Senator From Stir

IBD Editorials ^ | July 13, 2010 | Investors Business Daily staff

[Kaslin]

Elections: A new study says Minnesota's freshman senator squeaked out a recount victory with illegal votes cast by convicted felons. Is this why Democrats are trying so hard to have all felons vote?

An 18-month study conducted by Minnesota Majority, a conservative watchdog group, has found that at least 341 felons in largely Democratic Minneapolis-St. Paul voted illegally in the 2008 Minnesota Senate race. This was the campaign that culminated with a six-month recount that gave the victory to former "Saturday Night Live" comedian Al Franken over incumbent Republican Norm Coleman.

The final recount vote in the race showed Franken beating Coleman by a scant 312 votes, with the illegal votes cast by felons possibly being Franken's margin of victory. Critics are already saying this is a partisan attempt to rewrite history.

Dan McGrath, Minnesota Majority's executive director, says the evidence is irrefutable.

"We took the voting lists and matched them with conviction lists and then went back to the records and found the roster lists," McGrath said, "where voters sign in before walking to the voting booth, and matched them by hand."

The Minnesota recount was conducted under the auspices of Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, who has extensive ties to the Acorn organization that's been under repeated investigation for vote fraud and was endorsed by the community activist group in 2006.

In the legendary Florida 2000 vote, around 5,000 convicts voted illegally, about 80% of whom were registered Democrats. If the more than 600,000 felons in Florida had been able to vote legally, it's likely Al Gore would have been elected president.

[snowrip]

So when does the suit to remove Franken begin?

[rockinqsranch]

“.....If the more than 600,000 felons in Florida had been able to vote legally.....”

WOW! That’s a lot of felons.

[chiefqc]

Being legal and honest are not what elected thieves are about let alone a dumb-o-crat.

[Kaslin]

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The Minnesota recount was conducted under the auspices of Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, who has extensive ties to the Acorn organization that's been under repeated investigation for vote fraud and was endorsed by the community activist group in 2006.

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This explains it all

[Rickster GloucesterVA]

>>If the more than 600,000 felons in Florida had been able to vote legally, it's likely Al Gore would have been elected president.<<

{{Shiver}} That thought is enough to make you give up hard liquor. I may not sleep well tonight with that on my mind.

[keyesguy]

400 felons gives the nation nationalized health care. sad

[Tzimisce]

Oh I disagree.

Crime pays very well if you’re a big, rich liberal Democrat with big, rich liberal Democrat friends.

Unless Franken is going to be impeached, this is just an interesting story.

[JG52blackman]

let’s don’t forget all the Gore votes from dead Indians in New Mexico

[JG52blackman]

let’s don’t forget all the Gore votes from dead Indians in New Mexico