Minnesota Independent

GOP owes counties money from recount

By Andy Birkey | 12.13.10 | 9:00 am

The Republican Party of Minnesota still owes counties for a massive document request leading up to the recent election recount, according to the Mankato Free Press. For the past several weeks, more than a dozen counties have been wondering if they’ll get paid for hundred of thousands of documents that were requested by the GOP on behalf of the gubernatorial campaign of Republican Tom Emmer. Those counties were threatened with lawsuits if they didn’t comply with the GOP’s requests for election documents.

Franken camp withdraws more challenges, says some counties not sorting absentee votes

By Chris Steller | 12.08.08 | 12:56 pm

Al Franken’s Senate campaign said today it was withdrawing some 425 more of the ballot challenges its representatives made during Minnesota’s statewide election recount. Together Franken and his opponent, Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, made 1,283 initial withdrawals last week from their combined total of 6,655 challenged ballots. Franken recount attorney Marc Elias told reporters the campaign would continue reviewing — and if need be, withdrawing — challenged ballots through Dec. 16, when the State Canvassing Board meets to begin a three-day process of tallying the recount.

My county spent $1.6 million on TCF Bank Stadium, and all we got was our name on a wall

By Chris Steller | 06.02.08 | 2:08 pm

For $35 million, TCF Financial Corp. will have its name writ large in lights at the University of Minnesota’s new $288 million TCF Bank Stadium, as well as on tickets, menus, staff uniforms, maintenance vehicles, and on and…