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Coleman files appeal with state Supreme Court, cites ‘disparities’ in ballot tally

By Paul Demko | 04.30.09 | 4:28 pm

Norm Coleman filed his appeal of the U.S. Senate election contest with the Minnesota Supreme Court today, citing “deliberate and disparate treatment” of absentee ballots.

Coleman side says it: ‘Set aside the election’

By Chris Steller | 03.02.09 | 8:05 pm

“Set aside the election.”
Those four words appear as the “most appropriate remedy,” in a letter that Norm Coleman’s lawyer, James Langdon, sent to the judges Monday in the former Minnesota senator’s election contest trial. The letter cites eight cases from other states in…

Franken makes case to be seated before Supreme Court

By Paul Demko | 02.05.09 | 12:38 pm

Al Franken should be allowed to serve in the U.S. Senate while a legal contest over the results of the election is heard in state court. That was, in essence, the argument made by Franken’s lawyer in a hearing before the Minnesota Supreme Court this morning.