Archive for December, 2008
« Previous EntriesCOLEMAN FOR U.S. SENATE PRESS RELEASE: “COLEMAN CAMPAIGN SEEKS CONSISTENT STANDARD TO ENSURE NO VOTER IS DISENFRANCHISED”
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008ST. PAUL – The Coleman for Senate campaign today filed a petition with the Minnesota Supreme Court asking that the Court order the review of all rejected absentee ballots identified by both campaigns, as well as local election officials, and to have the review take place together with both campaigns and the Secretary of State. [...]
COLEMAN FOR U.S. SENATE PRESS RELEASE: “COLEMAN CAMPAIGN SAYS NO EXPIRATION DATE ON COUNTING VALID VOTES”
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008St. Paul – Coleman for Senate lead counsel Fritz Knaak issued the following statement in response to today’s statement made by the Secretary of State’s office, as well as the continued actions of the Franken campaign, that would put an expiration date on counting valid votes. “There can be no substitute for an accurate count [...]
COLEMAN FOR U.S. SENATE PRESS RELEASE: “COLEMAN CAMPAIGN: SECRETARY OF STATE & FRANKEN CAMPAIGN SHOULD FOLLOW AGREEMENT ON REJECTED ABSENTEE BALLOTS”
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008ST. PAUL – With the current process for sorting rejected absentee ballots sure to provide an unreliable result, the Coleman for Senate campaign today sent a letter to the Secretary of State’s office and the Franken campaign asking that the parties adhere to their prior agreement on these ballots. Currently, there is no uniform standard [...]
MUST READ FROM THE PIONEER PRESS: “AFTER ALL THIS, DON’T JUMP THE GUN NOW”
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008The Pioneer Press has a great editorial today regarding the recount: “We see this as a three-act drama. If, by this time next week, Al or Norm is declared the winner of the recount — that is, at the end of Act II but before Act III — there will be a rush to put [...]
AM I THE 3RD “WORST POLITICAL PERSON†IN THE ENTIRE STATE – AGAIN?
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008The first year I was #1, but for the second year in a row I’m #3 on the list from the Minnesota Network for Progressive Active Blog of the “Worst Political Persons in Minnesota.” “#3. Michael Brodkorb. Brodkorb has become a folk hero to the GOP faithful, especially those who like that down and dirty [...]
TEAM FRANKEN LAWYER REFUSES TO ALLOW 654 ABSENTEE BALLOTS TO BE COUNTED
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008“At a meeting Tuesday in Anoka, Coleman lawyer Chris Tiedeman said the 1,346 ballots that the counties say were improperly rejected shouldn’t be counted unless the other 654 are reconsidered. Franken lawyer Steve Kaplan replied, ‘Let me cut to the chase. We’re not going to agree to any of the 654. The 654 is from [...]
INCOMING NRSC CHAIR STATEMENT ON MINNESOTA SENATE RACE: “SENATOR CORNYN: FRANKEN IS ‘FALSELY DECLARING VICTORY’”
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, incoming-Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), made the following statement today regarding the Minnesota Senate campaign. “Al Franken is falsely declaring victory based on an artificial lead created on the back of the double counting of ballots. His campaign’s actions in the last several days on the issues [...]
MN GOP PRESS RELEASE: “OFFICIAL COMMUNICATOR OF MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE: PARTISAN LIBERAL BLOG”
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008Republican Party of Minnesota Chair Ron Carey today released the following statement regarding the Secretary of State making “The Uptake†the official feed of the Canvassing Board. “It’s amazing that a partisan, liberal blog has been made the official provider of the video for the Canvassing Board. To make a group with an agenda and [...]
COLEMAN RECOUNT UPDATE
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008I received this memo earlier today: To: Interested Parties From: Mark Drake, Communications Director Date: December 30, 2008 Re: Coleman for Senate Recount Update Over the weekend Franken campaign “let go of the rope†in working with us to reach an agreement on wrongly rejected absentee ballots. The Franken campaign’s “take it or leave it†[...]
SHAME: “NON-PARTISAN†SECRETARY OF STATE MARK RITCHIE’S OFFICE PARTNERS WITH HYPER-PARTISAN LIBERAL VIDEO-BLOG
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008“Non-partisan” Secretary of State Mark Ritchie’s office has joined forces with the partisan liberal video-blog The UpTake to provide a live video feed of today’s State Canvassing Board meeting. This press information about today’s meeting was sent to me by a dedicated reader of Minnesota Democrats Exposed: “Dec. 30. 9 a.m. SENATE RECOUNT — State [...]
COLEMAN FOR U.S. SENATE PRESS RELEASE: “SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE ACTIONS WILL DISENFRANCHISE THOUSANDS OF MINNESOTA VOTERS”
Monday, December 29th, 2008St. Paul – The following statement was released by Coleman for Senate lead Counsel, Fritz Knaak, this evening, in response to an email from Deputy Secretary of State Jim Gelbmann that unilaterally ensures that no rejected absentee ballots will be reviewed and counted in the Senate recount: “In one fell swoop, the Deputy Secretary of [...]
DUPLICATE BALLOTS A “BIG ISSUE”
Monday, December 29th, 2008Cindy Reichert is the elections director for the City of Minneapolis and has stated that this issue of duplicate ballots is a “big issue” and that she knows “it happened in several precincts.” Source: Pioneer Press, December 19, 2008 I don’t really want to double up on what Michael had stated this morning but this [...]
DOUBLE COUNTING OF BALLOTS DISENFRANCHISES MILLIONS OF MINNESOTANS
Monday, December 29th, 2008As Ryan noted last week, the double counting of ballots has become one of the key issues in the U.S. Senate recount: “The Supreme Court ruled today that 2.9 million voters in the state of Minnesota be left disenfranchised. Duplicate ballots have become an issue in this recount, as anyone who cast a vote in [...]
TEAM FRANKEN FIGHTS PROCESS ESTABLISHED BY SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW REJECTED ABSENTEE BALLOTS
Sunday, December 28th, 2008The Star Tribune is reporting that Team Franken has decided to fight the process established by the Minnesota Supreme Court for reviewing rejected absentee ballots. ### “Last week, local elections officials identified the 1,350 ballots as improperly rejected. But each campaign must agree with that assessment before they can be sent to the secretary of [...]
NARN “THE FINAL WORD” TODAY: IT’S A RERUN
Saturday, December 27th, 2008I’m on the radio today from 3-5 p.m. with King Banaian from SCSU Scholars, but the show airing today was broadcast during portions of the last two weekends. Before you listen to King and me, make sure you listen to the first four hours of the Northern Alliance Radio Network. From 11 a.m. to 1 [...]
STAR TRIBUNE: “JOHN MARTY HINTS AT RUN FOR GOVERNOR IN TWO YEARS”
Friday, December 26th, 2008I know Ryan wrote about this earlier in the week, but I wanted to pile on with more posts about John Marty running for governor. Yes…John Marty. ### “State Sen. John Marty, who was the DFL candidate for governor in 1994, may join a growing list of Democrats seeking the office in 2010. Marty, of [...]
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM MINNESOTA DEMOCRATS EXPOSED
Thursday, December 25th, 2008I wish everyone a very merry Christmas. Check back later today/tomorrow for posts exposing Minnesota Democrats.
2.9 MILLION DISENFRANCHISED
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008The Supreme Court ruled today that 2.9 million voters in the state of Minnesota be left disenfranchised. Duplicate ballots have become an issue in this recount, as anyone who cast a vote in this election should be gravely concerned that their vote may not matter as much as someone else. Team Franken should be absolutely [...]
COLEMAN FOR US SENATE PRESS RELEASE: “COLEMAN CAMPAIGN STATEMENT ON SUPREME COURT RULING”
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008St. Paul – Coleman for Senate lead counsel Fritz Knaak released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision today: “The decision by the Minnesota Supreme Court today virtually guarantees two things in this recount.  One: it ensures that there will be an election contest because Minnesotans simply will not support an election as close [...]
COLEMAN FOR U.S SENATE PRESS RELEASE: “COLEMAN CAMPAIGN STATEMENT REGARDING TEAM FRANKEN’S ‘EVIDENCE’ AGAINST DOUBLE COUNTING”
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008ST. PAUL – Cullen Sheehan, campaign manager for Coleman for Senate, released the following statement regarding the Franken campaign’s supposed evidence that the double counting of votes has not occurred: “Today, the Franken campaign submitted an affidavit before the court in which they claim 11 ballots that were in a ziploc bag in Minneapolis were [...]
« Previous Entries