How about rejecting some of those in precincts where more votes were counted thatn people who actually voted???
On Jan 8, 7:30�am, Florida Cracker <[email protected]> wrote: > Coleman: Reject ballots from voters who did everything > righthttp://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/1/7/11402/90897/416/680968 > Here's a gem from Norm Coleman's challenge of Al Franken's victory: > > On Election Day, election judges in several precincts failed to > initial the backs of Ballots under their control as required by > Minnesota law and failed to prevent the deposit of Ballots without > such endorsement in the Ballot boxes and voting machines. > > In other words, Norm Coleman believes that voters who did everything > right should have have their ballots voided -- simply because some > election judge didn't initial the back of their ballot. > > Moreover, the requirement to which Coleman refers does not come from > directly from a statute -- it's actually one of Minnesota's > administration rules, and those administrative rules require the > election judges do more than just initial the back of ballots. For > example: > > The judges are to do the following: > (1) meet at the polling place at least one-half hour before voting > begins; > > So by the logic of Norm Coleman's election contest, if any election > judge showed up late, then every ballot cast at that polling location > should be voided -- whether or not voters did everything right. > > The amazing thing is that this "initial the backs of Ballots" > argument > is arguably among the stronger arguments contained within Coleman's > petition. > > :: --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
