Doug's ex-wife wonders what the deal is re: Minnesota Senate race

[franksolich]

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Oh my.

sabra  (1000+ posts)        Tue Feb-03-09 04:37 PM
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(Minnesota) Recount trial: Judges rule thousands of ballots can be considered 

The court order indicates that all absentee ballots that complied with state law should be counted, along with those where errors occurred through no fault of the voter.

Nearly 4,800 rejected absentee ballots may be considered in the Senate recount trial, according to a ruling from the three-judge panel hearing the dispute between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken.

The court order indicates that all absentee ballots that complied with state law should be counted, along with those where errors occurred through no fault of the voter.

But the order limits Coleman to presenting evidence on those ballots specifically disclosed to the Franken legal team by January 22.

Coleman lawyer Fritz Knaak said he believes that the Coleman camp disclosed some 4,800 such ballots by the deadline, and Franken spokeswoman Jess McIntosh said that was also her understanding.

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Doug's ex-wife, the sfexpat2000 primitive:

EFerrari  (1000+ posts)        Tue Feb-03-09 04:39 PM
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1. Is Coleman hoping Al will run out of money? What's the deal here?

MineralMan  (1000+ posts)      Tue Feb-03-09 04:42 PM
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2. This will probably benefit Franken, overall.

We shall see.

Right.

Mz Pip  (1000+ posts)      Tue Feb-03-09 04:44 PM
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3. Where id these ballots come from?

Why were they rejected in the first place?

I vote absentee all the time and don't like to think that my vote would not be counted.

happygoluckytoyou (1000+ posts)      Tue Feb-03-09 04:47 PM
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6. in a related story...medical miracle...man pulls 50000 ballots out of his own ass!!!

hope the son of a bitch got a papercut

The skumbag primitive, the "IanDB1" primitive:

Ian David  (1000+ posts)        Tue Feb-03-09 04:52 PM
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7. When ALL the votes are counted in a tight race, Democrats win. And by the Repukes' own admission... 
 
... Democrats tend to be more "free-spirited" and "creative" in filling-out ballots.

Which is why when "defective" ballots are counted according to the voter's intention, most of them will turn out to be for Democrats.

Including the ones that say "Lizard People" and "Obama!" in the margins.

Oh, I dunno.  We'll see, skumbag.

[asdf2231]

Ian David  (1000+ posts)        Tue Feb-03-09 04:52 PM
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7. When ALL the votes are counted in a tight race, Democrats win. And by the Repukes' own admission... 
 
... Democrats tend to be more "free-spirited" and "creative" in filling-out ballots.

Which is why when "defective" ballots are counted according to the voter's intention, most of them will turn out to be for Democrats.

Including the ones that say "Lizard People" and "Obama!" in the margins.

Democrat voters...

[thundley4]

Democrat voters...

Quote: iandb: "Which is why when "defective" ballots are counted according to the voter's intention, most of them will turn out to be for Democrats."

It is commonly known that defective ballots come from defective voters.

[Airwolf]

I can't wait to see if Stuart Smalleys campain goes down once and for all.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Hard to say whom this will advantage the most, I'm sure there are a lot of military ballots in the absentee pile as well as students and the simply-footloose 'Free spirits' who will go Democrat.   

[JohnnyReb]

Which is why when "defective" ballots are counted according to the voter'scounters intention, most of them will turn out to be for Democrats.