do you mean the counties coleman won in ? On Jan 8, 8:31 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > > ::- 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
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