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COLEMAN FOR U.S. SENATE PRESS RELEASE: “COLEMAN CAMPAIGN CALLS ON FRANKEN CAMPAIGN TO EXERCISE RESTRAINT IN USE OF VOTER DATA”
By Michael B. Brodkorb | November 19, 2008
ST. PAUL – In response to an order issued today by the Ramsey County District Court concerning access to voter names, addresses and data, the Coleman Campaign issued the following statement from Coleman for Senate Campaign Manager Cullen Sheehan:
“We expect that the Franken campaign will soon begin asking counties for information about rejected absentee ballots, and if history is any judge of past performance, we anticipate an overly aggressive effort by their campaign to track down voters by any means available. We would ask the Franken Campaign to restrain themselves so that we do not see a repeat of their actions in places such as Beltrami County.
“This ruling has no bearing on the fundamental reality that we are now actively engaged in a recount. While we will receive the same information from counties that the Franken Campaign requests, we hope that the Franken campaign will treat absentee voters with more respect than we have seen so far. Voters whose information will now be released should not be subjected to harassment or intimidation.
“Concerning the Franken Campaign’s unprecedented attempt to include rejected absentee ballots in the recount, it’s clear that the legal opinion of the Attorney General and other Minnesota election officials that rejected absentee ballots should not be included is still valid and binding.â€
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November 19th, 2008 at 4:11 PM
““Concerning the Franken Campaign’s unprecedented attempt to include rejected absentee ballots in the recount, it’s clear that the legal opinion of the Attorney General and other Minnesota election officials that rejected absentee ballots should not be included is still valid and binding.â€
ROFLMAO!!!
“The legislature’s job is to write law. It’s the executive branch’s job to interpret law.” — George orWell Bush, Patron Saint to republiCons everywhere.
George W. Bush
November 19th, 2008 at 6:24 PM
This is an outragous ruling by the court. Where is the citizens right to privacy and to not have candidates know who one voted for? And I thought card check was bad.
November 19th, 2008 at 7:03 PM
“This is an outragous ruling by the court. Where is the citizens right to privacy and to not have candidates know who one voted for? And I thought card check was bad.”
Jesus christ, their not opening the ballots for public inspection. It’s public information if you voted or not. And, it doesn’t jeopardize your right to privacy or indicate who you voted for to list your name as someone who’s ballot was rejected.
November 19th, 2008 at 8:03 PM
If you made the effort to vote by absentee ballot, wouldn’t you want your vote to count? If your vote was rejected for unwarranted reasons, wouldn’t you want your vote to count?
Why don’t republicans want every vote that is legally cast to be counted?
The rightwingers on this site probably cheer the MN Majority folks calling to check up on the voter registration rolls, but now are offended when checking up on actual votes.