Minn. board gives Senate win to Franken

[dbackjon]

A Minnesota board on Monday certified results showing Democrat Al Franken winning the state's U.S. Senate recount over Republican Norm Coleman, but a legal challenge could keep the race in limbo.
The Canvassing Board's declaration started a seven-day clock for Coleman to file a lawsuit protesting the result, as his attorneys have said he would. If he doesn't, Franken will get the election certificate he needs to take the seat in Washington.

The former "Saturday Night Live" personality ended the recount up by 225 votes, an astonishingly thin margin in a race where more than 2.9 million votes were cast. And they completed a reversal of the unofficial Election Day results, which showed Coleman with a 215-vote lead.

Franken made up the deficit over seven tortuous weeks of ballot-sifting in part by prevailing on challenges that both campaigns brought to thousands of ballots. He also did better than Coleman when election officials opened and counted more than 900 absentee ballots that had erroneously been disqualified on Election Day.


http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2 ... nate_N.htm

[dbackjon]

Congrats Coleman - you have now lost to Jesse Ventura and Al Franken

[Wedgebuster]

Incredible!

[Cap'n Cat]

Go Donks.

[Gil Dobie]

The reorg/recount has been certified, but the election has not yet been certified. That may come next Monday.

[houndawg]

Before the resident conservative ideologues start with their yelping and bleating- realize that this is Karma for the bellicose and venal Tom Delay. Maybe there are gods afterall.

[AZGrizFan]

Before the resident conservative ideologues start with their yelping and bleating- realize that this is Karma for the bellicose and venal Tom Delay. Maybe there are gods afterall.

Much like Ventura, Minnesota gets EXACTLY what they deserve with this fcukin' wackjob.

[Willie]

I've been listening to this $ht for too long now. Thank God I only live here for school.

[dbackjon]

Sen. Norm Coleman said minutes ago that he will contest the result of the 2008 U.S. Senate election and take the result to court.

Coleman lost the final vote recount by 225 votes to Al Franken, who Monday declared victory after the State Canvassing Board declared he had won the most votes.

Coleman made his announcement at the State Office Building in a room across the hallway from the offices of Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, who chaired the Canvassing Board.
http://www.minnpost.com/politicalagenda ... e_election

[Gil Dobie]

Much like Ventura, Minnesota gets EXACTLY what they deserve with this fcukin' wackjob.

Franken only got 42% of the vote, which is probably the total of registered Democrats. A friend of mine didn't like the idea of Franken for Senate, but voted Franken because he was a Democrat. There may be a lot of votes that were counted 3 times. Election workers forgot to mark copies of ballots that did not go through the machines in some precints. There was on precinct that Franken won that ended up with more votes than voters.

[dbackjon]

Much like Ventura, Minnesota gets EXACTLY what they deserve with this fcukin' wackjob.

. Election workers forgot to mark copies of ballots that did not go through the machines in some precints. There was on precinct that Franken won that ended up with more votes than voters.

I am sure that happens in all elections. How many are for Coleman, how many are for Franken, how many are for other candidates?

[Gil Dobie]

. Election workers forgot to mark copies of ballots that did not go through the machines in some precints. There was on precinct that Franken won that ended up with more votes than voters.

I am sure that happens in all elections. How many are for Coleman, how many are for Franken, how many are for other candidates?

Two of the precincts in question have 70+ extra votes for Franken. Also many out-state precincts that were pro-Coleman didn't get their absentee ballots in. The precinct with more vote than voters is pro-Franken.

[HI54UNI]

Before the resident conservative ideologues start with their yelping and bleating- realize that this is Karma for the bellicose and venal Tom Delay. Maybe there are gods afterall.

Much like Ventura, Minnesota gets EXACTLY what they deserve with this fcukin' wackjob.

The problem is Ventura was their idiot since he was governor. If Franken becomes the Senator he becomes our idiot from the State of Minnesota.

[AZGrizFan]

Much like Ventura, Minnesota gets EXACTLY what they deserve with this fcukin' wackjob.

The problem is Ventura was their idiot since he was governor. If Franken becomes the Senator he becomes our idiot from the State of Minnesota.

Does Minnesota realize they've become the laughing stock of America?

[ASUMountaineer]

The problem is Ventura was their idiot since he was governor. If Franken becomes the Senator he becomes our idiot from the State of Minnesota.

Does Minnesota realize they've become the laughing stock of America?

So...AL FRANKEN IS FINALLY FUNNY!

[houndawg]

The problem is Ventura was their idiot since he was governor. If Franken becomes the Senator he becomes our idiot from the State of Minnesota.

Does Minnesota realize they've become the laughing stock of America?

I don't know, but Norm Coleman must be mighty embarassed.

[D1B]

The problem is Ventura was their idiot since he was governor. If Franken becomes the Senator he becomes our idiot from the State of Minnesota.

Does Minnesota realize they've become the laughing stock of America?

Why do you say that? At least they're taking chances and trying to shake things up (Ventura...). It's a well run state with good people.

Seriously, other than he's a dem, what's your problem with Franken?

Rep or Dem, I'll take an outsider over a career politician like Coleman any day.

Shaking things up.

[D1B]

Does Minnesota realize they've become the laughing stock of America?

I don't know, but Norm Coleman must be mighty embarassed.

So should the Republican party and the multitude of idiots who voted W into office.

[Appaholic]

The problem is Ventura was their idiot since he was governor. If Franken becomes the Senator he becomes our idiot from the State of Minnesota.

Does Minnesota realize they've become the laughing stock of America?

What's Larry Craig doing these days?

http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/crim ... 7cmp2.html

[Gil Dobie]

The problem is Ventura was their idiot since he was governor. If Franken becomes the Senator he becomes our idiot from the State of Minnesota.

Does Minnesota realize they've become the laughing stock of America?

Minnesota is a Donk state, most of the Conks and Indy's didn't vote for Franken who got 42%, Coleman 42%, and Barkley the Indy got most of the rest. In most western states Coleman would be a Democrat, but in Minnesota he is a Republican.

[AZGrizFan]

Does Minnesota realize they've become the laughing stock of America?

Why do you say that? At least they're taking chances and trying to shake things up (Ventura...). It's a well run state with good people.

Seriously, other than he's a dem, what's your problem with Franken?

Rep or Dem, I'll take an outsider over a career politician like Coleman any day.

Shaking things up.

So, perhaps we should elect Charles Manson, just to "shake things up" a bit, huh? Electing Al Fcuking Franken would be akin to electing Bobcat Goldthwait. A fcukin' loon....plain and simple. And now he's gonna be making POLICY for this country.

[Gil Dobie]

Why do you say that? At least they're taking chances and trying to shake things up (Ventura...). It's a well run state with good people.

Seriously, other than he's a dem, what's your problem with Franken?

Rep or Dem, I'll take an outsider over a career politician like Coleman any day.

Shaking things up.

So, perhaps we should elect Charles Manson, just to "shake things up" a bit, huh? Electing Al Fcuking Franken would be akin to electing Bobcat Goldthwait. A fcukin' loon....plain and simple. And now he's gonna be making POLICY for this country.

They wouldn't be saying that if it was Rush Limbaugh beating Walter Mondale.

[AZGrizFan]

So, perhaps we should elect Charles Manson, just to "shake things up" a bit, huh? Electing Al Fcuking Franken would be akin to electing Bobcat Goldthwait. A fcukin' loon....plain and simple. And now he's gonna be making POLICY for this country.

They wouldn't be saying that if it was Rush Limbaugh beating Walter Mondale.

Who's "they"? Comedians, actors, talk show hosts, etc., have no business in politics. What next, Sean Penn for Governor of California?

Next thing you know, Arnold Fcukin' Schwartzeneger will be elected to some office.

[Gil Dobie]

They wouldn't be saying that if it was Rush Limbaugh beating Walter Mondale.

Who's "they"? Comedians, actors, talk show hosts, etc., have no business in politics. What next, Sean Penn for Governor of California?

Next thing you know, Arnold Fcukin' Schwartzeneger will be elected to some office.

They is the Donks

[dbackjon]

Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric Magnuson will recuse himself from participating in Norm Coleman’s legal contest of the U.S. Senate race, according to John Kostouros, Communications Director for the state’s Court Information Office. Under Minnesota law, the Chief Justice is charged with naming a three-judge panel to oversee the legal dispute. But since Magnuson served on the five-member State Canvassing Board that oversaw the recount, which gave challenger Al Franken a 225-vote lead, he will pass that duty on to justice Alan Page. Magnuson also recused himself from earlier hearings before the state’s top court

http://minnesotaindependent.com/22312/c ... an-contest