Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, appearing on Fox News’ “Hannity’s America” program Tuesday, described Minnesota’s election process as having favored rival Al Franken since the recount started. Coleman did not directly dispute host Sean Hannity’s assertion that the State Canvassing Board “was conflicted” and “only allowed the recount for … precincts that would tend to favor Al Franken.”

Video and transcribed excerpts after the jump.

Coleman:

All votes that are validly cast should be counted, particularly when it comes to absentee ballots — not just those in Democrat areas, and that’s what’s happened so far. …

There are a number of votes that have been double-counted … and a number of them, by the way, in Democrat areas … It was more than 25 precincts, in predominantly Democrat areas. …

The biggest pool of votes … were the absentee ballots. There were about 953 that were counted from heavily Democrat areas. …

Hannity:

The absentee ballots, they only went to the canvassing board and their decisions were conflicting. And they literally only allowed the recount for districts that would, or precincts that would tend to favor Al Franken. But they didn’t apply the same standards to districts where you did very well.

In his response to Hannity’s remarks, Coleman doesn’t say that the recount was statewide; that the state Supreme Court gave his campaign (and Franken’s) the power to reject any absentee ballots that local officials decided (on review) to count; or that the State Canvassing Board had two judges appointed by Republicans, outnumbering known affiliations for any other party on the panel.

The segment ends with a pitch for viewers to donate to Coleman’s cause.