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...months after Election Day, Minnesota's State Canvassing Board certified the results of the state's protracted U.S. Senate race on Monday, declaring former comedian and Democratic challenger Al Franken the winner by 225 votes. Franken made an acceptance speech just hours after the board met and the certification put a temporary stamp on the two-month recount. Franken, however, doesn't yet have the election certificate needed to take his seat in Washington, and a lawsuit filed by Coleman threatens to entangle the race in even more months of legal wrangling. (See pictures from the historic Election...
...state law, a candidate has one calendar week to contest the results of a recount to a three-judge panel appointed by the chief justice of the state's supreme court. Coleman, who led the race by 215 votes on Election Day, filed suit the very next day. He declared, in an "equal protections" clause argument, that there had been inconsistencies in the way in which counties tallied absentee ballots that election officials had mistakenly rejected. Moreover, Coleman alleges that 150 ballots were counted twice and that the board incorrectly included 133 ballots that had gone missing at a Minneapolis...
...victories were matched in the pool, as Harvard claimed 11 of the day’s 16 events.“We did pretty well,” co-captain Eric Lynch said. “We did a good job of stepping up and especially of just winning races.”Harvard showed its strength in the backstroke events, dominating both the 100- and 200-meter swims. The Crimson swept the events and then some, capturing the first four places each time.Sophomore Jordan Diekema placed first in both the 100- and 200- backstroke, with times...
Rush, Bobby •race card - in a country that just elected a black President - is incongruously played...
...There's also the inspiration provided by this century's most electrifying election yet: the 2008 U.S. presidential race. Across Asia, citizens are beginning to ask who will serve as their nations' Obamas, change agents who vow to reach across party lines and heal divided societies. One Asian, it turns out, has already assumed the role. Just before the American election, on a string of islands and coral atolls in the Indian Ocean, another far less heralded poll took place. For 30 years, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom had ruled the Maldives, making him Asia's longest-serving leader...