Yet, (0.00 / 0)

Don't expect Franken to get seated for an election he won until Coleman drags things through the courts.  

If the courts have any sense, they'll throw Coleman's stuff out post haste, on the principle that state laws, so long as the process is fair and transparent, will not be overturned by courts seeking to change election results.

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by: Sauceman @ Sat Jan 03, 2009 at 23:42:22 PM UTC

Final results (4.00 / 2)

Provisionally:

Franken: 481
Coleman: 307

...which, combined with Franken's previous lead of 49 overall, puts him up by 223 votes in the state.

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by: existenz @ Sat Jan 03, 2009 at 23:47:49 PM UTC

Yes but those are not official counts thats theuptake.com count (0.00 / 0)

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by: HousesofProgress @ Sat Jan 03, 2009 at 23:50:47 PM UTC

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Official count is Now 225 Ahead Franken. (4.00 / 3)

Election count official count numbers.

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The government has a defect: it's potentially democratic. Corporations have no defect: they're pure tyrannies. -Chomsky

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by: HousesofProgress @ Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 00:07:16 AM UTC

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Numbers from Count (0.00 / 0)

  305 Votes for Coleman
  481  Votes for Franken

  176  Extra votes for Al
 + 49  Official lead before this count
  225  Official lead now

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The government has a defect: it's potentially democratic. Corporations have no defect: they're pure tyrannies. -Chomsky

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by: HousesofProgress @ Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 00:10:19 AM UTC

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thanks for the update :) (4.00 / 1)

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by: existenz @ Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 00:12:18 AM UTC

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Coleman will go down in history (4.00 / 4)

as a Democratic Turned Republican turncoat who beat famous Minnesota Progressives such as Hubert Humphrey's Son and Walter Mondale but lost to Celebrities such as Jesse Ventura and Al Franken.  

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by: nkpolitics @ Sat Jan 03, 2009 at 23:49:08 PM UTC

And this is good news (4.00 / 2)

for the senator who is not me, Al Franken.

Oh, and I'm not a Senator.  

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by: Iron Curtain @ Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 02:21:14 AM UTC

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lol (4.00 / 2)

I can't wait to see Franken sworn in.  He will instantly become my favorite Senator.

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by: Marylander @ Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 04:20:57 AM UTC

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Suddenly (4.00 / 4)

I'm looking forward to CSPAN2 viewing.

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by: ecotect @ Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 01:38:42 AM UTC