aw poor jgg ! it is definitely a factual news article . don' you just love it when justice prevails ?
On Dec 19, 2:50 pm, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> request to keep improperly rejected ballots out of the U.S. Senate > >>> recount > > By whose standards??? Clearly this is not a factual news article by > a fake "news report" that is really an opinion piece... > > On Dec 19, 2:42 pm, Florida Cracker 532 <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Minnesota Supreme Court Weighs Absentee Ballots > > http://www.truthout.org/121808S > > At a sometimes testy hearing, the state Supreme Court heard the > > Coleman campaign's request to keep improperly rejected ballots out of > > the U.S. Senate recount. > > > Minnesota's disputed U.S. Senate race went before the state > > Supreme Court on Wednesday, as Sen. Norm Coleman's campaign sought to > > keep improperly rejected absentee ballots from becoming part of the > > official recount. > > > After a 70-minute hearing, both Republican Coleman and Democratic > > challenger Al Franken awaited a ruling by the state high court that > > could uncomplicate one of the largest remaining issues in the race - > > whether as many as 1,600 absentee ballots that may have been > > improperly rejected should be part of the recount now being completed > > by the five-member state Canvassing Board. With the candidates > > separated by such a narrow margin, the absentee ballots could be a > > deciding factor. > > > At Wednesday's hearing, lawyers for both campaigns were peppered > > with questions from the court, which was presided over by Justice > > Alan > > Page. Both Chief Justice Eric Magnuson and Justice G. Barry Anderson > > recused themselves from the proceedings because they were again busy > > Wednesday sorting through challenged ballots - another critical issue > > in the recount - as members of the Canvassing Board. > > > The hearing in a packed room began with Justice Paul Anderson > > testily responding to Roger Magnuson, the lead attorney for Coleman, > > who compared Minnesota's recount to the 2000 presidential election > > dispute that focused on the counting of ballots in Florida. "This is > > not Florida," said Anderson. > > > Coleman's campaign does not want the Canvassing Board to count > > any > > improperly rejected absentee ballots, saying it is not the proper > > body > > to settle that issue. Instead, it wants those ballots set aside and > > preserved in the event either campaign goes to court after the > > recount > > to try to get a judge to include them in the tally. The Franken > > campaign wants the recount before the Canvassing Board to include the > > ballots. > > > Magnuson argued that the Canvassing Board, which cannot legally > > order county and city election officials to count the ballots, > > confused matters last week when it recommended that local officials > > sort and count them. With some counties following the recommendation, > > and others not, the counts "will be inconsistent," said Magnuson, who > > served as legal counsel for the Florida Senate and Legislature in the > > 2000 case arising out of the presidential election. > > > Bill Pentelovitch, the lead attorney for Franken before the > > court, > > was at times also confronted by the five justices. Page said he did > > not understand why the disputed absentee ballots could not be counted > > afterward should a court challenge be mounted. "What's the > > difference?" he asked. > > > Pentelovitch replied that once the Canvassing Board finishes the > > recount and issues a certificate of election to the winner in the > > race, "the presumption [is] the person who has the certificate is the > > winner." > > > Justice Paul Anderson, who appeared to reserve his most pointed > > questions for the Coleman campaign, said he worried about the rights > > of an absentee voter who cast a ballot that was improperly rejected. > > "Why should a voter who does cast a ballot that's valid have to bring > > a [legal] contest [to get it counted]?" he asked. "That just doesn't > > seem right."- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
