Judges refuse Coleman ballot inspection request http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view/2009_01_23_Judges_r... ST. PAUL, Minn. — The judges in the Minnesota Senate contest are denying a request from Republican Norm Coleman to send teams of inspectors around the state to re-inspect ballots in some precincts.
Coleman’s lawyers had identified 86 precincts where they allege irregularities occurred that may have inflated Democrat Al Franken’s current 225-vote lead in the race. Coleman has sued to overturn that lead. The judges wrote that Coleman did not meet the burden of proving that the inspections are necessary in order to prepare for trial. The trial is to start Monday. Franken’s attorneys had argued there wasn’t time to deploy inspectors around the state before then. On Feb 3, 4:35 pm, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > My reply was to little Mike. My Bad Frank > > On Feb 3, 12:57 pm, frankg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Ah, so the guy who charges the FL election committee, the FL Secretary > > of State, the FL Supreme Court and the US Supreme Court all 'stole' an > > election now has all the faith in the world that an election committee > > and the MN Secretary of State isn't stealing an election. You're > > nothing if not consistent and entertaining. > > > “In other cases, the board has been flagrantly inconsistent. Last > > month, Mr. Franken's campaign charged that one Hennepin County > > (Minneapolis) precinct had "lost" 133 votes, since the hand recount > > showed fewer ballots than machine votes recorded on Election Night. > > Though there is no proof to this missing vote charge -- officials may > > have accidentally run the ballots through the machine twice on > > Election Night -- the Canvassing Board chose to go with the Election > > Night total, rather than the actual number of ballots in the recount. > > That decision gave Mr. Franken a gain of 46 votes. Meanwhile, a Ramsey > > County precinct ended up with 177 more ballots than there were > > recorded votes on Election Night. In that case, the board decided to > > go with the extra ballots, rather than the Election Night total, even > > though the county is now showing more ballots than voters in the > > precinct. This gave Mr. Franken a net gain of 37 votes, which means > > he's benefited both ways from the board's inconsistency.” > > > Gee, I wonder if HBO will produce a feature length movie on the > > stealing of the MN Senate Race. > > > On Feb 3, 12:07 pm, "liberal mike532 !" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > lady if YOU had bothered to follow the election you would know that > > > there wasn't any double voting as certified by the election > > > committee . now if you have proof of your claims other than rumors > > > started by coleman and the fox channel please post them > > > > On Feb 3, 9:42 am, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > If a precinct has 100 voters and they have 122 ballots which the > > > > Democrats insist on counting, there are 22 voters who voter twice... > > > > And that is what has happened in Minnesota... If you had followed > > > > the recount closely, YOW WOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS... But instead you > > > > call others names because pesky facts insist you extreme partisan > > > > positions are taken for party loyality rather than truth or honest > > > > debate... > > > > > On Feb 3, 4:58 am, "liberal mike532 !" <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > sunshine you are full of shit post the proof that minnesota allowed > > > > > double voting ! > > > > > > On Feb 2, 9:12 am, jgg1000a <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > You demand perfection from your opponents and excuse imperfection in > > > > > > your friends -- typical... But for one who POV was willing to > > > > > > PERFECTLY willing to allow Saddam and family to remain in power, you > > > > > > claim democracy in Iraqi isn't because of glitches in voting... > > > > > > FYI, > > > > > > it is NOT that glitches exist, but how the system handles them... > > > > > > In > > > > > > Minnesota they allowed double voting, which I think is wrong... > > > > > > Have > > > > > > a problem??? Ask why the Democrats in Minnestoa allow double > > > > > > voting... > > > > > > > On Feb 2, 7:57 am, "liberal mike532 !" <[email protected]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Calm Iraqi Election Marred as Thousands Were Denied > > > > > > > Votehttp://www.truthout.org/020109C > > > > > > > Leila Fadel, McClatchy Newspapers: "Iraqis cast ballots in 14 of > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > country's 18 provinces Saturday, selecting among 14,500 candidates > > > > > > > for > > > > > > > 440 seats on new provincial councils. The day was free of > > > > > > > election- > > > > > > > related violence, but thousands of Iraqis were unable to vote > > > > > > > because > > > > > > > their names were inexplicably missing from voter lists. Some > > > > > > > confused > > > > > > > Iraqis even wandered neighborhoods looking for a polling place > > > > > > > that > > > > > > > would accept their vote."- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
