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Posted by Pejman Yousefzadeh on Wed Dec 03, 2008 at 11:36:13 PM EST

So much for claims that Al Franken is ahead in his recount fight with Norm Coleman:

What Maplewood giveth, Minneapolis taketh away.

Elections officials in Minnesota's largest city today discovered that one precinct came up 133 ballots short of election day totals, resulting in a net loss for Democratic challenger Al Franken of 36 votes.

The development wipes away what had been a boon for Franken in his bid to overtake Republican U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, after Ramsey County officials found an additional 37 votes for Franken from a Maplewood precinct on Tuesday.

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