The recount of votes in Minnesota's Senate election has now ended, and Al Franken has the lead by 225 votes. So barring the inevitible challenge that the Norm Coleman campaign will file, it looks like Al Franken will be the next senator from the state of Minnesota. It looks like Norm Coleman, who initially said that Franken should concede the election, wants more of the rejected absentee ballots to be counted. And he is still concerned about some ballots which he, or rather his lawyers, content were counted twice. As for the twice-counted ballots. If no additional absentee ballots are allowed, these ballots shouldn't matter, as the number of ballots in question is fewer than the vote margin. I'm sure Coleman will drag this out as long as he can though to keep Franken from being seated in the Senate when it reconvenes this month.
1.04.2009
Franken Wins! (At Least for the Moment)
The recount of votes in Minnesota's Senate election has now ended, and Al Franken has the lead by 225 votes. So barring the inevitible challenge that the Norm Coleman campaign will file, it looks like Al Franken will be the next senator from the state of Minnesota. It looks like Norm Coleman, who initially said that Franken should concede the election, wants more of the rejected absentee ballots to be counted. And he is still concerned about some ballots which he, or rather his lawyers, content were counted twice. As for the twice-counted ballots. If no additional absentee ballots are allowed, these ballots shouldn't matter, as the number of ballots in question is fewer than the vote margin. I'm sure Coleman will drag this out as long as he can though to keep Franken from being seated in the Senate when it reconvenes this month.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment