On Tuesday 64 supporters of Al Franken who believe their absentee ballots were wrongly rejected filed a lawsuit with the Minnesota Supreme Court seeking to have their votes counted. Today the state’s top court punted on hearing the case. It ruled that the three-judge panel charged with hearing the election contest filed by Norm Coleman is the proper body to rule on the related case.
Lawsuit from Franken voters rolled into election contest
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Comment posted January 16, 2009 @ 2:28 pm
With a punt on every case, I’m wondering if Page is really the only former Viking on the supreme court.
Comment posted January 17, 2009 @ 1:08 pm
To all who give a damn!!!!
I think Franken can be catagorized as a ‘political’ outsider(to say the least), and Coleman seems to be going down the road as one of the ‘good-ol-boys’ using all the legal channels open to him.
Point being,,,,,,,, Wouln’t it embarrasse the dickens out of Coleman, that all of a sudden, Franken lead is expanded by another 64 votes…..
Who has MOMENTUM now?????
Give it up Norm,, the train has left the station, and YOUR not on it…
Comment posted January 17, 2009 @ 1:19 pm
For all of you that DON’T give a damn:
Minnesota with the election of another political unknown, Jesse Ventura, the populace of Minn. has shown a penchant for reaching out when the incumbent is a ‘putz.’ Jesse was not up to the foilbles of gov’t, and lost interest it would seem, and didn’t run again. I may be wrong,,, but didn’t the notariety to Minnesota, for such a BOLD move, do it some good, giving the state some needed ‘capital.’ Now it’s time to spend some of it,,, and back to the hilt, your next ‘end-run’ and bring in an ‘individual’ to look out for your interests. If Al’s honorable intentions, last thru his term, by deed, not bragadocia, that Your move to elect him,,, will again pay off in the long run,,,,,,,,,,, Just a thought, a projection, like the rest of the USA,,,,we are taking a shot, on an outsider,,,, and we ALL seem to be behind this ‘longshot.’
Comment posted April 7, 2009 @ 1:11 pm
Quick question.
The ECC ruled that some would be counted but I know that Coleman has been appealing that decision.
So here’s the question : did the ballots counted today include any of the Nauen group ?
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