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Minnesota Recount: Coleman (r) Retracts 475 Challenged Ballots

Posted Dec 09, 2008 at 3:13 PM
Maurice Berger, Political Director, PollTrack

On the heels of Al Franken's retraction of ballots earlier challenged by his campaign, representatives of the campasign of Republican incumbent Norm Coleman have made a retraction offer of their own, withdrawing 475 challenged ballots, according to campaign attorney Fritz Knaack . . . "We've gotten a positive gesture from the Franken campaign," Knaack said, "and we want to respond in kind."