Stick a fork in him ... In New Opinion, Minnesota Election Court Seriously Damages Coleman's Chances

[jefferson_dem]

In New Opinion, Minnesota Election Court Seriously Damages Coleman's Chances
By Eric Kleefeld - February 13, 2009, 6:02PM

The Minnesota election court has just handed down a very important ruling that will determine the entire course of the rest of this trial -- and it's very bad news for Norm Coleman, cutting off multiple avenues he was pursuing in order to get more votes for himself thrown into the count.

Yesterday the court heard arguments regarding the campaigns' positions on 19 categories of rejected absentee ballot envelopes, and whether the voters should be cut sufficient slack as to allow the ballot in. The court has now handed down a ruling on 12 of those categories -- and it's an emphatic No.

Coleman has currently been allowed to argue for the inclusion of about 4,800 ballots, which were selected from the total pool of over 11,000 rejected votes and just so happen to come largely from his own strongholds. What this ruling means is that he is going to have to significantly chop that list down for the remainder of this trial.

This is not the final word on this question -- Coleman will almost certainly appeal it -- but it's been a very rough day.

The court rejected Coleman's contention that swaths of citizens have been unjustly denied their votes: "The court is confident that although it may discover certain additional ballots that were legally cast under relevant law, there is no systemic problem of disenfranchisement in the state's election system, including in its absentee-balloting procedures."

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http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/02/in-new-opinion-minnesota-election-court-seriously-damages-colemans-chances.php

[Hawkeye-X]

1. Normie - Concede already, dumbshit.

You have no more legal avenues, and you try to bring up Bush v Gore, we'll bring up Florida, and we'll open up a Pandora's box that the Rethugs DO not want opened...

Indictments galore!

Hawkeye-X

[elocs]

Again, if this was the other way around with Franken behind

and the freepers were screaming for him to concede would we be in agreement? Or would we expect Franken to fight until the fight is over? Have patience and do this by the numbers and do it right so there can be no doubt that Franken won.

[stopbush]

5. But the fight is over.

[elocs]

6. It ain't over till it's over, and it ain't over yet. Soon maybe, but not yet. n/t

[camera obscura]

2. I think the day this is over for good, I'm gonna buy myself a bottle of champagne

If I start saving up now I can probably afford a bottle of Cristal.

[Cha]

4. Aha, you're in

Minnesota~ Good Luck to you all!

[Cha]

3. My friend just moved to

Minneapolis and emailed me that Al Franken came through her register and she talked to him about the recount. But, she didn't say where she worked or what they talked about..only that he looked really tired(Ye-ah!).

Good Luck Al Franken!