[GreatOne]

>>the court hearing the contest has ruled that “all absentee ballots that complied with state law should be counted, along with those where errors occurred through no fault of the vote<<

Why on earth should it take a court to rule that - that should be standard operating procedure.

Because under Minnesota election law, review of rejected absentee ballots is left up to judicial determination in the contest phase. When absentee ballots are sent in, it is up to the election judges to determine whether they were properly cast. There is no basis for review of their decisions until this stage.

[gondramB]

Aha. Thank you.