Posted on 11/27/2008 6:30:05 AM PST by ricks_place
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota's U.S. Senate showdown is veering down a path toward the courts and possibly the Senate itself after a panel's ruling on rejected absentee ballots dealt a blow to Democrat Al Franken's chances.
For the first time, his campaign on Wednesday openly discussed mounting challenges after the hand recount involving Franken and Republican Sen. Norm Coleman concludes. That includes the possibility of drawing the Senate into the fracas.
The state Canvassing Board denied Franken's request to factor absentee ballots rejected by poll workers into the recount. He sought to overturn the exclusions in cases where ballots were invalidated over signature problems or other voter errors. Coleman's campaign maintained the board lacked power to revisit those ballots.
Franken entered the recount trailing Coleman by 215 votes out of 2.9 million ballots. As of Wednesday night, Coleman was up 292 votes, including results from Nov. 4 and recounted ones.
All told, 86 percent of the ballots have been recounted. However, about 4,740 ballots have been challenged by the two campaigns that could fall to the canvassing board to rule on.
The ruling wasn't a complete victory for Coleman. The board left open the possibility of examining ballots that were set aside for errors outside of the voter's control.
Secretary of State Mark Ritchie estimated that 12,000 absentee ballots were rejected for various reasons — some legitimate, some not. That represents between 4 percent and 5 percent of all the absentee ballots cast.
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Come on down to the Missouri Ozarks. Low taxes, respect for property. Shoot your gun. Did I mention low taxes ?
Finally, some officials chose to not accept the extra Democrat ACORN votes stashed away in Franken’s closet.
http://www.rallycongress.com/constitutional-qualification/1244
I don’t know, I was sickened to hear the clip of Reid saying he was going to resolve the election.
I have never seen this man demonstrate the least amount of dignity, ever.
Anyway, this whole business is moot. Franken will be made the Senator. Count on it.
Thank goodness you are not from NYC!! Our state does not need empty headed people like you.
Rats don’t have dignity, nor for that matter honor, character, or morality.
Harry Reid plans on resolving this issue.””
Harry Reid is really starting to tee off alot of Nevada voters.
If we can get the ACORN voters out of the system in Las Vegas once and for all, I think we can boot Harry to the curb.
Until the organized crime syndicate ACORN is removed from our society there will be no free and open elections.
Franken entered the recount trailing Coleman by 215 votes out of 2.9 million ballots. As of Wednesday night, Coleman was up 292 votes, including results from Nov. 4 and recounted ones.This loser Al Franken will be given plenty of TV time on Letterman, SNL, Leno, the View, etc, to piss and moan about how he's been mistreated.
libertarians always take away conservative votes.......gun rights, low taxes....
just another group who are so "principled" that they vote in the freak over a decent man....
Never has a politician tried harder or more openly to manipulate the outcome of a recount, thanks to a partisan and biased media that refuses to ‘out’ corrupt politicians that share their radical agenda.
“So THAT’S why the Twin Cities are so screwed up.”
Infiltrations of the Twin Cities by NYC types and Somali terrorists. Hmmmm... which is worse??? I’m thinking.. I’m thinking!!
FRiend, you used “his (meaning Franken)” and “dignity” in the same sentence. Where HAVE you been? Even I know they cannot possibly go together!;)
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