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COLEMAN FOR U.S. SENATE PRESS RELEASE: “COLEMAN CAMPAIGN CALLS ON FRANKEN CAMPAIGN TO OBSERVE BALLOT CHALLENGE TRUCE”
By Michael B. Brodkorb | November 25, 2008
ST. PAUL – The following was faxed to the Franken Campaign by Coleman for Senate Senior Counsel Fritz Knaak this evening:
“It has become apparent that both campaigns are engaged in a mounting game of ballot challenging that serves no useful purpose.  This is not the way the recount process was intended to work, and we are trying the patience and goodwill of election officials and volunteers throughout the state. While the Franken Campaign began this morning challenging 25 ballots in one Sherburne County precinct, the vast majority without merit, it’s obvious that our campaign volunteers felt the need to match these growing and unnecessary challenges throughout the day. This is an artificial game which has virtually no bearing on the outcome of this recount as we know that the vast majority of these challenges will be rejected before we even get to the Canvassing Board on December 16th. With that in mind, in the spirit of the Holidays, and to give respect to this process that it deserves, we ask you to join us tomorrow morning in standing down in the game of ballot challenge one upsmanship.”
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November 25th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
LOLOLOLOLOLOL.
Man… That’s so damn funny.
November 25th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
After Franken loses the recount, he still has a large portion of his Hollywood and George Soros slush funds left over to try again, by throwing countless lawsuits into the liberal court system. The process will drag well into Q1 of 2009, perhaps further.
November 25th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Coleman Camp admits being:
“”engaged in a mounting game of ballot challenging that serves no useful purpose. “”
You would never be that sloppy MikeDEceit. Pretty amazing admission coming form them!
November 26th, 2008 at 12:40 am
This indeed is quite hilarious coming from the campaign that has, in fact, challenged more ballots.
November 26th, 2008 at 1:39 am
“…that serves no useful purpose.”
But “Florida” and the “hanging chads” had a useful purpose?
The recount is 80.62% completed, the next phase of judgments will begin shortly after the recount of the easier piles.
According to the campaign commercials, Al Franken is unfit to be Senator but, apparently he is not unfit for striking some kind of deal about keeping the remainder of the about 20% of the ballot challenges lower in number.
Someone is supposed to be down & out for the count, but apparently not for the RE-COUNT!
The Senate period is for 6 years (72 months).
42% of 72 is about 30.42 months.
So if Franken were Senator for 30.5 months,
Coleman were Senator for 30.5 months,
that would leave Barkley with a wrap-up of 11 months.
November 26th, 2008 at 2:03 am
So if Franken comes out ahead, we can expect Coleman not to challenge it with a lot of lawsuits? Or is it only a problem when Franken does it?
November 26th, 2008 at 8:26 am
I can appreciate that Sen. Coleman is attempting to tamp down the excessive challenges, but I hope this doesn’t represent another unilateral disarmament like discontinuing negative advertising in the last month of the campaign. Mr. Franken is understandably playing for keeps, and I don’t think he’s likely to respond to this suggestion as Sen. Coleman would like.
Sadly, the real issue is likely to be how many votes were cast by people that were not truly eligible to vote. Minnesota has an impressive way of handling the ballots and managing recounts, but it has a weak system for ensuring that all ballots are legally cast. Most of the time it doesn’t matter, but in a super close race like this the difference could come down to a bunch of activists from another state choosing to cast second votes in MN, caregivers abusing their position to impose their choices for elderly/disabled voters, noncitizens registering to vote, and just straight up multiple voting by partisans. Part of respecting the voting process is ensuring that legitimate voters are not disenfranchised by having their votes diluted by fraud.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:53 am
I wish Knaack had written that last week.
November 26th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
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