sentences:  Coleman filed a contest of the election results in the Ramsey County District Court on January 6, 2009.In it, he alleged ballot counting irregularities which, if corrected, would result in his winning the election.Among other issues, he alleged that there were double-counted duplicate ballots, 654 valid absentee votes rejected as invalid by county election officials, and problems in dealing with the lost ballots in a Minneapolis precinct.