Election Coverage from MPR

The attorneys confer with the three-judge panel

Election official's testimony to continue in recount trial

Minnesota's Deputy Secretary of State resumes testifying this morning about the history and details of the Senate recount process. It marks the fourth day of the trial in Republican Norm Coleman's Senate election contest. (01/29/2009)
Dep. Secretary of State Jim Gelbmann testifies

Election official questioned on absentee decisions

On the third day of the U.S. Senate recount trial, a top election official is being questioned about the process for accepting and counting absentee ballots. (01/28/2009)

Seating Franken might raise constitutional issues

Even though the court case over Minnesota's U.S. Senate race just got underway, there has been talk for weeks that Democrats may try to make Al Franken a senator before the case is over. (01/27/2009)

Recount trial resumes; absentee voters testify

Republican Norm Coleman's election contest trial resumed this afternoon, after a delay this morning. The three-judge panel met privately to work out a process for getting thousands of absentee ballots to St. Paul. (01/27/2009)

Opening statements in U.S. Senate trial

Attorneys for Norm Coleman and Al Franken laid out their cases Monday during opening statements in the U.S. Senate election trial. Midday airs substantial excerpts from both Coleman attorney Joe Friedberg's and Franken attorney Kevin Hamilton's statements. (Midday, 01/27/2009)

Judges request Coleman team to resubmit evidence

Day two of Republican Norm Coleman's election contest trial gets underway this morning, but it's unclear what will actually happen. That's because Monday's testimony took a peculiar turn when the three-judge panel stopped the Coleman campaign from entering into evidence copies of absentee ballots. (01/26/2009)

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