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Nov 19, 2008 10:45 am US/Central

Minnesota Starts Recount For U.S. Senate Seat

ST PAUL, Minn. (AP) ― City and county workers across Minnesota are beginning a laborious recount of more than 2.9 million ballots in the tight U.S. Senate contest between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken.

They have until Dec. 5 to complete the recount.

Dozens of observers were on hand Wednesday morning at a Ramsey County government building near downtown St. Paul as 21 boxes of ballots sealed with blue plastic fasteners were wheeled into a recount room.

The count in populous Ramsey County - seat of the Minnesota state Capitol - is likely to take several days.

The recount was triggered automatically because Coleman led Franken by only 215 votes in unofficial results after the election.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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