Monday, April 13, 2009
Absentees Push Franken's Senate Lead to 312
This short news item is somewhat related to the absentee voting presentation my group did last week. Due to former Senator Coleman's legal challenges, a few more absentee ballots were shaken out in Minnesota.
Absentees Push Franken's Senate Lead to 312 (full text quoted below)
Coleman was probably betting on absentee ballots swinging the election back into his favor, but it appears to have worked in the opposite direction. How much longer do you think his campaign should fight this battle?
Absentees Push Franken's Senate Lead to 312 (full text quoted below)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democrat Al Franken's lead in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race has grown to 312 votes now that hundreds of absentee ballots have been added to the counting.
A three-judge panel ruled that the rejected absentee ballots should be opened and counted after hearing weeks of testimony in a lawsuit brought by Republican Norm Coleman.
Franken led by 225 votes going into Tuesday's count of those absentee ballots.
The judges allowed 351 absentees into the count and Franken picked up more of them than Coleman did.
Other issues are still pending in Coleman's lawsuit, and he has said he will appeal to the state Supreme Court if he loses.
Coleman was probably betting on absentee ballots swinging the election back into his favor, but it appears to have worked in the opposite direction. How much longer do you think his campaign should fight this battle?
# posted by dan @ 9:53 PM 
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I think this never ending process is crazy! I understand that both Coleman and Franken want to win, but really? I do think this article and and "election" process is a great example of how absentee voting can change the direction of an election.
Obviously I'm pretty far removed from this election being in MS and all but I can only imagine how the people in Minnesota feel. Surely they just want this race to over and finished!
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Obviously I'm pretty far removed from this election being in MS and all but I can only imagine how the people in Minnesota feel. Surely they just want this race to over and finished!
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