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BRODKORB: KSTP REPORTS UNDERSCORES PROBLEM WITH VOTING

By Luke Hellier | November 25, 2009

Michael Brodkorb had a opinion article published in today’s MinnPost. Partial text is below.

“KSTP television recently ran a groundbreaking investigative report regarding the counting of absentee ballots in the 2008 election. It should give every Minnesotan pause.

Approximately 300,000 absentee ballots were cast in Minnesota last year. Accurate counting of those votes was obviously critical in the protracted U.S. Senate contest between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken. You might recall that after several months of litigation, Franken was declared the winner by 312 votes.

The KSTP report focused on the methods used by various election officials to determine which absentee ballots were counted and which ones were not. This was the big issue that emerged during the court battle between Coleman and Franken, and the resolution of this issue likely determined the outcome of the race.

Coleman’s lawyers argued that uniform standards were not applied across the state, when determining which absentee ballots to count, and which to exclude. The KSTP story validated that position.” Source: MinnPost, November 25, 2009

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“KSTP interviewed Ritchie. It would have been humorous, if not so sad. When confronted with ballots to review, Ritchie said he should have been asked to bring his glasses to the interview. I’m serious. He was then confronted with the fact that different standards were applied to ballots, depending upon the location of the election official. Ritchie would not admit that this is a problem or constituted an irregularity. He also said he would not look at photocopies of ballots to determine whether there were problems.” Source: MinnPost, November 25, 2009

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