Franken challenges this ballot
One challenge headed to the state so far in Plymouth
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The bubble beside Norm Coleman’s name appeared to have both an X and a squiggle in it, but the Al Franken campaign wants the state Canvassing Board to rule on whether it should count. That’s the only challenge in the special envelope in Plymouth so far, according to Sandy Engdahl, the city clerk and the official running the city recount.
The Canada geese milling on the grounds and parking lot of Plymouth City Hall were oblivious to the gaggle of election officials and observers inside. The drone of “Franken” and “Coleman” was accompanied by the swishing of paper in Medicine Lake Room A. Early on, Engdahl had to admonish some candidate representatives from trying to tell her counters how to count. Clearly, she said, the recount watchers are “very passionate,” but she has to remind them of everyone’s roles in this civic drama.
Eight of the 24 precincts had been counted by 1:45 p.m., and the only challenged ballot, in Engdahl’s view, was clearly a vote for Coleman. Nevertheless, the Franken campaign was allowed to seek a second opinion.
Comment: How a Franken representative might think this is not a Coleman vote is beyond me!
And given that courts couldn't figure out that something could be amiss with Franken knowing the names and addresses of those whose ballots were rejected, I'm not optimistic that the ordinary sense of this ballot will survive the judiciary.
ReplyDeleteI don't claim to be a smart guy (I'm a janitor at a store), but I am amazed at the utter stupidity of our populace. Apparently many of the citizens in the state of Minnesota don't even know what day it is, much less what the issues are, judging by how much of a moron you have to be to turn in some of these crazy ballots. But I do agree, this one is clearly (?) for Coleman.
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