Comments on: Kiffmeyer’s can of worms is Coleman’s recount battle plan

By: lojasmo

lojasmo — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:52:42 +0000

Mary is just eating sour grapes about no longer being able to disenfranchise people of color from voting.

By: skyblue

skyblue — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:25:30 +0000

This election was so close that a recount was mandated. Coleman’s approach will allow ANY election to be disputed almost forever as long as the loser is willing to file an election contest. It’s the same old big corporate approach of suing an opponent to death: suits run not on the merits but on the ability of one party to the suit to outspend the other. As long as big Con supporters are willing to ante up, and every indication is that they are, the suit/suits will continute.

By: Dave Smith

Dave Smith — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:41:25 +0000

Kiffmeyer’s argument is akin to saying “If votes were cast by legal residents, you must assume votes were cast by illegal residents as well” Pure wingnuttery.

By: John Emerson

John Emerson — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:38:28 +0000

People have to start speaking out against this. If Coleman gets away with this, the losers will be able to annull any close election can be annulled. Even if he just succeeds in delaying Franken’s seating by a few months, that will set a very bad precedent.