1.0 link 147478 <![CDATA[Franken Camp: We're Down 73 Votes, May Pursue Legal Action]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/01/franken-camp-were-down-73_n_147478.html The Minnesota Senate recount is getting incredibly tight. According to officials from the Al Franken campaign, the margin separating the Democratic challenger and Sen. Norm Coleman is now down to 73 votes out of approximately 2.9 million cast.

Several weeks into the recount, 88.6% of the ballots have been counted, a slight majority of which came from Coleman supporters. As noted by Franken campaign lawyer Marc Elias, in the counties whose ballots have been counted, Al Franken won 49.6% of...

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