Read more absentee balloting stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/22261/absentee-balloting.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:54:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46753/coleman-rejects-election-judges-vote.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorm Coleman rejected 37% of recount ballots in a blue Minnesota county this week, including that of an election judge, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Shirley Graham, who voted for Coleman, disputes a date discrepancy the senator used to deny her absentee vote. The state Supreme Court gave the candidates...http://www.newser.com/story/46753/coleman-rejects-election-judges-vote.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 31 Dec 2008 8:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46631/franken-and-coleman-still-jousting-on-absentees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt’s not clear what the Minnesota Supreme Court was thinking when it made the outcome of the Senate race contingent on the two campaigns working out a deal on disputed absentee ballots. Not surprisingly, the Al Franken and Norm Coleman camps, currently separated by 46 votes, are still far apart,...http://www.newser.com/story/46631/franken-and-coleman-still-jousting-on-absentees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Dec 2008 13:44:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46205/minn-recount-will-push-into-new-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Minnesota recount will not be complete until next year and could be continuing even as the new Senate is sworn in, Minnesota Public Radio reports. A plan agreed to by both the Coleman and Franken camps has the secretary of state counting wrongly rejected absentee ballots by January 4,...http://www.newser.com/story/46205/minn-recount-will-push-into-new-year.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Dec 2008 11:52:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45319/recount-bares-flaws-in-minn-absentee-system.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA close examination of this year's Minnesota senate race has revealed significant flaws in the voting system that typically rejects 13% of absentee ballots—about 1,600 votes. State officials say the votes are "normally" rejected due to voter or official error, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The problem went...http://www.newser.com/story/45319/recount-bares-flaws-in-minn-absentee-system.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Dec 2008 5:41:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44238/franken-gets-boost-in-minnesota-recount.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe momentum went Al Franken's way in the Minnesota recount yesterday, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The Democrat—trailing incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman by 303 votes with 93% of the ballots counted—picked up 37 more votes than his rival out of a pile of 171 uncounted ballots found in...http://www.newser.com/story/44238/franken-gets-boost-in-minnesota-recount.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Dec 2008 5:00:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42700/franken-sues-for-records-of-rejected-voters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSenate hopeful Al Franken is suing Minnesota counties to get the names and addresses of locals whose absentee ballots were rejected, the Star Tribune reports. Franken’s team is sweeping the state for such information in an effort to cut GOP Sen. Norm Coleman’s current 206-vote lead. A full state recount...http://www.newser.com/story/42700/franken-sues-for-records-of-rejected-voters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Nov 2008 7:26:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41715/obama-granny-missed-nov-4-but-her-vote-will-count.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMadelyn Dunham didn't live to see whether her grandson would become president, but ABC News reports that the absentee ballot of Barack Obama's grandmother will be counted. An elections official in Hawaii said that the ballot was received on October 27, meeting the requirements for a valid vote. Dunham died...http://www.newser.com/story/41715/obama-granny-missed-nov-4-but-her-vote-will-count.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Nov 2008 6:49:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41012/voting-by-mail-is-2008s-big-winner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNearly half of California's ballots this year will be cast by mail, marking an upward trend that isn't restricted to the Golden State, the Los Angeles Times reports. Washington and Oregon are almost completely mail-in only, and voter-rights organizations across the country hail the convenience of sending in votes. But...http://www.newser.com/story/41012/voting-by-mail-is-2008s-big-winner.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Oct 2008 12:03:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39761/osama-ballots-spark-probe-by-ny-county.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag"Barack Osama" appears on 300 Rensselaer County absentee ballots, and the upstate New York county’s government wants to know why. Legislators from both parties have ordered an investigation into the board of elections, which prints its own ballots rather than contracting out the work. The board says at least four...http://www.newser.com/story/39761/osama-ballots-spark-probe-by-ny-county.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 12 Oct 2008 14:33:00 CDT