Posted at 11:04 AM on December 9, 2008
by Tom Scheck
Republican Norm Coleman's campaign announced today that they're withdrawing another 475 ballots in the recount of Minnesota's U.S. Senate race. The move comes one day after Democrat Al Franken's campaign announced that they were withdrawing 425 more challenges.
To date, Coleman's campaign has withdrawn 1125 ballots. Franken's campaign has withdrawn 1058 ballots. Originally, there have been a total of 6,655 challenges.
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