“There are almost 5000 ballots that are put back in play as a result. Coleman may still have a chance. “
Where are they from?
Where are they from?
As Pilsner stated in post #58, I believe most of these ballots will come from Coleman-friendly areas. Again, as Pilsner stated, that is because Franken's people outhustled Coleman's camp and found out where their voters were. So, when the state Supreme Court (in a dunder-headed decision) went outside state law and allowed the campaigns to review the rejected ballots and count those that they agreed were improperly rejected, Franken's team knew which ones to agree to, and which ones to not agree to. IMHO, that seems to be the reason why Franken is ahead. It'll be interesting to see if the state Supreme Court takes action against Franken's legal team, because they had admonished both sides in their Order to not play politics when reviewing the rejected absentee ballots, warning them of Rule 11 sanctions if they did.
While I think Coleman's legal team (sans Joe Friedberg, who is as good as they come) are complete morons, I think the responsibility for not researching the rejected absentee voters lies with GOP leaders in Washington. I have a family member who approached the Coleman campaign before last Spring about identifying absentee voters, but was rebuffed because Washington (supposedly) told them not to waste their time.