Recount Begins In Tightly Contested Senate Race In Minnesota(Joel Mansky)

Joel Mansky, Ramsey County election officer, explains the recount process to election officials and volunteers before they begin the election recount process in the Senate race between Al Franken and Sen. Norm Coleman at the Ramsey County election office on November 19, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Every ballot, nearly 3 million in total, from all 87 Minnesota counties will be recounted by hand.

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