Emmer asks court for help in Minn. gov's race

Mpls Star & Sickle ^ | 11/17/2010 | Martiga Lohn, Associated Press

[daler]

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Republican Party of Minnesota took the governor's race to the state Supreme Court on Wednesday, seeking to shrink the ballot pool in the undecided contest between Democrat Mark Dayton and RepublicanTom Emmer before a recount begins after Thanksgiving.

A person with direct knowledge of the filing told The Associated Press that the GOP was asking the high court to force election officials to remove ballots in all precincts statewide where more votes were cast than the number of voters recorded.

[daler]

I'm guessing this is a bit of a look back at the Franken debacle by the Minnesota GOP.

They're likely thinking, "Fooled me once, shame on me..."

[goldstategop]

Vote fraud.. don’t know if that’s enough to overcome Dayton’s lead.

Good luck with it.

[Steely Tom]

Very very nice idea. I doubt it has a chance in the judicial branch, but the court of public opinion is something else again.

[Oldpuppymax]

More fraud in Minnesota. Gee...what a surprise.

[Darksheare]

Also look at Ohio a couple years back where in one district 200% [or some such] of the population voted.

[FromLori]

Good because they don’t have a prayer with Ritchie (and he will be in charge again) and even if they don’t win it’s a step in the right direction. That lead itself is suspicious since Republicans took control of the house and the senate.

[therightliveswithus]

Great, this is 2008 all over again (I hope not)

[rockinqsranch]

“......but the court of public opinion is something else again.”

Agree. There’s no sane reason the Dems should have a lock on that court.

I’ve often wondered why the Republicans seemingly overlook using it.

[Senator_Blutarski]

I serve as an election judge in my Minnesota precinct and recently completed the revised election judge training.

Let me state the obvious: Given the current election process and controls there cannot be more votes than registered voters in a precinct without both voter fraud and election judge fraud.

The GOP should be seeking a criminal investigation.

[skr]

No one should have to sue for that reason. That should be an automatic investigation.

[WOBBLY BOB]

Until someone is official gov, T-Paw should be calling a special session to fix the lameass voting laws in MN...# 1 on the list is “vouching”, #2 is voter ID.

[jwalsh07]

I live in CT which is one of those left wing loon states that swam upstream against the tide.

But even here you must show a drivers license and get checked off when you vote.

[Logical me]

The corrupt fix was in and the criminal element seems to always win.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Based on the MN High Court’s makeup, I wouldn’t hold out much hope...

[budwiesest]

Mondale took Minn when Regean clobbered him in a landslide. How long has this been going on?

[Aevery_Freeman]

...the GOP was to ask the high court to force election officials to remove ballots in all precincts statewide where more votes were cast than the number of voters recorded.

More votes than voters... what could be wrong with that?

I was an election judge and therefore forced to watch a DVD by Mark Ritchie telling me how to keep elections honest.

My laughter and comments drew derision from the AFSME-hack-in-charge.

[JimSEA]

more votes were cast than the number of voters recorded.

I'm having real trouble here coming up with an innocent explanation for this.

[Rogle]

I am sure that the counter argument will be that all of the voters cannot be disenfranchised because of a few bad apples so let all the votes count.

[WOBBLY BOB]

Students may face felonies over illegal voter vouching

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2010/11/09/students-may-face-felonies-over-illegal-voter-vouching

[Mr. K]

Why isn’t there an immediate criminal investigation too?