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It was an abbreviated day for the Minnesota Senate trial with the judges and lawyers meeting in the courtroom for less than 20 minutes.
Lawyers for Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken met in private Monday morning, and at times with the judges. Both sides are working on how to move forward after a major ruling by the judges last Friday night narrowed how many rejected absentee ballots might still be counted.
Coleman's lawyers say they now have about 3,500 ballots to argue should be counted. Franken's lawyers say that number is a "ceiling" and they expect many won't meet the standard set by judges as legal votes. Coleman trails Franken by 225 votes.
Also Monday, Franken made his first Minnesota appearance billed as "Senator-elect Franken." He organized a series of public meetings with several big-city Minnesota mayors to talk about economic challenges in their cities.
It was the first of several scheduled roundtables designed to address economic challenges facing Minnesota cities. He will also meet with mayors in Duluth and Rochester. Franken's team says his goal is learn what Minnesota cities need most from Washington.
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