Comments on: U.S. Senate recount: back to the battle over rejected absentee ballots http://minnesotaindependent.com/18578/us-senate-recount-back-to-the-battle-over-rejected-absentee-ballots News. Politics. Media. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:39:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Colemans girlfriend http://minnesotaindependent.com/18578/us-senate-recount-back-to-the-battle-over-rejected-absentee-ballots/comment-page-1#comment-19197 Colemans girlfriend Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:26:44 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=18578#comment-19197 10% of the total ballots are absentee, about 288,000. With 21 counties left to add to the tally 6,400 ballots are spoiled meaning not counted. This spoil rate is over 2% which is MORE THAN TEN TIMES the rate of a ballot cast on election day. This is an unacceptable rate of disenfranchisement. The Canvassing Board must review the absentee ballot class or the courts will decide for them. 10% of the total ballots are absentee, about 288,000. With 21 counties left to
add to the tally 6,400 ballots are spoiled meaning not counted. This spoil rate is over 2%
which is MORE THAN TEN TIMES the rate of a ballot cast on election day. This is an
unacceptable rate of disenfranchisement.

The Canvassing Board must review the absentee ballot class or the courts will decide for them.

]]> By: Eric Jaffa http://minnesotaindependent.com/18578/us-senate-recount-back-to-the-battle-over-rejected-absentee-ballots/comment-page-1#comment-19180 Eric Jaffa Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:35:03 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=18578#comment-19180 Some counties told voters who didn't sign the outer-envelope of their absentee ballots and let the voters come in and sign it. Other counties never told voters whose absentee ballots were rejected. Every voter in Minnesota who voted absentee needs to have the same opportunity to fix mistakes, for the equal protection of the law. Some counties told voters who didn’t sign the outer-envelope of their absentee ballots and let the voters come in and sign it.

Other counties never told voters whose absentee ballots were rejected.

Every voter in Minnesota who voted absentee needs to have the same opportunity to fix mistakes, for the equal protection of the law.

]]> By: Joan http://minnesotaindependent.com/18578/us-senate-recount-back-to-the-battle-over-rejected-absentee-ballots/comment-page-1#comment-19123 Joan Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:56:30 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=18578#comment-19123 Personal politics aside: It is amazing that we still seem to have trouble counting votes. By now, we should know how to run an election and make sure everyone who has the right to vote, gets their vote counted. There really is no excuse for ballots to "go missing" or end up in the wrong pile. Try that excuse with the IRS. "Sorry, but my taxes seemed to "go missing". How many would accept that kind of excuse from their bank? "Sorry, but we miscounted your deposit, it ended up in the wrong pile. Or "we disqualified it because the envelope wasn't sealed". It's about time we paid as much attention to our right to vote as we do to our money. Personal politics aside:

It is amazing that we still seem to have trouble counting votes. By now, we should know how to run an election and make sure everyone who has the right to vote, gets their vote counted.

There really is no excuse for ballots to “go missing” or end up in the wrong pile. Try that excuse with the IRS. “Sorry, but my taxes seemed to “go missing”. How many would accept that kind of excuse from their bank? “Sorry, but we miscounted your deposit, it ended up in the wrong pile. Or “we disqualified it because the envelope wasn’t sealed”.

It’s about time we paid as much attention to our right to vote as we do to our money.

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