Coleman dealt another setback vs. Franken

[Wretched Excess]

A Minnesota court rejected on Wednesday a request by Norm Coleman to re-evaluate 933 absentee ballots both he and Democrat Al Franken had agreed to count, dealing the Republican another blow in his bid to win the state's contested Senate race.

Coleman had sued Franken to prevent those 933 ballots from being stripped of voter identification, making them impossible to re-evaluate at a later date. Coleman's campaign had sought to have those ballots re-evaluated under standards for absentee ballots set forth by the three-judge panel overseeing his challenge to Franken's 225-vote lead certified by a state board last month.

The campaign had agreed to count this pool of ballots ahead of the commencement of the election challenge.

"The parties' stipulation, and the Court Order arising therefrom, is binding," the court hearing Coleman's suit wrote in a unanimous decision. "The Court finds the public interest in ensuring the fundamental right to secrecy of a voter's ballot and the importance of upholding contract law weighs against granting [Coleman's] motion for injunctive relief."

The decision would seem to continue the dwindling of options for Coleman, who has been handed a series of defeats in court that eliminate avenues to overtake Franken's lead. Coleman attorneys, though, have set the stage for a potential appeal of the election challenge during in-court proceedings.

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[Miss Mia]

I like the pic.   


BTW, this is all BS over absentee ballots.  There should have been a set standard for how to count them from the beginning.  And I really dislike the fact that they weren't going to be counted in the first place.

I heard Coleman on the radio a few weeks ago (I don't remember what show) and he was saying that absentee votes were being thrown out because a sticker that the election board put on the ballots covered up the spot where they were supposed to sign!  That's BS! 

[Ptarmigan]

He's dressed like a sodomite damned bunny.

[rich_t]

A Minnesota court rejected on Wednesday a request by Norm Coleman to re-evaluate 933 absentee ballots both he and Democrat Al Franken had agreed to count, dealing the Republican another blow in his bid to win the state's contested Senate race.

Coleman had sued Franken to prevent those 933 ballots from being stripped of voter identification, making them impossible to re-evaluate at a later date. Coleman's campaign had sought to have those ballots re-evaluated under standards for absentee ballots set forth by the three-judge panel overseeing his challenge to Franken's 225-vote lead certified by a state board last month.

The campaign had agreed to count this pool of ballots ahead of the commencement of the election challenge.

"The parties' stipulation, and the Court Order arising therefrom, is binding," the court hearing Coleman's suit wrote in a unanimous decision. "The Court finds the public interest in ensuring the fundamental right to secrecy of a voter's ballot and the importance of upholding contract law weighs against granting [Coleman's] motion for injunctive relief."

The decision would seem to continue the dwindling of options for Coleman, who has been handed a series of defeats in court that eliminate avenues to overtake Franken's lead. Coleman attorneys, though, have set the stage for a potential appeal of the election challenge during in-court proceedings.

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Coleman should have used that pic during his campaign...  With the text of:


Is this the person you want to represent you in Washington?

[Thor]

From what I've read, these absentee ballots are mostly ballots from deployed military members. You can bet your sweet ass that Frankenidiot wants these ballots negated. He would lose for certain.