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Posted at 2:08 PM on December 12, 2008 by Tom Scheck

The campaign for Democrat Al Franken is withdrawing 750 more challenges today. To date, Franken's campaign has withdrawn 1,798 ballots. GOP Sen. Norm Coleman's campaign has withdrawn 1,350 challenges.

Several members of the State Canvassing board harshly scolded both campaigns today for the number of challenges still on the table. Originally, the two campaigns challenged 6,655 ballots.

The State Canvassing Board meets on Tuesday to through the ballots still being disputed.

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