stuart-smalley-postersAs Stuart Smalley would say, he’s good enough, he’s smart enough, but doggone it the Minnesota Supreme Court has refused Al Franken’s request that it order officials to issue him an election certificate (pdf). 

Also today, in a split 3-2 decision (pdf), the judges ruled that local officials’ errors in rejecting absentee ballot envelopes can’t be corrected by county canvassing boards, but can be corrected by agreement of the candidates and the local officials.

The two dissenters, Justices Alan Page and Paul Anderson, were the same who disagreed with a majority opinion last December that notably allowed the campaigns of Franken and former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman to eliminate some absentee ballots from the statewide recount. Today’s order noted it was following up on the Dec. 18 order.

Chief Justice Eric Magnuson and Justice G. Barry Anderson — who served on the State Canvassing Board that certified the recount results that Franken received 255 more votes than Coleman — did not participate in either decision announced today.