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EDITORIAL BLASTS FRANKEN’S RECOUNT LAWSUIT
By Michael B. Brodkorb | November 21, 2008
“That said, we are disappointed that DFL candidate Al Franken has launched a lawsuit to gain access to rejected absentee ballots. That lawsuit is only going to drag the process longer than it needs to be and it will cost the taxpayers more money in court costs.
Our point: Franken needs to trust the secretary of state and the 87 county auditors to do their jobs and do them well. The system in place is open and transparent. A lawsuit at this point is like trying to change the rules of a football game during the overtime period. Let’s play by the rules of the existing recount lawbook.” Source: Albert Lea Tribune, November 21, 2008
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November 21st, 2008 at 10:21 am
Rules are for suckers. This is about stealing an election. This is about making sure that illegal votes count. This is about fabricating new ballots out of thin are.
This is the Minnesota DFL.
November 21st, 2008 at 10:32 am
All valid ballots must be counted, no matter who the votes are for. Why can’t the Coleman Campaign agree with that?
November 21st, 2008 at 10:34 am
I can’t wait to hear what Norm has to say once Franken takes the lead… Do you think he will just “step aside”?
November 21st, 2008 at 10:35 am
What is thin are?
November 21st, 2008 at 11:18 am
That’s some pretty fancy asshat dancin’, danbroom…twirl your propeller!
November 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
This post is another fine attempt at another DFL OUTRAGE Michael.
The reason they want to know about the absentee ballots is because, across the state, there are many ballots that were sent absentee, that were rejected with no reason given for the rejection. All the Franken campaign wants to know is why the ballots were rejected. If they were rejected for legitimate reasons (such as no signature, no proof of residence, and so on), then that’s fine. The Franken people just want to know why there are ballots that were rejected for no reason. Simple huh. No fraud. No outrage.
There is no reason why ANY legitimate ballot should not be counted. The fairytale that the DFL, the Franken campaign, or that anyone else is “creating ballots out of thin air” is ridiculous. The idea that the recount is some sort of effort by the Franken campaign to “steal” the election is laughable.
As we should all know by now, when an election has a less than .5% difference, it is REQUIRED that there be a recount. If Coleman was down by 200 votes on election night, we would see the same thing. Although, I’m sure Coleman’s efforts to have a recount would be listed as “heroic” here had that been the case, as apposed to an attempt at theft as they are listed here now that Franken is behind. When it’s a Democrat, no matter who it is, all we here is what an outrage it is, how they are trying to steal an cheat their way into the office in question (Chestnut, I know, I know, it’s listed that way because as Democrats we are all obviously liars, cheaters, and thieves, no reason to prove the point again here). I am shocked at how little faith the people here have in the election process, especially the process in Minnesota (which is widely viewed as one of the best in the country).
Also, I am curious to know what an “illegal” ballot is. Could you explain D?
November 21st, 2008 at 4:24 pm
D figures that any ballot marked for Senator Franken is illegal. It’s truly that simple with him. Idiot.
November 21st, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Integrity
are you nuts…”Minnesota election process being widely accepted as one of the best in the country?” This is a fiction Minnesotans tell each other to make themselves feel smart.
What can you say about same day registration, not having to produce positive identification and, for cripes sake, “vouching” where the voter doesn’t have to produce anything to support his eligibility? How about divining voter intent in recounts. Who supports this silliness? Only those who must use fraud to benefit. From my experience it is the GOP that opposes these measures.
Our optical readers are good, but the voter eligibility and dispute resolution laws suck.