Don’t worry - Franken will find all the votes he needs in the trunks of cars or boxes in church basements.
Somebody once said that if an election is not close, then they can’t cheat.
Al Franken won that disputed election because of shenanigans and a questionable court decision.
But the reason they were able to do that is because the election was so close.
Norm Coleman was ahead on election night by about 700 votes. The Democrats somehow found about 1000 extra votes through the recounting to put Franken ahead by about 300 votes. And that was the “official” final margin of victory.
Point is, if Coleman had been ahead by 10,000 or 15,000 votes on election night, none of what happened could have happened with recount shenanigans.
Sad to say, a Republican has to win by a comfortable margin in order to actually win elections. Any close election will go to the Democrat in a recount.
Even in the Bush/Gore Florida recount of 2000, Gore gained over 1000 votes statewide. Bush was ahead on election night by 1,900 votes, but each recount narrowed the margin. The final margin of victory was 537 votes. So Gore picked up about 1,400 votes in that recount, even though he still ended up losing.
The rule is, Democrats always gain votes, if an election is close enough to go to a recount. The best hope for the GOP is to be ahead by a strong enough margin on election night so that you don’t get to the recount process in the first place.
“Don’t worry - Franken will find all the votes he needs in the trunks of cars or boxes in church basements.”
And if needed the Judges on the MN Supreme court carry extra ballots under their robes. Even the former NFL players.