which has slipped out of his grasp (a frequent consequence of actually holding elections).

MN Progressive Report has posted a video of prior arguments before the Minnesota Canvassing Board over the counting of wrongfully rejected absentee ballots - ballots which, in November, the Coleman campaign didn't want counted.

Attorney for Al Franken's campaign, David Lillehaug argued befor the Minnesota Canvassing Board that rejected absentee ballots should be reviewed and counted if they were cast properly.