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Dec 4, 2008 7:50 am US/Central

Franken Appears To Lose 36 Votes In Minneapolis

ST. PAUL (AP) ― A setback for Democrat Al Franken in the U.S. Senate recount.

Franken appears on track to lose 36 votes in Minneapolis due to an apparent Election Night counting error. That comes just a day after he gained 37 uncounted votes in Ramsey County.

A Franken spokesman says the incident demands a better explanation.

There was confusion in Minneapolis as the state's largest city wrapped up its recount, after officials discovered what they said was a pile of about 130 ballots that was counted twice on Election Day. City elections director Cindy Reichert says the ballots contained write-in votes and she believes they somehow were fed through a counting machine twice.

The disputed ballots were in a single precinct.

At the end of the day Wednesday, Republican incumbent Norm Coleman led by 316 votes according to recount totals posted by the secretary of state. The gap comes from a comparison of precinct totals from Nov. 4 and the recount.

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Norm Coleman was born in New York City in 1949. Al Franken was born in New York City in 1951.

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