Board orders recount, chills further legal action

11/23/10, 10:00 AM
"I don't want you guys coming and challenging this in court. I want to do it right," Justice Paul Anderson told attorneys for Democrat Mark Dayton and Republican Tom Emmer. The recount is scheduled to begin Monday and finish by mid-December.

Emmer says possible 'overvote' issue still unresolved

Republican Tom Emmer said Tuesday that the possibility of there being more ballots than voters on Election Day needs to be resolved before a winner can be declared in the state governor's race.

Minn. high court denies GOP petition to check vote math

The Minnesota Supreme Court denied a GOP request that it force county elections officials to count voter signatures to compare them with the number of votes cast on Election Day.

Emmer will ask Canvassing Board to square voter tallies

New rules should accelerate gubernatorial recount

Candidate Nov. 2 Ballots Recounted Ballots Challenged Ballots
Mark Dayton 919,238 919,148 181
Tom Emmer 910,382 910,433 765
Other 277,332 292,557 -
Percentage of Ballots Recounted: 99.95%
Updated: Dec 3, 2010, 8:00 PM
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State

Nov 22

Minnesota Supreme Court considers Emmer's motion

Nov 23

Initial meeting of the State Canvassing Board

Nov 29

Recount begins at locations around the state

Dec 7

Deadline for deputy recount officials to finish sorting the ballots

Dec 8 -
Dec 10

State Canvassing Board Meetings

Dec 14

State Canvassing Board meeting

Dayton / DFL Team
Marc Elias
Charlie Nauen
David Lillehaug
Ken Martin
Emmer / GOP Team
Eric Magnuson
Michael Toner
Tony Trimble
Ben Golnik
State Team
Mark Ritchie
Paul Anderson
David Stras
Denise Reilly
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