Franken to Supreme Court: Make Pawlenty and Ritchie issue election certificate

Al Franken is asking the Minnesota Supreme Court to order Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Secretary of State Mark Ritchie to issue a signed certificate for Franken’s election to the U.S. Senate. Franken contends that one part of Minnesota law requiring a certificate to be issued trumps another that Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Secretary of State Mark Ritchie cited in turning down direct requests from Franken yesterday, pending former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman’s lawsuit.