Original sentence: Al Franken got an additional 198 votes, Norm Coleman gained 111 votes and other candidates received 42, increasing Franken's lead to 312 votes.On April 13, 2009, the three-judge panel issued its final ruling and swept aside all of Coleman's legal claims and declared Franken the winner of the race by 312 votes.On February 3, 2009, the panel allowed Coleman to introduce evidence that as many as 4,800 absentee ballots were wrongly rejected and should now be counted.On January 5, 2009, Franken was certified as the winner of the recount by 225 votes.On June 30, the court unanimously ruled in Franken's favor, declaring him the winner of the election, prompting a concession by Coleman.The Franken campaign had tried to limit Coleman to bringing evidence on only 650 absentee ballots cited in the initial court filing.The panel said "The overwhelming weight of the evidence indicates that the November 4, 2008 election was conducted fairly, impartially and accurately" in its unanimous decision.They said that Franken should be issued a Certificate of Election
Edited sentence: Franken got an additional 198 votes, Coleman gained 111 votes, and other candidates received 42, increasing Franken's lead to 312 votes.In its unanimous decision, the panel said, "The overwhelming weight of the evidence indicates that the November 4, 2008 election was conducted fairly, impartially and accurately", and said that Franken should be issued a Certificate of Election.On April 13, the three-judge panel issued its final ruling, sweeping aside all of Coleman's legal claims and declaring Franken the winner of the race by 312 votes.On February 3, the panel allowed Coleman to introduce evidence that as many as 4,800 absentee ballots were wrongly rejected and should now be counted.On January 5, Franken was certified as the winner of the recount by 225 votes.On June 30, the court unanimously ruled in Franken's favor, declaring him the winner of the election, prompting Coleman's concession.The Franken campaign had tried to limit Coleman to bringing evidence on only the 650 absentee ballots cited in the initial court filing