Pawlenty: Senate Race Likely To Last A Few More Months

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Appearing today on MSNBC, Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) said that his state’s disputed Senate election appears likely to last a few more months:

“It’s frustrating that this has taken so long, but we need to get a proper and just and accurate and legal result,” said Pawlenty. “It gonna take, it looks like, a few more months to get that.”

“I know that you — a few more months, huh?” answered Norah O’Donnell.

It could be worse. NRSC Chairman John Cornyn has suggested that it could take years.

Meanwhile, the pile of previously-rejected absentee ballot envelopes that could potentially be counted has just shrunk slightly, from 400 down to 387. Upon close examination, it was found that 13 of them had already been counted at one point or another. By the end of the day we should have a list from the court of just how many of the 387 will actually be counted. The counting is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. ET tomorrow, with the counting done by officials from the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office, in the courtroom.

Late Update: This post originally said the counting would be done at the Secretary of State’s office. It is being done in the courtroom, by an official of the Secretary of State’s office.

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